Nick Efthimiou

Nick Efthimiou

Personal information
Full name	Nicholas Efthimiou
Date of birth	November 15, 1966 (1966-11-15) (age 45)
Place of birth	Johanesburg, South Africa
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
1985	North Texas Mean Green
1987-1989	North Carolina Tar Heels
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
	Austin Thunder
	F.C. Dallas
1994	Dallas Sidekicks (indoor)	7	(1)
1998	Dallas Sidekicks (indoor)	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Nicholas "Nixo" Efthimiou is a retired South African-American football (soccer) player who spent his entire professional career in the United States.

Efthimiou's parents moved from their native Greece to South Africa before Efthimous was born. The family then moved back to Greece when he was a child before moving again, this time to Dallas, Texas when Efthimiou was thirteen. In 1985, he graduated from Richardson High School where he as an All State soccer player on the school's state championship soccer team.

College

That year, Efthimiou attended North Texas State where he was a walk-on soccer player. He earned a scholorship for his sophomore season, but broke his ankle early in the summer before the season. Efthimiou re-broke his ankle which led to him red shirting that year. In 1987, he transferred to the University of North Carolina where he played on the men's soccer team from 1987 to 1989.^[1][2]

Professional

After college, Efthimiou played for the Austin Thunder and F.C. Dallas of the Lone Star Soccer Alliance. In 1990 Efthimiou was selected to the Senior Indoor Soccer Bowl where he was selected in the 1990 Major Indoor Soccer League draft by the Dallas Sidekicks in the fourth round,31st overall. The Sidekicks released him during the 1990 pre-season training camp. He had other trials with the Sidekicks in 1991 and 1992, before signing with the team in 1993 in the Continental Indoor Soccer League. Efthimiou scored one goal for the team in 1994. In 1998 the Sidekicks moved to the Premier Soccer Alliance. He played until the year 1999 when he had to retire due to health reasons. Nicholas "Nixo" Efthimiou won two professional championships, one in 1993 in the Continental Indoor Soccer League, and the other in 1998 in the Premier Soccer Alliance. Efthimiou is an artist painting & writing, donating all his profits to various charities.He is currently living in Dallas, Texas.^[3]

External links

• Dallas Sidekicks: Nick Efthimiou
• [1]

References

1. ^ Booters hope to stick it to Tar Heels
2. ^ UNC Tar Heels soccer
3. ^ Player history