Stefanos Kotsolis
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 June 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Athens, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Panathinaikos | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–1998 | Panathinaikos | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1998–2005 | Panathinaikos | 8 | (0) |
| 2005–2009 | Larissa | 99 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Omonia | 15 | (0) |
| 2011– | Panathinaikos | 9 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005– | Greece | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:17, 18 May 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Stefanos Kotsolis (Greek: Στέφανος Κοτσόλης; born 5 June 1979) is a Greek football goalkeeper currently playing for Panathinaikos in the Greek Superleague.
Club career
Panathinaikos F.C.
Born in Athens, Kotsolis joined Panathinaikos as an 18-year-old youth player in 1997 and made sporadic appearances over his first five seasons at Panathinaikos. The imposing form of first-choice keeper Antonios Nikopolidis kept Kotsolis at bay for most of that time. Kotsolis, then the great hope of Greek goalkeeping, has waited patiently for an opportunity to break into the Panathinaikos first team, but Nikopolidis was always too good to be a second-choice. He made his professional debut for Panathinaikos on 13 April 1999, in a Greek Cup game against Athinaikos.[1]
AEL Larissa
In 2005 he was transferred to Larissa where he made a total of 121 appearances, playing there until June 2009.[2] He won the Greek Cup in the season 2006/2007, beating his former club Panathinaikos for 1-2 in the Panthessaliko Stadium in [Volos|[3]].
AC Omonia
He was then transferred to Cypriot club Omonia, from where he was released in summer 2010.[1]
Panathinaikos F.C.
On 8 February 2011 he returned to Panathinaikos F.C. after five and a half years of absence from the team.[1] On 23 July 2013, he renewed his contract for 2 more years.
International career
He is a former Greece under-21 international and team captain at the 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.[4] He is also a senior international with Greece, making 5 appearances since 2005.[5]
Career statistics
As of 31 January 2014
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe* | Other** | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Panathinaikos | 1998-99 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999-00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2000-01 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2001-02 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2002-03 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2003-04 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2004-05 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Larissa | 2005-06 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 2006-07 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| 2007-08 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| 2008-09 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
(* Includes UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League)
(** Includes SuperLeague Playoffs )
Honours
- Larissa
- Greek Cup: 2007
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Επέστρεψε στον Παναθηναϊκό ο Κοτσόλης (Kotsolis returns to Panathinaikos)" (in Greek). Eleftherotypia. 8 February 2011.
- ↑ "Για ακόμα δύο χρόνια στον Παναθηναϊκό ο Κοτσόλης (Kotsolis to Panathinaikos for two more years)" (in Greek). Eleftherotypia. 4 July 2011.
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volos
- ↑ Seretis, I. (12 May 2002). "ΣΤΕΦΑΝΟΣ ΚΟΤΣΟΛΗΣ (Stefanos Kotsolis)". To Vima (in Greek).
- ↑ Stefanos Kotsolis at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
- Official Website Of Stefanos Kotsolis
- Profile at Onsports.gr
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