Hagi Gligor

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Hagi Gligor
Personal information
Full nameChristopher Josif Hagi Gligor[1]
Date of birth (1995-04-08) 8 April 1995
Place of birthSydney, Australia
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing positionCentral midfielder
Club information
Current clubSydney FC
Number24
Youth career
2011–Sydney FC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–Sydney FC8(0)
National team
2013–Australia U-204(0)
2014–Australia U-232(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 January 2014.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 January 2014

Christopher Josif Hagi Gligor (born 8 April 1995) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays as a central midfielder for Sydney FC in the A-League.[2]

Club career

Sydney FC

As an integral part of Sydney FC's youth team, Gligor featured prominently over the past two seasons which prompted the club to sign him to his first senior deal at the end of the 2011–12 A-League season. The promising young midfielder signed a two-year deal with Sydney FC along with fellow youth players Mitchell Mallia and Daniel Petkovski.[3] In May 2012, Gligor also won player of the month and received a nomination for National Youth League Player Of The Year.[4]

After many standout performances in the National Youth League, he made his first senior league appearance at just 17 years of age as a substitute on 3 November 2012 away to Central Coast Mariners.[5]

Personal life

He is the son of former Romanian footballer, Tiberiu Gligor, who emigrated to Australia in the early 1990s.[6] Gligor is also half-Filipino on his mother's side. He is named after the great former Romanian international Gheorghe Hagi.

References

  1. "List of Players — 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 22 June 2013. 
  2. "Hagi Gligor". footballaustralia.com.au. Retrieved 3 November 2012. 
  3. "Sydney FC farewells four players". Football Federation Australia (Sydney FC). 10 April 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012. 
  4. "FC National Youth League Player Of The Year Acceptance Speech – Hagi Gligor". firstpost.com. Retrieved 3 November 2012. 
  5. "Sky Blues fall to Central Coast". footballaustralia.com.au. Retrieved 3 November 2012. 
  6. "Hagi Gligor, pentru prima dată în lotul lui FC Sydney!" (in Romanian). tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 3 November 2012. 
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