About Kristian Sarkies
Kristian Ronald Sarkies (born 25 October 1986) is an Australian soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder for Sandringham SC in the Victorian Metropolitan League 1. His previous spells include at A-League clubs Melbourne Victory, Adelaide United and Melbourne Heart. More recently he has played in the NPL. == Club career == === South Melbourne === Sarkies was born in Melbourne, Australia. He grew up in Dingley Village, a suburb in Melbourne's South-East 10 kilometres from his current club in Beaumaris. After impressing at the VIS in the youth league, he was signed to Australian Football powerhouse South Melbourne FC at 16-Years old. Sarkies made his league debut in round 5 against the Newcastle Breakers as a 16-Year old. Sarkies performance as a youngster for South led to his first international youth call up for Australia. In his one and only season with South Melbourne, Sarkies made 17 appearances and scored 1 goal. Following the demise of the NSL, Sarkies was allowed to leave South Melbourne and made the jump to the newly formed A-League. Sarkies played in the A-league Grand Final with Melbourne Victory, he scored his third goal for the club in his team's 6–0 thrashing of Adelaide in the 90th minute and scoring from long range.
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