Anestis Agritis

Anestis Agritis
Personal information
Full name Anastasios Agritis
Date of birth 16 April 1981 (1981-04-16) (age 30)
Place of birth Mytilini, Greece
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Winger, Forward
Club information
Current club Kerkyra
Youth career
1995–1999 Doxa Plagias
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1999 Aegeas Plomariou (6)
2000-2007 Egaleo 167 (42)
2007-2008 Kickers Offenbach 35 (6)
2008-2009 Iraklis Thessaloniki 20 (1)
2009-2011 OFI 65 (21)
2011- Kerkyra 3 (1)
National team‡
2000-2003 Greece U-21
2004 Greece U-23 2 (0)
2003 Greece 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 February 2011.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 February 2011

Anestis Agritis (born 16 April 1981 in Mytilini)[1] is a Greek footballer currently playing for Kerkyra F.C. as a forward and as a winger. He formerly played for Aegeas Plomariou, Egaleo, Kickers Offenbach, Iraklis Thessaloniki and OFI Crete.

Agritis has gained one cap for Greece. He has also played for the Greek U-21 team and was a member of Greece U-23 that competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Club career

Agritis started his career in a young age, in 1995, at Doxa Plagias, the amateur side of his village and in 1999 he was transferred to the Delta Ethniki side Aegeas Plomariou.[1] His spell there was a brief one as during the winter transfer window of 2000 he moved to Egaleo, then in Beta Ethniki.[1] He spent Egaleo seven years playing for Egaleo managing to feature in 167 league matches and scorin 42 goals.[2] In January 2007 Agritis was transferred to 2.Bundesliga outfit Kickers Offenbach.[3] He debuted for Kickers in a 0-2 home defeat from Paderborn[4] His first goal came in 2-1 away defeat against Aue[4] Agritis stayed in Offenbach until the sumer of 2008, featuringg in 32 matches and scoring 5 goals.[5] In June 2008 he signed a two year contract with Greek Superleague club Iraklis.[6] Having played in 19 matches and scoring only 1,[5] he was released by Iraklis after one year at the club.[7] After his release from Iraklis he finalised the agreement he reached a few days earlier with Beta Ethniki side OFI.[8] He scored in his debut for OFI, in a 2-1 away defeat from Diagoras for the first round of the 2009-10 season.[9] In his first season for OFI he scored 10 out of a total of 30 league appearances.[5]

International career

Afritis made his debut for Greece U-21 on 6 October 2000 in a match against Finland U-21, that Greece won 3-1.[1] He gained his only full cap for Greece on 29 January 2003, in a frienly match against Cyprus, as he replaced Nikos Lyberopoulos at half tome.[10] Agritis was a member of the Greek U-23 team tahat participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics and he played in two matches, against South Korea U-23 team and Mexico U-23 team.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Anestis Agritis' Biography". Anestis Agritis. http://www.agritis.com/Biography/Biography.html. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
  2. ^ "Αγρίτης Ανέστης" (in Greek). insports.gr. http://www.insports.gr/index.php?s=1&c=1&p=479&cat=5&omadaid=29&nav=%C1%E3%F1%DF%F4%E7%F2%20%C1%ED%DD%F3%F4%E7%F2&paiktisid=767. Retrieved 7 February 2011. 
  3. ^ "Anestis Agritis transfers". transfermarkt.co.uk. http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/anestis-agritis/transfers/spieler_13849.html. Retrieved 7 February 2011. 
  4. ^ a b "Anestis Agritis 2.Bundesliga - 06/07". transfermarkt.co.uk. http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en//leistungsdaten/spieler_13849_2006.html#L2. Retrieved 7 February 2007. 
  5. ^ a b c "Anestis Agritis Performance Data". transfermarkt.co.uk. http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/anestis-agritis/leistungsdaten-detail/spieler_13849.html. Retrieved 7 February 2011. 
  6. ^ "Υπέγραψε ο Αγρίτης στον Ηρακλή" (in Greek). Αθήνα 9.84. 2 June 2008. http://admin.athina984.gr/node/7457. Retrieved 7 February 2011. 
  7. ^ "Αποχώρησε από τον Ηρακλή ο Αγρίτης" (in Greek). Bluearena.gr. 31 August 2009. http://www.bluearena.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2020:2009-08-28-16-11-37&catid=10:podosfairo-iraklis&Itemid=209. Retrieved 7 February 2011. 
  8. ^ "Στον ΟΦΗ ο Αγρίτης" (in Greek). Contra.gr. 28 August 2009. http://contra.gr/Soccer/Europe/EuropaLeague/248414.html. Retrieved 7 February 2011. 
  9. ^ "Anestis Agritis Performance data for season 09/10". transfermarkt.co.uk. http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en//leistungsdaten/spieler_13849_2009.html#GR2. Retrieved 7 February 2011. 
  10. ^ "Αγώνες Εθνικής Ανδρών του 2003" (in Greek). Hellenic Football federation official site. http://www.epo.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=167:----2003&catid=53:2010-02-11-09-30-25&Itemid=157. Retrieved 7 February 2011. 
  11. ^ "Greece - Korea Republic 2-2". FIFA.com. http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=8229/matches/match=37140/report.html. Retrieved 7 February 2011. 
  12. ^ "Greece - Mexico 2-3". FIFA.com. http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=8229/matches/match=37145/report.html. Retrieved 7 February 2011. 

External links

Greece squad – 2004 Summer Olympics
Kerkyra FC – current squad