Harry Panayiotou

Harry Panayiotou
Personal information
Full nameHarrison Andreas Panayiotou[1]
Date of birth28 October 1994
Place of birthLeicester, England
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Leicester City
Youth career
Leicester City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2012–Leicester City1(1)
2014→ Port Vale (loan)0(0)
National team‡
2014–Saint Kitts and Nevis3(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 23 October 2014 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:00, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Harrison Andreas "Harry" Panayiotou (born 28 October 1994) is a Saint Kitts and Nevis international footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Leicester City.

He scored on his debut in the Football League for Leicester City in April 2012. However he did not get another game for over two years, and was loaned out to Port Vale in October 2014.

Club career

Leicester City

Panayiotou was born in Leicester, to a Cypriot father, Andy, who is involved in youth football, and a mother with roots in Saint Kitts and Nevis.[2]

He started his career at the youth academy of local club Leicester City, alongside subsequent first-team teammates Andy King, Jeff Schlupp, Liam Moore, Tom Parkes and Cian Bolger. His performances for the under-18 side earned him the Fans' Academy Player of the Year award for the 2011–12 season. He was part of the youth squad which won the HKFC International Soccer Sevens cup in May 2013, where he scored five goals, including one in the 2–0 win over Newcastle United in the final; he was subsequently named Player of the Tournament.[3]

He made his senior debut for the "Foxes" against Leeds United on the final day of the 2011–12 season at Elland Road; he replaced Lloyd Dyer in the 73rd minute and scored the winning goal in added time.[4] He signed his first professional contract in September 2012,[5] and in July 2014 he extended it by a further two years.[6]

On 20 October 2014, Panayioutou joined League One side Port Vale on a one-month loan.[7] However he did not make a first team appearance for the "Valiants" during his time at Vale Park.[8] After impressing in games for Leicester City Reserves he was named as the under-21 Premier League Player of the Month for March.[9]

International career

On 8 October 2014, Panayiotou scored on his debut for Saint Kitts and Nevis in their Caribbean Cup qualifying defeat to Barbados at Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.[10] On 26 March 2015, he scored a hat-trick beginning with a penalty in the second leg of a World Cup first qualifying round tie against the Turks and Caicos Islands at the TCIFA National Academy in Providenciales; Saint Kitts and Nevis won the match 6–2 for a 12–4 aggregate victory.[11]

Statistics

Club statistics

Season Club Division League FA Cup League Cup Other[12] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2011–12[13]Leicester CityChampionship1100000011
2012–13[14]0000000000
2013–14[15]0000000000
2014–15[16]Premier League0000000000
2014–15[16]Port Vale (loan)League One0000000000
Career total 1100000011

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 8 October 2014 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti  Barbados 2–3 2–3 2014 Caribbean Cup qualification
2. 26 March 2015 TCIFA National Academy, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands  Turks and Caicos Islands 3–2
6–2
 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3. 4–2
4. 5–2

References

  1. ↑ "Search 1837 to 2006 – Birth, Marriage and Death indexes". Findmypast.com. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "ACES tournament attracts country's best players". Leicester Mercury. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Foxes Secure Hong Kong Sevens Crown". lcfc.com. 26 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Leeds 1 -2 Leicester". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 28 April 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  5. ↑ "Three Moore Years For Liam". LCFC.com. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  6. ↑ "New Deal for Striker". Leicester City. 12 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "Port Vale sign Leicester City striker on loan". BBC Sport. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  8. ↑ Baggaley, Mike (17 November 2014). "Harry Panayiotou returns to Leicester City". The Sentinel. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  9. ↑ Morlidge, Matt (10 April 2015). "Leicester City hotshot Harry Panayiotou named Barclays U21 Premier League Player of the Month for March... fresh from scoring a hat-trick for St Kitts and Nevis". Daily Mail. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "CFU Men's Caribbean Cup Second Round Updates". cfufootball.org. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "Barbados advance in CONCACAF World Cup qualifying". ESPN FC. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  12. ↑ Includes other competitive competitions, including the Football League Trophy.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Harry Panayiotou in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Harry Panayiotou in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Harry Panayiotou in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Games played by Harry Panayiotou in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2013.

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