From a young age, Sophia Iosifidis was surrounded by football, immersed in the sport from watching her dad and uncles play, as well as following her family around football clubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGrowing up, I lived and breathed football,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She recalls spending every weekend at Altona East Soccer Club or South Melbourne watching her family members play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iosifidis was originally swimming competitively, however always had a desire to play football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOne of the best days was the day my dad finally agreed to let me join a soccer team,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Consequently, since around the age 11, Iosifidis has played the sport, resembling her footballing idols Steve Iosifidis, Ano Iosifidis and Nick Iosifidis \u2013 her dad and uncles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Throughout her football journey, Iosifidis initially played at Altona City, before competing for multiple other clubs including Yarraville, Kings Domain and Albert Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally, Iosifidis joined Avondale FC three years ago, during the developing year of the senior women\u2019s team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iosifidis, reflects representing Victoria in futsal, as well as at any early age being selected into the Victorian North-West regional team for outdoor, as some of her big football achievements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also highlighted was whilst at Altona City playing under 16s, Iosifidis, was asked to play for the senior women\u2019s squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iodifidis identifies her \u201cpretty big kick\u201d as her best footballing trait, particularly taking free kicks from bigger distances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a player, Iosifidis says she is \u201chappy to play any position I am needed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI just want to play!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A secret talent that no one knows:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Iosifidis can make trumpet sounds with her mouth and make her face look like a monkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Work and hobbies:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Iosifidis is a Year 6 teacher. She loves any outdoor activities, including hiking, surfing, snowboarding and camping<\/p>\n\n\n\n If Iosifidis could have dinner with three celebrities, they would be:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pink, Ed Sheeran and Ewan McGregor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Quote to live by:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou could be drowning in 20 cm or water or 2 m, drowning is still drowning. Be kind and considerate because you never know what people are going through.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From a young age, Sophia Iosifidis was surrounded by football, immersed in the sport from watching her dad and uncles play, as well as following her family around football clubs. \u201cGrowing up, I lived and breathed football,\u201d she said. She recalls spending every weekend at Altona East Soccer Club or South Melbourne watching her family […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8038"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8038"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8045,"href":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8038\/revisions\/8045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avondalefc.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}