Kenny Stamatopoulos

Kenny Stamatopoulos... sports family (hockey brother Stan)... speaks English, Greek, and a little Norwegian/Swedish... his father was born in Kalamata while his mother was born in Limassol, CYP... he was less than a year old when his family moved from Kalamata to North York; he was six or seven when his family moved from North York to neighboring Markham... grew up competing in hockey, baseball, football, basketball and karate... he was 13 years old when he started playing soccer with Markham SC Lightning... enjoys video games, reading, hanging out with friends and family... favourites have included Paolo Maldini, FC Barcelona...

Concacaf semifinalist (2002)... career XX international "A" appearances across 16 years from 2001 to 2016 with Canada Soccer's Men's National Team… from the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, was noted by the Technical Study Group for having “good skills and team direction”...

said Kenny of growing up, “one of my favourite moments in youth football was just playing with my friends, going out there, just waiting for that once or twice a week to go out and meet my buddies”...