Andreas Papathanasiou

Andreas Papathanasiou (Greek: Ανδρέας Παπαθανασίου; born 3 October 1983, in Larnaca) is a Cypriot footballer who plays for Ermis Aradippou.

Andreas Papathanasiou
Personal information
Full name Andreas Papathanasiou
Date of birth (1983-10-03) October 3, 1983
Place of birth Larnaca, Cyprus
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Ermis Aradippou
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2008 Ermis Aradippou 97 (80)
2008–2010 APOEL 18 (3)
2009 → Ermis Aradippou (loan) 12 (10)
2010 Anorthosis Famagusta 0 (0)
2010–2011 → Ermis Aradippou (loan) 20 (3)
2011–2015 Ermis Aradippou 69 (10)
2015–2016 Ermis Aradippou 23 (15)
2016–2017 Alki Oroklini 23 (14)
2017–2019 Onisilos Sotira 28 (21)
2019– Ermis Aradippou 20 (12)
National team‡
2008– Cyprus 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of March 5, 2010

Club career

Papathanasiou was a key player for Ermis Aradippou and he was the top scorer in the second division for the last two seasons (2006–07, 2007–08).

APOEL offered him a 2 years contract on June 2008 and he join the club. On January 2009 he was given on loan back to Ermis Aradippou and helped the club to win the second division championship. On May 2009 he returned to APOEL and been part of the Champions of first division too.[1] He also appeared in two official group stages matches of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League with APOEL.

On Monday, 31 May 2010 Andreas signed a contract with Anorthosis Famagusta. He appeared only in three 2010–11 UEFA Europa League matches with Anorthosis and two months later, on 2 August 2010, the team manager Guillermo Angel Hoyos decided to put the player on loan to another team. So, he moved on loan for another time to Ermis Aradippou for the 2010-11 season.

International career

He made his official debut for the national team on the World Cup Qualifier game against Ireland on October 15, 2008.

References
  1. "Player Profile" (in Greek). APOEL FC. Archived from the original on 2008-09-19. Retrieved 2008-06-26.


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