Jith12 Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 (edited) 17 year old Toronto born midfielder with Panathinaikos U19 in Greece. As brought to light by Canucks Abroad today, he signed a professional contract in October of last year. He has 5 goals in 11 games for the U19's so far. Interesting factoid about Panathinaikos: Legend has it that their shamrock emblem was inspired by the uniform that Canadian marathoner Billy Sherring was wearing when he won gold at the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Sherring Edited February 6, 2019 by Jith12 Oranje, TGAA_Star, toontownman and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aird25 Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 (edited) TIL greek men wore skirts in the early 1900s. Edit: Also, congrats and good luck Ilias Edited February 7, 2019 by Aird25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 2500 years ago young Greek men took it in the ass as part of their education. Also, congrats and good luck to Ilias. Macksam and Olympique_de_Marseille 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi44 Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Squad member on the all-name team for sure. jpg75 and Northvansteve 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince193 Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 (edited) looks like he has repped Greece at the U19 level. Safe to assume the CSA had no idea this kid existed. Edited February 7, 2019 by Vince193 nolando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 11 hours ago, jpg75 said: 2500 years ago young Greek men took it in the ass as part of their education. Also, congrats and good luck to Ilias. So that’s where the term Greek Style comes from. MtlMario and jpg75 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thundercaps fan Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 If anyone saw the Inside the Game interview with Mauro Biello yesterday he mentioned that a lad from Panathinaikos was on his u20 team radar. Gotta be this guy... Good to see he is being tracked by the CSA. dyslexic nam, Obinna, Nate3322 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 7 minutes ago, thundercaps fan said: If anyone saw the Inside the Game interview with Mauro Biello yesterday he mentioned that a lad from Panathinaikos was on his u20 team radar. Gotta be this guy... Good to see he is being tracked by the CSA. He also mentioned we have U-20 players at Wolverhampton and Sheffield United and said these players are "in-and-around" the first team, which is very encouraging. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thundercaps fan Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, Obinna said: He also mentioned we have U-20 players at Wolverhampton and Sheffield United and said these players are "in-and-around" the first team, which is very encouraging. Yeah after looking at the Canucks abroad list that would be Corbeanu at Wolves and Jebbison at Sheffield. Thank God for that list haha. There was another team Biello mentioned but I couldn't hear it properly. Obinna and johnyb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 What is Jebbison's connection to Canada? All sites that I found using the google machine list him as English. By the way, he has done quite well there as well. Nate3322 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jith12 Posted June 12, 2020 Author Share Posted June 12, 2020 4 minutes ago, Ivan said: What is Jebbison's connection to Canada? All sites that I found using the google machine list him as English. By the way, he has done quite well there as well. He played with ANB academy from the age of 6 until he signed with Sheffield United last year. And if I recall correctly, his brother Micah was once called up to the under-15 national team. http://www.anbfutbol.com/2019 Daniel Jebbison.pdf johnyb, Kadenge, Buchta and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 While i like having U20 guys at teams like those, I really hope the core team is made up of guys who are actually playing professionally against men. Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate3322 Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 2 hours ago, thundercaps fan said: Yeah after looking at the Canucks abroad list that would be Corbeanu at Wolves and Jebbison at Sheffield. Thank God for that list haha. There was another team Biello mentioned but I couldn't hear it properly. The other team he mentioned was Sandhausen of the 2. Bundesliga. Roen Fordyce Hlywka a right winger plays for Sandhausen u19 where he was the top scorer in the league this season. N1ckbr0wn, Kadenge, CANMNT_SUPERFAN and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 6 hours ago, VinceA said: While i like having U20 guys at teams like those, I really hope the core team is made up of guys who are actually playing professionally against men. No concerns if they show up and perform like Bassong and Brym N1ckbr0wn, Strait Red and johnyb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 15 hours ago, jordan said: No concerns if they show up and perform like Bassong and Brym True but historically at the U20 level we've had mainly guys still in academies and we've been bounced from the qualifying tournaments, usually embarassingly. Ivan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGAA_Star Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 On 2/6/2019 at 4:33 PM, Jith12 said: 17 year old Toronto born midfielder with Panathinaikos U19 in Greece. As brought to light by Canucks Abroad today, he signed a professional contract in October of last year. He has 5 goals in 11 games for the U19's so far. Interesting factoid about Panathinaikos: Legend has it that their shamrock emblem was inspired by the uniform that Canadian marathoner Billy Sherring was wearing when he won gold at the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Sherring Playing in Greece may not be ideal but if he is thriving over there for Panathinaikos U19, then more power to him. If he can do that, he should have no problem making their senior squad soon like in the next couple or next few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jith12 Posted June 13, 2020 Author Share Posted June 13, 2020 3 hours ago, TGAA_Star said: Playing in Greece may not be ideal but if he is thriving over there for Panathinaikos U19, then more power to him. If he can do that, he should have no problem making their senior squad soon like in the next couple or next few years. Iliadis did make the bench once for the Panathinaikos first team in a Greek Cup match in December 2018. He didn't feature and hasn't been in a first team matchday squad since, but that does indicate that he is involved in the first team setup. He will age out of the U19 team soon, so hopefully he will be able to make the step up to senior team football. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGAA_Star Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 4 minutes ago, Jith12 said: Iliadis did make the bench once for the Panathinaikos first team in a Greek Cup match in December 2018. He didn't feature and hasn't been in a first team matchday squad since, but that does indicate that he is involved in the first team setup. He will age out of the U19 team soon, so hopefully he will be able to make the step up to senior team football. But as far as his international allegiance playing for either Greece or Canada, I would like to see him choose Canada but being realistic, he might just choose Greece especially because he is Greek, even though he was born in Canada. Yeah he would have the opportunity to play in a World Cup in 2026 for Canada, but Greece would afford him that same opportunity as well too because Greece have been at more World Cups than Canada has. That's just a fact. But yeah they may have missed out on Russia but Greece is still a team with pedigree. longlugan and Bikerack 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longlugan Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 I actually look forward to your posts now. You crack me up dude. Your insight is only surpassed by the originality of your posts. Keep it up my friend.🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Thomas Nef sent this to me, looks like he signed a new deal with the Panathinaikos B team toontownman, johnyb, Strait Red and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 (edited) A breakthrough with the first team could put him on the U23 radar. I know Biello has spoken with him in the past. Edit: Apparently they play in the Super League 2 which is interesting so he will be playing against professionals. Edited August 18, 2021 by VinceA johnyb and jordan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnyb Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Off topic, but did you know their Jersey design was inspired by a Canadian that won the Marathon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Sherring Kent, Pottsy3 and Corazon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metro Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 To add to Vince's post, the big 4 clubs have obtained consent from the Greek federation to field official "B" teams in the second division, just like they do it in Spain. The clubs are ineligible for promotion and (I believe) Cup competition. When the new season begins is in up in the air, just as it is for Super League 1. johnyb, jordan and VinceA 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metro Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 (edited) 16 minutes ago, johnyb said: Off topic, but did you know their Jersey design was inspired by a Canadian that won the Marathon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Sherring Yeah, don't believe everything you read on wikipedia. There's a few theories out there for that, but that theory is obviously my personal fave. 😄 Edited August 18, 2021 by Metro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOcanadafan Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 On 6/13/2020 at 6:22 PM, TGAA_Star said: But as far as his international allegiance playing for either Greece or Canada, I would like to see him choose Canada but being realistic, he might just choose Greece especially because he is Greek, even though he was born in Canada. It’s probably fair to say he has a better chance of cracking the Greek roster than the Canadian one at this point. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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