Dylan Pierias
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Full name | Dylan Pierias | ||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 20 February 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right-back, winger | ||||||||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Western United | ||||||||||||||||||
Number | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||
2007–2011 | Keilor Park | ||||||||||||||||||
2012 | |||||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | FFV NTC | ||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Pascoe Vale | ||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||
2016–2019 | Melbourne City NPL | 37 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Melbourne City | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
2019– | Western United | 54 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Australia U-17 | 14 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||
2018– | Australia U-20 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
2021– | Australia U-23 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 January 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 July 2021 |
Dylan Pierias (born 20 February 2000) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Western United.[2]
Club career[]
Melbourne City[]
With eight first team players unavailable through suspension or injury, Pierias debuted for Melbourne City against Brisbane Roar on 11 February 2017 at 16 years of age, making him the first person born in the 21st Century to play in the A-League.[3][4]
Western United[]
Pierias then signed for Western United.[5] In May 2021, he signed a two-year contract extension with Western United.[6]
Personal life[]
Pierias is an Australian-born with Macedonian-Slavic background from northern Greek part of Macedonia.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ "Squad list - Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ Western United Squad
- ^ "Melbourne City vs. Brisbane Roar 2 - 2". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ Windley, Matt (16 February 2017). "Melbourne City youngster Dylan Pierias inspired by Tim Cahill's heroics at 2006 World Cup". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia.
- ^ Lynch, Joey (14 March 2019). "Western United set to nab promising Melbourne City teenager". The Daily Football Show.
- ^ "Dylan Pierias re-signs with Western United for two years". Western United. 4 May 2021.
External links[]
- Dylan Pierias at Soccerway
Categories:
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Association football defenders
- Australian soccer players
- Melbourne City FC players
- Western United FC players
- A-League Men players
- Slavic speakers of Greek Macedonia
- Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic soccer players of Australia
- Australian people of Macedonian descent
- Australian soccer defender stubs