Peter Gwargis | |
Birth Date: | 4 September 2000 |
Birth Place: | Sydney, Australia |
Height: | 1.80m |
Position: | Midfielder |
Currentclub: | Örebro SK (on loan from Malmö FF) |
Clubnumber: | 9 |
Youthclubs1: | IFK Öxnehaga |
Years1: | 2017 |
Clubs1: | Husqvarna |
Caps1: | 19 |
Goals1: | 1 |
Years2: | 2018 |
Clubs2: | Jönköpings Södra |
Caps2: | 16 |
Goals2: | 3 |
Years3: | 2018–2021 |
Clubs3: | Brighton & Hove Albion |
Caps3: | 0 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2021– |
Clubs4: | Malmö FF |
Caps4: | 5 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2022 |
Clubs5: | → Jönköpings Södra (loan) |
Caps5: | 3 |
Goals5: | 2 |
Years6: | 2023 |
Clubs6: | → Degerfors (loan) |
Caps6: | 24 |
Goals6: | 1 |
Years7: | 2024– |
Clubs7: | → Örebro SK (loan) |
Caps7: | 12 |
Goals7: | 1 |
Nationalyears1: | 2016 |
Nationalteam1: | Sweden U17 |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2018–2019 |
Nationalteam2: | Sweden U19 |
Nationalcaps2: | 4 |
Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
Club-Update: | 15 July 2024 |
Ntupdate: | 09:38, 17 October 2019 (UTC) |
Peter Gwargis (born 4 September 2000) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Örebro SK, on loan from Malmö FF, as a midfielder.
Gwargis was born in Sydney, Australia.[1] His parents are Assyrians from Iraq, and the family moved to Sweden when he was three.[2]
Gwargis spent his early career in Sweden with IFK Öxnehaga, Husqvarna and Jönköpings Södra.[3] [4] In January 2017 he was linked with a transfer to English club Arsenal. He signed for Brighton & Hove Albion in August 2018.[5] He made his senior debut for the club on 25 September 2019, in a 1–3 home defeat to Aston Villa in the EFL Cup.
In April 2021 it was announced Gwargis was to be released by Brighton by the end of the season.[6] He was linked to a move to Malmö in May 2021,[7] signing with the club in June 2021.[8] [9] [10]
In February 2022 he moved on loan to Jönköpings Södra,[11] [12] and in April 2023 he moved on loan to Degerfors.[13]
In March 2024 he moved on loan to Örebro SK.[14]
Gwargis has represented Sweden at under-17 and under-19 youth international levels.[15] He is also eligible to represent Australia on account of being born there.[1]
Gwargis has been compared to Mesut Özil.[16]