Peter Raskopoulos

Peter Raskopoulos

Personal information
Full name	Peter Raskopoulos
Date of birth	(1962-02-22) 22 February 1962
Place of birth	Kastoria, Greece
Position	Midfielder
Youth career
	Earlwood Wanderers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1979	Sydney Olympic	37	(0)
1980	Marconi Stallions	29	(1)
1981–1989	Sydney Olympic	195	(21)
Total		261	(22)
International career
1980–1987	Australia	15	(0)
Managerial career
1993	Sydney Olympic
2000–2002	AC United
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Raskopoulos (born 22 February 1962) is an Australian former association football player.

Playing career

Club career

Raskopoulos played his youth football for Earlwood Wanderers before being signed for Sydney Olympic for the first season of the National Soccer League in 1977.

International career

Raskopoulos made his debut in a B-International for Australia at the 1980 OFC Nations Cup. He captained Australia in his full international debut for Australia in August 1981 against Indonesia in Jakarta. This made Peter the youngest ever Socceroos captain at only 19Y189D, a record that still holds. He played his last match for the Socceroos in 1987 having played 14 matches, captaining the team twice.

Career after football

Peter took up the role of C.E.O at Sydney Olympic, his beloved club in 2001. At the helm, they won the NSL championship in 2001–02 season and won the minor premiership the following season. Today Peter Raskopoulos works as an operations & Public Relations Manager in Rasko Exporters and Consultants in Australia. He lives in Sydney with his wife and some of his children, including comedian Jordan.