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Maria Yatrakis

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Maria Yatrakis
Personal information
Full name Maria Peter Yatrakis[1]
Date of birth (1980-06-10) 10 June 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Brooklyn, United States
Position(s) Goalkeeper
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2002 Connecticut Huskies
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 QBIK
International career
2004 Greece 29 (?) (0)
Managerial career
Columbia Lions (women) (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Maria Peter Yatrakis (born 10 June 1980), known in Greece as Maria Giatrakis (Greek: Μαρία Γιατράκη), is an American-born Greek football manager and former player, who played as a goalkeeper. She has been a member of the Greece women's national team.

Early life

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Yatrakis was born in Brooklyn Heights to Greek immigrant parents.

College career

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Yatrakis attended the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut.[2]

Club career

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After college, Yatrakis tried out for the Women's United Soccer Association but was cut. In 2006, she joined Swedish Damallsvenskan club QBIK.

International career

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With the Athens Olympics approaching, Yatrakis applied for Greek citizenship in 2002, and joined the Greek national team that same year. She was one of several American-born Greek players on the team.[3] She played for the Greece women's national football team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Managerial career

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Yatrakis worked as an assistant coach for the Columbia University Lions.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "School of Fine Arts: Bachelor of Arts: Graduates, December 31, 2002" (PDF). Commencement 2003. University of Connecticut. 17 May 2003. p. 28. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Olympic Women's Football Tournaments Athens 2004 – Squad List: Greece (GRE)". FIFA. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  3. ^ Vecsey, George (12 August 2004). "Sports of The Times; A Common Bond From Brooklyn Heights to Greece". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
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