Stan Lazaridis

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Stan Lazaridis
Full name	Stanley Lazaridis
Date of birth	August 16 1972 (1972-08-16) (age 36)
Place of birth	Perth, Australia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Left Winger, Left Back
Club information
Current club	Perth Glory
Number	11
Youth clubs
	Kingsway Olympic
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991–1992 1992–1995 1995–1999 1999–2006 2006–present	Floreat Athena West Adelaide SC West Ham United Birmingham City Perth Glory	073 (6) 069 (3) 191 (8) 013 (0)
National team²
1989 1993–2006	Australia U-17 Australia	071 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 January 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 14 January 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Stanley "Stan" Lazaridis (born August 16, 1972 in Perth, Australia), is an Australian football (soccer) player of Greek descent.He plays as a left-sider though is equally at home on the wing in a deeper-lying midfield role or even at left-back. He currently plays for his home-town club, Perth Glory.

1 Club career
2 Honours
3 References
4 External links

Club career

His reputation as a young left-footed teenager began with Olympic Kingsway where, despite his age, he intimidated many a defender with his extraordinary change of pace. ^[1] Born and raised in Perth, Australia. Stan (commonly known as Stan the Man) made his debut for West Adelaide Hellas in the Australian National Soccer League in the 1992 season. His dashing runs and lighting pace down the left flank earned stan cult figure status on the Australian scene. At the end of the 1995 season 'Stan the Man' made the move to premier league side West Ham United. West Ham became aware of his talent and paid £300,000 to sign him. However, after a 3-1 defeat at Chelsea on his debut, he did not earn a regular place in Harry Redknapp's team. A pair of injuries, (the second soon after his return from the previous) cut into his playing time considerably, though he always worked hard when on the field to impress^{[attribution needed]} (scoring at least two more long range efforts in his time).

Over four seasons, Lazaridis, also known as "Skippy Stan", played just 87 games for West Ham United and was then sold to Birmingham City. Impressive for a long while, he played an important role in guiding the team up to the Premiership for 2002/03.

Lazaridis was released at the end of the 2005-06 season by Birmingham City after making 222 appearances for the club. A firm favourite with the Birmingham supporters, it appears that he will now finish his career in Australia with current club Perth Glory.

Lazaridis made only 11 appearances for the Perth club in 2006/07, much to the derision of the supporters. Lazaridis was called up to the Australian 2006 FIFA World Cup squad but was one of six players who did not see any game time in Germany.

In January 2007, Lazaridis returned a positive drug test for prescription alopecia medication, which is banned due to its potential as a masking agent for other performance-enhancing substances. He was found guilty by Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority and was given a 12-Month suspension from football. ^[2]

Honours

With Australia:

1997 FIFA Confederations Cup: Runners-Up
OFC Nations Cup: 2004, 2000

References

External links

Perth Glory

v • d • e

Home: Members Equity Stadium, Perth, Western Australia

Coach: David Mitchell | Captain:

Seasons: 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09

v • d • e Australia squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Schwarzer • 2 Neill • 3 Moore • 4 Cahill • 5 Culina • 6 Popovic • 7 Emerton • 8 Skoko • 9 Viduka • 10 Kewell • 11 Lazaridis • 12 Covic • 13 Grella • 14 Chipperfield • 15 Aloisi • 16 Beauchamp • 17 Thompson • 18 Kalac • 19 Kennedy • 20 Wilkshire • 21 Sterjovski • 22 Milligan • 23 Bresciano • Coach: Hiddink