Sotiris Alexandropoulos
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sotirios-Polykarpos Alexandropoulos | ||
Date of birth | 26 November 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Athens, Greece | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Defensive midfielder Central midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Olympiacos (on loan from Sporting CP) | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2019 | Panathinaikos | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2022 | Panathinaikos | 68 | (1) |
2022– | Sporting CP | 6 | (0) |
2023 | Sporting CP B | 2 | (0) |
2023– | → Olympiacos (loan) | 19 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2017 | Greece U16 | 4 | (1) |
2017–2018 | Greece U17 | 16 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Greece U19 | 4 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Greece U21 | 3 | (0) |
2021– | Greece | 9 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 November 2023 |
Sotiris-Polykarpos Alexandropoulos (Greek: Σωτήρης-Πολύκαρπος Αλεξανδρόπουλος; born 26 November 2001) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Super League club Olympiacos, on loan from Sporting CP, and the Greece national team.[1]
Club career[edit]
Panathinaikos[edit]
Alexandropoulos plays mainly as a midfielder and joined Panathinaikos from the team's youth ranks. Having turned 19, he became a near automatic starter for Panathinaikos in the 2019–20 season.
On 15 June 2021, he signed an extension with the club until the summer of 2024. On 11 September 2021, he scores his first goal for Panathinaikos senior team, against Apollon Smyrnis on a 4–1 win, at the first game of the season[2]
On 21 May 2022, Alexandropoulos won the Greek Cup with Panathinaikos against PAOK, his first trophy in his senior career.
Sporting CP[edit]
On 29 August 2022, Alexandropoulos signed a five-year contract with Portuguese club Sporting CP for a fee of €4.5 million, with Panathinaikos also receiving 30% of a future transfer.[3] On 2 September, he made his debut for the club, replacing Manuel Ugarte in the 89th minute in a 2–0 away win against Estoril in the Primeira Liga.[4]
Loan to Olympiakos[edit]
On 3rd August 2023, Olympiacos announced the acquisition of Sotiris Alexandropoulos.The 21-year-old international central midfielder will signed on loan for one year with a purchase option for next summer, amounting to €4 million.[5]
International career[edit]
On 24 March 2021, Alexandropoulos was called up to the Greek senior team by coach John van 't Schip for the forthcoming World Cup 2022 qualifiers against Spain and Georgia. On 28 March 2021, he made his debut with the national team as a substitute in a friendly match against Honduras.[6] Alexandropoulos also represented the country at all youth levels from under-16 onwards.
Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
- As of match played 25 February 2024[7]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Panathinaikos | 2019–20 | Super League Greece | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | Super League Greece | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | |||
2021–22 | Super League Greece | 29 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 35 | 2 | |||
2022–23 | Super League Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Total | 68 | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 77 | 2 | |||
Sporting CP | 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
Sporting CP B | 2022–23 | Liga 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
Olympiacos (Ioan) | 2023–24 | Super League Greece | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 10 | 1 | 31 | 3 | |
Career total | 95 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 123 | 5 |
- ^ Includes Greek Cup, Taça de Portugal
- ^ Includes Taça da Liga
International[edit]
- As of match played 17 November 2022
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Greece | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
2022 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 7 | 0 |
Honours[edit]
Panathinaikos
Individual
References[edit]
- ^ "SQUAD".
- ^ "Παναθηναϊκός: Επέκτεινε το συμβόλαιό του έως το 2024 ο Αλεξανδρόπουλος" [Panathinaikos: Alexandropoulos extended his contract until 2024] (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 15 June 2021.
- ^ "É oficial: Sotiris Alexandropoulos é reforço do Sporting" (in Portuguese). 29 August 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ "Sporting regressa às vitórias e bate Estoril na Amoreira com golos de St. Juste e Edwards (0-2) - como aconteceu".
- ^ "Ολυμπιακός μεταγραφές: Ανακοίνωσε τον Αλεξανδρόπουλο" (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 3 August 2023.
- ^ "Ελλάδα - Ονδούρα 2–1: Νίκη με "υπογραφή" του εξαιρετικού Παυλίδη, είχε θέματα στα μετόπισθεν" (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 28 March 2021.
- ^ "S. Alexandropoulos". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ Georgakopoulos, George (22 May 2022). "Panathinaikos ends eight-year trophy drought lifting the Greek Cup". Ekathimerini. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Athens
- Greek men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Panathinaikos F.C. players
- Sporting CP footballers
- Sporting CP B players
- Olympiacos F.C. players
- Super League Greece players
- Primeira Liga players
- Liga 3 (Portugal) players
- Greece men's youth international footballers
- Greece men's under-21 international footballers
- Greece men's international footballers
- Greek expatriate men's footballers
- Greek expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal