Haris Stamboulidis

Charalampos "Haris" Stamboulidis (Greek: Χαράλαμπος Σταμπουλίδης; born 22 June 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or defender for Malaysia Super League club Sabah.

Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Stamboulidis lived for an extended period in Uruguay in 2005/2006 between the age of 9 to 10, where he trained at Diego Forlán's football academy in Montevideo.

On 8 August 2019, Stamboulidis signed a one-year deal with Spanish Segunda División side Extremadura UD, being the first Australian player of the club's history.

[citation needed] On 8 October 2020, after a successful trial at Cultural Leonesa,[22] terms could not be agreed upon and Stamboulidis signed for Segunda División B side UP Langreo.

[24] He made his debut with the newly promoted team on 28 November, replacing Dimitris Aslabaloglou in a 2–0 away loss against Xanthi for the Super League Greece 2 championship.

[27] Subsequent to a successful national championship with the Victorian State Team in 2009, Stamboulidis was selected to form the 30 man squad for the U13 Qantas Socceroos.

[29][30] While preparing for the Greece national U19 team friendlies against Ukraine, Stamboulidis trained with U20 AEK and was asked to join them by Stelios Manolas.