Stacey Shopa Papadopoulos (; born 17 December 1996) is a professional soccer player who plays as a defender. Born in Australia, she represents Greece internationally.
Early life Papadopoulos was born on 17 December 1996 in Australia. Of Greek descent through her parents, she has two older brothers and attended Northcote High School in Australia.
Career As a youth player, Papadopolous joined the youth academy of Australian side Heidelberg United and was promoted to the club's senior team. Subsequently, she signed for Australian side Calder United, helping the club win the league title and the 2022 Football Victoria Women's State Knockout Cup.
In 2023, she signed for Australian side Western United, where she made thirty-five league appearances and scored zero goals and helped the club achieve second place in the league. Ahead of the 2024–25 season, she signed for Scottish side Hibs. On 11 August 2024, she debuted for the club during a 2–1 away win over Partick Thistle in the league.
International career Papadopoulos is eligible to represent either Australia (the country she was born, raised and developed in) or Greece (through her Greek heritage) internationally. Despite dreaming of playing for the Matildas, she was never called up for Australia on any level.
In November 2025, Papadopoulos received her first call-up for Greece, being selected by newly-appointed manager Vasilios Spertos for two friendly matches against Belarus on 29 November and Bosnia and Herzegovina on 2 December, both matches being hosted in Sarajevo.
Style of play Papadopoulos plays as a defender. While playing for Calder United, she played as a winger before switching to defender while playing for Western United.
Career statistics College TeamSeasonNJCAA Regular SeasonACCAC TournamentNJCAA TournamentTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAWC Matadors2020Div. 17310—83 Source:
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Club Season Division League Cup Continental Other TotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsHeidelberg United2012Victorian Premier League1914??——19+14+Box Hill United20132310??——23+10+Bundoora United2014101??——10+1+201581??——8+1+Total182??——18+2+Calder United2016NPL Victoria26320——2832017?130—104+1Total26+450–1032+4Old Xaverians2018Victorian State League 1 North-West?300——?3Calder United2019NPL Victoria?5?2—101+7Kelen2019–20Nemzeti Bajnokság I1010——20Calder United2022NPL Victoria235?0——23+5Western United2022–23A-League120———1202023–24231———231Total 351———351Hibernian2024–25SWPL28210—403322025–26261004030331Totsl543104070663Total career 199+477+2+4090219+49+ Source:
Honours Calder United NPL Victoria (3): 2016, 2019, 2022 FV State Knockout Cup (3): 2017, 2019, 2022 FV Community Shield (2): 2017, 2019
Hibernian Scottish Women's Premier League (1): 2024–25
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