Robert Stambolziev

He played as a left-midfielder under coach John Clayton and was replaced in the 70th minute for Jack Neagle.

Stambolziev played against Chelsea players like Daniel Philliskirk, Billy-Joe King, Marko Mitrovic, Fabio Borini, Jordan Tabor and Frank Nouble.

He opened the scoring early before Sam Jerome equalised in the 78th minute, then Stambolziev scored with the last kick of the game.

The win sent Bristol City into the Round of 16 stage of the competition, where they would face Manchester City U18, as Stambolziev eventually earned the nickname of Bristol City's very own 'Wizard of Oz' by the English media.

Robert Alexander Petar Stambolziev (born 26 October 1990) is an Australian retired professional footballer who lasted played as a winger for National Premier Leagues Victoria 2 club Preston Lions.

A product of Bristol City's Youth Academy to make over 100 appearances in his football career, Stambolziev left Australia at a young age to join the club in the EFL League One, where he played in the Premier Academy League and FA Youth Cup.

Stambolziev was overlooked by the club's reserve-team, which saw him transfer to FFV Division 1 club Hume City in 2006, with whom he was able to play at reserve level.

He was a member of Australia's European Football Institute, and travelled to England to work as a glass collector at the Walkabout in Swindon.

He was then offered a trial with the U18 youth academies of Bristol City, Reading and Southend United aged fourteen.

Both Bristol City and Southend United showed interest in signing him to their respective academies.

Stambolziev returned to England aged sixteen with an Australian representative team which participated in a tour, again he was spotted by Bristol City and was officially offered a youth contract.

In 2007 Stambolziev joined the U18 Academy of English Football League One side Bristol City.

On 25 August 2007, Stambolziev appeared for City's Youth Academy.

He participated in the 2007–08 Premier Academy League, where Bristol City where in the Academy Group B and finish in fifth position with 38 points.

On 19 September 2007, Stambolziev started in an away tie against Tottenham Hotspur in the 2007–08 Premier Academy League at South Spurs Lodge.

Stambolziev put an effort over the bar in the second half as Bristol City were defeated 3–1.

Stambolziev played in successive games for the Academy in September, October and November, making his last appearance for 2007 on 15 December.

Stambolziev represented Australia at under-20 level between 2008 and 2009.

Stambolziev grew up in the suburb Whittlesea of Melbourne's north, where he played in the youth system of Preston Lions, eventually becoming one of few professional footballers to play at the club, such as Sasa Ognenovski, Billy Celeski and Mathew Theodore.

Bristol City's U18 squad also participated in the 2007–08 FA Youth Cup, during which Stambolziev scored a double (including a last-gasp winner) against Leeds United U18 in a 2–1 win on 16 January 2008.

He continued to appear for the Academy side during January and February 2008.

On 25 March 2008, Stambolziev played for Bristol City's reserve team.

On 1 April 2008, Stambolziev made his last appearance of the 2007–08 season for the club's reserve team.

The game was his last appearance until July 2008.

In July 2008, Stambolziev and teammates Tom Bradley and striker Marlon Jackson played in a 2–0 away victory for Bristol City's Academy against Cirencester Town at the Corinium Stadium before the start of the 2008–09 season.

Stambolziev controlled a cross from Andy Minturn and had his shot narrowly clearing the bar, before scoring from a ball given over the Cirencester Town back line in the last four minutes of the game.

In August 2008, Stambolziev attracted an invitation to join an 18-man squad for an Australia national youth team training camp in Canberra.

On 20 September 2008, Stambolziev played for City's Academy in a 4–1 home victory against Chelsea's Academy at the Failand Training Ground in Bristol, scoring one goal against Chelsea goalkeeper Jan Sebek.

Stambolziev appeared again for the Academy team on 27 September 2008.

On 8 October 2008, Stambolziev played for the club's reserve team.

On 22 November 2008, Stambolziev played in another tie for the club's Academy team.

On 11 December 2008, Stambolziev made his last appearance of 2008 in the Third round of the 2008–09 FA Youth Cup for the club's Academy team against Queens Park Rangers U18, during which Stambolziev scored one of three goals for Bristol City to lead 3–0 in the second half before QPR came back to win 5–3 in extra time from a hat-trick by Josh Parker.

In the second half of extra-time, Stambolziev received his second yellow card for a challenge on Christian Nanetti.

Stambolziev trained with the club's first-team towards the end of 2008.

In 2009, Stambolziev joined Super League Greece club Panathinaikos before playing in three of Greece's four professional league's in the Greek football league system.

On 31 January 2009, Stambolziev played for the club's Academy team.

He made successive appearances for the reserve team in February, March and April.

Stambolziev made his final Bristol City appearance in a reserves game on 6 May 2009.

Between 2012 and 2014, he made over 50 appearances in Cypriot football and also played in the 2016 AFC Champions League for Sydney FC.

He later returned to Cypriot football to reach the quarter-finals of the 2017–18 Cypriot Cup with PAEEK.