Stan Lazaridis

Stan Lazaridis
Personal information
Full name Stan Lazaridis[1]
Date of birth (1972-08-16) 16 August 1972 (age 52)[2]
Place of birth Perth,[2] Australia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s) Left winger / left back
Youth career
Olympic Kingsway
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1992 Floreat Athena 28 (2)
1992–1995 West Adelaide 73 (6)
1995–1999 West Ham United 69 (3)
1999–2006 Birmingham City 191 (8)
2006–2008 Perth Glory 13 (0)
Total 374 (19)
International career
1989 Australia U17 5 (2)
2000 Australia Olympic (O.P.) 3 (0)
1993–2006 Australia 60 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Men's Association football
FIFA Confederations Cup
Runner-up 1997 Saudi Arabia
Bronze medal – third place 2001 South Korea-Japan
OFC Nations Cup
Winner 2000 Tahiti
Winner 2004 Australia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stan Lazaridis (born 16 August 1972) is an Australian former footballer. He was predominantly a left winger though he had been known to perform at left back. He last played for his home-town club Perth Glory and made 58 official appearances for Australia and was in the Australian 2006 FIFA World Cup squad.

In 2024, Lazaridis was appointed director of football at Perth Glory.[4]

  1. ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Australia" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Stan Lazaridis". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  3. ^ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2000). Playfair Football Annual 2000–2001. Headline. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-7472-6620-4.
  4. ^ "Stan's our man: Glory recruit Socceroos great for key role". The West Australian. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.