Dimitris Valkanis

Central Defender - Brisbane Roar
25 Apr 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for Dimitris Valkanis

11 Edition

The Brisbane Roar Chronicle

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Dimitris Valkanis is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad

Tempers go at Brisbane Roar

Anthony Cáceres was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Sebit Ngor pulls a muscle — 15 days out

The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 15 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.

In brief

Back issues
7 Edition

The Brisbane Roar Chronicle

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Dimitris Valkanis is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad

Tempers go at Brisbane Roar

Nick D'Agostino was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Hosine Bility has improved at 25, which nobody expected

Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.

In brief