Nikos Giannakopoulos
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nikos Giannakopoulos | ||
| Date of birth | 19 February 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Tripoli, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Aris Limassol | ||
| Number | 31 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2009 | Asteras Tripolis | ||
| 2009–2010 | Blackburn Rovers | ||
| 2010–2012 | Udinese | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2015 | Panionios | 35 | (0) |
| 2015– | Panathinaikos | 1 | (0) |
| 2016– | → Aris Limassol (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011 | Greece U19 | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:00, 29 October 2016 (UTC). | |||
Nikos Giannakopoulos (born 19 February 1993) is a Greek professional footballer who plays for Aris Limassol [1] as a goalkeeper.
Club career
He started his career in the youth team of Asteras Tripoli, before he joined the youth team of English club Blackburn Rovers in 2009. The Greek club will receive £52,000 for the deal while they will also pocket 30 per cent of any future fee the 16-year-old generates. [2] After a period of a year he joined the youth team of Italian club Udinese Calcio.[3]
He soon however was released and returned to his country joining Panionios. On 27 August 2012, he made his league debut against Aris.[4] He has been the first-choice keeper for the club since the early part of 2013. There was a brief period when Kostas Peristeridis displaced him from top spot again after young Giannakapoulos oversaw a run of 3 straight defeats. But he regained his spot later in the 2013-14 season and has been the first choice ever since. Arguably his best performance came in the early part of his career when he kept a clean sheet against Greek giants, Panathanaikos. He repeated this feat the following season as Panionios beat Panathanaikos 3-0 with Giannakopoulos as a main goalie.
On 29 July 2015, Giannakopoulos signed his four (three years with an option for an additional one) years' contract with Greek giants Panathinaikos for €180,000, adding another high-caliber Greek talent to their squad. [5] On 17 April 2016, in the last game of the 2015-16 season, he made his debut with the club in a 6-1 home win against Panthrakikos. As he is not among the first priorities of Panathinaikos coach Andrea Stramaccioni he signed a long-term year loan with Cypriot club Aris Limassol FC. [6]
References
- ↑ "Ο Γιαννακόπουλος στον Παναθηναϊκό". panathinaikos24.gr. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ↑ "Big Sam brings young Greek goalkeeper Giannakopoulos to Blackburn". Dailymail. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ "UDINESE - a giugno arriva il baby portiere Giannakopoulos". udineseblog.it. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
- ↑ "Panionions vs Aris". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ "Οι λεπτομέρειες του συμβολαίου του Γιαννακόπουλου!". www.sdna.gr. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ↑ "Ανακοινώθηκε ο Γιαννακόπουλος στον Άρη Λεμεσού". panathinaikos24.gr. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
External links
- Nikos Giannakopoulos profile at Soccerway