Alex Feneridis
Alex Feneridis ( born November 13, 1989 in Wellington ) is a New Zealand soccer player who also has Greek citizenship.
Career
In his youth Feneridis played in Waitakere City FC and Auckland City FC, where he succeeded in 2008, the jump in the first team. After he was already in the game against Hawke's Bay United without the bench, he made his debut in the highest league of New Zealand on 19 January 2008 against Otago United when he came on in the 67th minute. His first and only in this season goal came on 13 Feneridis game against Canterbury United, as he made in the 41st minute for the intermediate 2-0. Auckland won the match 2-1 in the end. On March 29 of the same year he made his debut for Auckland also in the OFC Champions League against AS Manu Ura in Tahiti, when he came off the bench in 80 minutes. In his first season Feneridis completed ten games for Auckland.
In the following season, the young midfielder was twelve times for use, scoring in the OFC Champions League against Port Vila Sharks Vanuatu both a goal and an own goal. The game was, however, won safely with 8:1. 2008 Feneridis finally was able to win both the New Zealand Championship, as well as the OFC Champions League, where he was in the final against New Zealand's Waitakere United up to 74 minutes on the field and in the Champions League against FC Honiara Koloale of the Solomon Islands, both in the first leg and in the second leg completed the full season. At the end of the season he also won the title as a junior player of the season.
Also in the 2009/2010 season came Feneridis frequently used and gave Auckland with his debut at the FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, when he came off the bench in the qualification match against Al -Ahli in the 85th minute. The game won 2-0 Auckland, during the remaining tournament Feneridis but was no longer used. By season's end he was able to record 14 games and ultimately a goal.
In the season 2010/2011 Feneridis missed only three games of obligatory Aucklander, two games due to a red card suspension, which he had suffered in the match against Hawke's Bay United, where he was able to achieve two goals in this game. Ultimately, he lost the final of the Auckland New Zealand Cup against Waitakere United, but the OFC Champions League won in the final against Amicale FC of Vanuatu, where he could score a goal in the second leg victory. Overall Feneridis completed 21 games and scored four goals this season.
2011/2012 played Feneridis again with Auckland at the FIFA Club World Cup, but there his team defeated Kashiwa Reysol of Japan 0-2. Once again succeeded in this year of winning the Champions League, this time against AS Tefana from Tahiti, also won the Auckland ASB Charity Cup and made his debut for the New Zealand U-23 national team at the U-23 Ozeanienmeisterschaft in their own country. Feneridis played in all of its matches and ultimately won the title in the final against Fiji, where he was able to prepare a total of three goals in the tournament. The victory meant to participate in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, where Feneridis came off the bench in the match against Egypt in the 89th minute. New Zealand was last group and thus already retired from after the first round.
Also in the 2012/2013 season Feneridis was a pillar of the Auckland team and missed only two games, his scoring record he was on five goals this season in the league and two in the Champions League to expand. He scored in the Champions League final against Waitakere United the intermediate 2-0, the game could be won eventually 2-1, which meant another title for Feneridis. However, for the championship title, it was not enough, lost in the final against Auckland City Waitakere 3:4. Also in the Club World Cup, he was active, but Auckland again lost in the first round against Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
Achievements
- New Zealand Champion 2009
- OFC Champions League winners in 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013
- ASB Charity Cup Winners 2011
- U-23 Oceania champions 2012
- Olympian 2012
- Rookie of the Year 2008/ 09