Kenny Stamatopoulos
Kenny Stamatopoulos in July 2013
Kyriakos "Kenny" Stamatopoulos (Greek Κυριάκος Σταματόπουλος, born August 28, 1979 in Kalamata, Greece ) is a Greek- Canadian soccer goalkeeper. He currently plays for AIK in the highest division in Sweden, Allsvenskan.
Career
The beginnings
At the age of six months, his family moved with him in Canada's largest city, Toronto. In his youth he played a lot of hockey, but also baseball and American football. At age 17, his family decided to move back to Greece, where he began his active career as a soccer goalkeeper.
Goalkeeper career
Stamatopoulos began his career at Kalamata FC in the Greek second highest league, the Beta Ethniki. For the Kalamata FC, he came up to his departure for Enköpings SK in the second highest Swedish league, which Superettan, in 2003, to ten inserts. When he came Enköpings SK from 2003 to 2005 to a total of 40 championship stakes, before 2005 for one year to the soil BK, in the third highest Swedish league, Division 1 and transferred aground for the team 30 times. In 2006 he changed to Norway to Tromso IL in the Norwegian highest league, the Tippeligaen. From 2006 to 2007 Stamatopoulos came to a total of 14 matches in the top division, before he was given to Canada for MLS side Toronto FC after the change was announced on 3 August 2007. His MLS debut, he celebrated on August 5, 2007, in the game against Los Angeles Galaxy. In the top division in North America, he came to a total of twelve games, before he returned in January 2008 back to Norway to Tromso IL. After three further appearances for Tromsø in the 2008 season, he played in the 2009 calendar year on loan at the Norwegian club Lyn Oslo and Fredrikstad FK. For the 2010 season, he was awarded to the Swedish first division club AIK Solna.
Internationally
Overall Stamatopoulos came to five appearances for the Canadian national team. His first try for the national team he had in 2001 after a Substitutes. In 2001 he participated with the Canadian U -23 at the Jeux de la Francophonie. 2002 and 2009, he was a goalkeeper in the squad at the CONCACAF Gold Cup.