Nikos Spyropoulos

Nikos Spyropoulos

Personal information
Full name	Nikolaos Spyropoulos
Date of birth	10 October 1983 (1983-10-10) (age 28)
Place of birth	Athens, Greece
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Left-back
Club information
Current club	Panathinaikos
Number	31
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001–2004	PAS Giannina	33	(1)
2004–2008	Panionios	51	(1)
2008–	Panathinaikos	80	(1)
National team‡
2007–	Greece	29	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 October 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2011

Nikolaos "Nikos" Spyropoulos (Greek: Νίκος Σπυρόπουλος) (born 10 October 1983) is a Greek professional football (soccer) player, currently playing for Panathinaikos FC in the Super League Greece.

He began his career with PAS Giannina in 2001 and after 3 seasons he caught the eye of Panionios. He was then signed to transfer to Panathinaikos, along with his teammates, Alexandros Tziolis and Evangelos Mantzios, but tested positive for an elevated T/E ratio and was initially suspended for two years. This was later attributed to natural causes, but his transfer was cancelled nevertheless. He returned to action one year later. He played for 3,5 years for Panionios with great success. His talent was initially ignored by Otto Rehhagel, but in 2007 the elector capped him, although he has not yet been in a starting lineup for the National team. Spyropoulos is left-footed and is distinguished by a combination of speed, strength, agility and endurance.

On 17 November 2007 he made his National Team debut in the 5–0 Euro 2008 qualifyer defeat of Malta coming on for Vasilis Torosidis in the 46th minute.^[1]

On January 2008 he moved to Panathinaikos for 2 million euros.^[2]

After some impressive displays during the second half of 07–08 season, Spyropoulos has started the 08–09 season as the main left back for Panathinaikos FC. Henk Ten Cate, the current manager has praised his ability by asking a "Spyropoulos for the right side" too, during the pre-season. Spyropoulos main assets are his speed, stamina and the ability to go forward whenever possible. Due to a clause he is not able to play against his previous team Panionios for two years after his transfer to Panathinaikos FC.

Honours

Panathinaikos

• Super League Greece: 2009–10
• Greek Football Cup: 2010

References

1. ^ Nikolaos Spiropoulos profile in FootballDatabase.com 2008-03-22
2. ^ Spiropoulos joins Panathinaikos 28 January 2008

External links

• Nikos Spyropoulos at National-Football-Teams.com
• 2010 FIFA World Cup profile

Persondata
Name	Spyropoulous, Nikos
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	10 October 1983
Place of birth	Athens, Greece
Date of death
Place of death