Stefanos Lysandrou

Stefanos was born in Lysi on December 3, 1949. He attended the Famagusta High School having as professor Antonis Papadopoulos. He began his career at ASIL in the season 1963-64 at the age of 13. At ASIL, he played continuously until 1971, playing a leading role in the team.[1]

Lysandrou was a leading form of Anorthosis in the decades of 70s and 80s, in which he played for 13 years after having played for six years at ASIL Lysi. At the age of 35 he left the stadiums before playing again in his hometown club in order to help ASIL to stand up in the difficulties which faced. Stefanos was a respected football personality and a leading figure who dominated the defense. He was a central defensive player with powerful stakes, strong, with great jump and head but also a great distant ball, combined his passion, his soul and his football mind. He also had the gift of guiding the defensive line of the team. Furthermore, he considered a model of combat and valence, stable football value who won the affection and appreciation of the sporting world as a whole. In 1971, was made his transfer to Anorthosis, which offered a fair amount of money and several players in exchange for him to join Anorthosis. He only got one title with Anorthosis (Cypriot Cup 1975).[1]