Michael Theoklitos

Early career

Theoklitos began his football journey through the junior ranks at now defunct East Richmond Jaguars. His career as a semi-pro began by playing in the Victorian Premier League (VPL) for Bulleen Zebras. He was then picked up by South Melbourne FC but failed to make an impact ahead of number 1 Eugene Galekovic. After 5 appearances for Hellas, he was sold to the Football Kingz FC for the 2001–2002 season where he became a fan favourite making 20 appearances in the National Soccer League. During his time with the Kingz he was scouted by Blackpool FC who signed him in 2002. Due to injury he only played in three games, only two of which counted as full representation for Blackpool. He returned to Australia where he rejoined Bulleen. While playing for them in the 2004 VPL final, he saved three of four penalties to help Bulleen to victory.

Melbourne Victory

He joined Melbourne Victory FC for their inaugural season in the 2005/06 A-League. In the 2006/07 A-League season, Theoklitos kept ten clean sheets from 21 games, attracting interest from both the Australia and Greece national associations. He has not made a senior appearance for either country. In the 2008/09 season, Theoklitos was part of Melbourne Victory's grand-final success, keeping five clean sheets at the end of the season. He earned another call-up to the Australian national squad for the match against Kuwait on 5 March 2009, but did not play. In May 2009, Theoklitos declined a contract…

As of 16 March 2014 CS = Clean Sheets

1 – includes A-League final series statistics 2 – AFC Champions League statistics are included in season ending during group stages (i.e. ACL 2012 and A-League season 2011–12 etc.)

Theoklitos was born in Melbourne, Australia and is of Greek ancestry. The Michael Theo Soccer Academy was established in 2010, running annual clinics during the July school holiday period.

On 1 August 2012 Theoklitos announced that he had changed his name by deed poll to Michael Theo. He said of the change: "Around the football traps, I've always been known as Michael Theo so I just thought, why not make it official? It's no big deal, I haven't changed my name completely, just shortened it. I've been thinking about it for a while and it was a decision I made on my own, it's really not so hard to do on deed poll. My signature has altered, slightly changed but that's pretty much it."

Current as at 15 March 2017 With Melbourne Victory:

A-League Championship (2): 2006–2007, 2008–2009 A-League Premiership (2): 2006–2007, 2008–2009 With Brisbane Roar:

A-League Premiership (2): 2010–2011, 2013–2014 A-League Championship (3): 2010–2011, 2011–2012, 2013–2014 Personal honours:

A-League Goalkeeper of the Year (3): 2006–2007, 2007–2008, 2010–2011 Most minutes (876) not conceding a goal in an Australian League (With Brisbane Roar, 2010–11) Third Most clean sheets (68) in A-League history. A-League All Star: 2013