1. Dean Bouzanis played junior football in Australia before joining English side Liverpool, appearing for the Academy between 2007 and 2009, and for the reserves side.
42 Facts About Dean Bouzanis
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Dean Bouzanis has been capped by both Australia and Greece at youth international level.
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Dean Bouzanis's talents were first seen at his local soccer club, Lilli Pilli FC, whilst playing in the Under 6's, before moving to Carrs Park FC, alongside close friend Nikolas Tsattalios.
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Dean Bouzanis then went on to play in the NSW State League for St George Saints at 14 before joining the NSW Institute of Sport.
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Dean Bouzanis spent three weeks with the Liverpool first team squad in January 2007 and was offered a three-year deal.
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Dean Bouzanis was loaned to A-League side Sydney FC as understudy to Clint Bolton and was included in the club's squad for their AFC Champions League 2007 campaign, but did not appear at the tournament, and was delisted.
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In July 2007, Dean Bouzanis returned to Liverpool from his loan.
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Dean Bouzanis appeared for Liverpool's under 18 Academy and reserve teams.
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Dean Bouzanis appeared in successive games for Liverpool's Academy in September, October and November 2007.
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On 4 December 2007, Dean Bouzanis appeared for Liverpool's reserve team.
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Dean Bouzanis made consecutive appearances for the reserves from January to April 2008.
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On 4 March 2008 Dean Bouzanis was an unused substitute in a reserves game against Bolton Wanderers.
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On 18 October 2008, Dean Bouzanis again appeared for the Academy.
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In September 2009, Dean Bouzanis didn't amass any appearances for Liverpool due to international duty at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt.
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On 28 December 2009, Dean Bouzanis started in a game for Accrington Stanley's first-team.
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In May 2010, Dean Bouzanis returned to Liverpool from his loan at Accrington Stanley.
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In January, February and March 2011, Dean Bouzanis made appearances for Liverpool's reserves.
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Dean Bouzanis departed the club after mutually agreeing to a release with one year remaining on his contract.
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In July 2011, Dean Bouzanis claimed he had agreed terms with A-league club Melbourne Victory but this was denied by the club.
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On 26 November 2011, Dean Bouzanis joined EFL League One side Oldham Athletic on non-contract terms as cover for injured back-up keeper Paul Gerrard following a four-week trial.
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Dean Bouzanis made his competitive Latics debut on 27 March 2012 coming on as second-half substitute against Leyton Orient.
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Dean Bouzanis was released by Aris FC in December 2013, and joined Carlisle United on a free transfer on 28 January 2014, on a short-term deal until April, but made no appearances.
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In May 2014, Dean Bouzanis returned to his home town, signing with Western Sydney Wanderers.
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On 8 February 2017, Dean Bouzanis was banned for five games for using a racial slur against Melbourne Victory, Besart Berisha after appearing to call the Albanian striker a "gypsy".
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Dean Bouzanis kept 18 clean sheets across the season as Sutton won the National League and promotion to the English Football League for the first time in the club's 123-year history.
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On 27 June 2022, Dean Bouzanis joined Championship club Reading on a three-year contract to provide competition with fellow new signing Joe Lumley for the first-choice goalkeeper spot.
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On 3 February 2025, Reading announced that Dean Bouzanis had left the club after his contract was ended by mutual agreement.
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On 1 September 2023 Dean Bouzanis rejoined Sutton United on loan until January 2024.
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On 23 January 2024, Reading announced that Dean Bouzanis' loan had been extended to the end of the season.
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On 12 August 2024 Dean Bouzanis joined Stevenage on loan until January 2025.
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On 22 March 2025, Dean Bouzanis joined Charlton Athletic on a short-term deal.
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Dean Bouzanis was first named in the Australian U17 side in 2005 at the age of 15.
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Dean Bouzanis was later included in the squad for Australia's unsuccessful 2006 AFC U17 Championships qualifying campaign.
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On 2 February 2008, Dean Bouzanis was invited by the Greek FA manager Alexis Alexiou to represent the youth team against Slovakia on 5 February 2008.
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Dean Bouzanis visited Greece on 3 February 2008 for an interview with Greek radio station SportFM, and to play in the friendly against Slovakia, in which he kept a clean sheet.
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In June 2008, Dean Bouzanis accepted an invitation to represent Greece in the UEFA U-19 European Championships.
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Dean Bouzanis' agent suggested he still wanted to play for Australia.
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In July 2008, Dean Bouzanis was listed in a group of Australian footballers aged between 16 and 22 known as "the lost boys", including Paul Giannou, Andreas Govas and Robert Stambolziev, who were likely to play for or had played for national teams of the country of their heritage.
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In February 2009, his agent stated that Dean Bouzanis wanted to play for Australia rather than Greece.
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Dean Bouzanis subsequently appeared in Australia's first two group matches at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt.
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Dean Bouzanis was named in the squad for the Olyroos London Olympics 2012 qualifying matches against Yemen in June 2011.
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Dean Bouzanis was in a long-term relationship with women's soccer player Steph Catley.