About Krisitan

Kristian Sarkies is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays in midfield for Adelaide United as part of the A-League.

Club career

He played in the A-league Grand Final with Melbourne Victory, Sarkies 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. However it was upon collecting his premiership medal that he made headlines around the country by kissing former Australian Prime Minister John Howard on his bald head.[1]

Adelaide United

On the 30th of March 2007, Sarkies signed a one year deal with Adelaide United, linking up with his Australian U23 team mates Bruce Djite, Nathan Burns and Robert Cornthwaite. Days after his arrival, captain Ross Aloisi signed with new team Wellington Phoenix, paving the way for Sarkies to become a key player in the Reds midfield brigade. On the 28th December after Adelaide’s loss to Sydney 3-1 at Adelaide Oval in which Sarkies scored a goal; he complained of a sore arm during the game [2] and was later hospitalized then diagnosed with a Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) in his arm at the end of December.Kristian signed a new deal with United in May 2008 which will keep him at the club until the end of the A-League 2009-10 season. It is quite unfortuanate that Kristian who is said to be a very good player has not been able to show his skillfulness on a regular basis while playing at Adelaide United, thus confusing some fans as to why he was resigned.[4] Sarkies set up Sasa Ognenovski from a well taken free kick to score a goal in his 50th A-League game in Adelaide’s 2-0 win over Sydney FC Despite an inauspicious start to his Adelaide career Sarkies influence on the team began to show with the injury to fellow playmaker Diego culminating with his first goal of the 2008–09 season which turned out to be the only goal of the round 17 clash against Perth Glory at Members Equity Stadium.[6] He followed it up a week later providing assists for both goals in the 2-0 win over Sydney FC at Adelaide Oval on 3 January 2009.

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