Young Aussie defender signs with Schalke

Former Sydney FC player and youth international George Timotheou has signed a deal with German outfit FC Schalke U23s after a successful two-week trial.

The 20-year-old left-footed centre back gave credit to NPL side Sydney Olympic for opening the door on the overseas opportunity.

Timotheou joined Olympic after being released by the Sky Blues at the end of the 2016/17 campaign.

He described the latest opportunity as “one of the happiest days of my life so far.”

Today has been one of the happiest days of my life so far 😍🔥 I have achieved a goal which one can only dream of as a little boy. Words can’t describe how happy I am for this opportunity Schalke 🔵⚪️ have given me. I wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone involved at Sydney Olympic for giving me this chance. Especially Kerim and Bill for opening this door for me I am eternally grateful. For all those other people unnamed there are too many to list but just know that I am so thankful. To my family and friends who have always stood beside me and supported me in my ups and downs I owe you the world 🌍

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Happy George now getting a chance to further his football dreams. Signed a contract earlier today in 🇩🇪 for SchalkeU23 after 2wk trial. Plenty of resilience + hard work shown #proud 🔵⚪️⚽️ Heaps credit to SydOlympic for making him believe again👏🏻#justthestart #timetoshine pic.twitter.com/FL7d5Rw4J4
— Chris Timotheou (@ctimotheou) July 20, 2018