Marios Oikonomou
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 October 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Ioannina, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre Back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Bologna | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | PAS Giannina | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2012–2013 | PAS Giannina | 17 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Cagliari | 1 | (0) |
| 2014– | Bologna | 26 | (4) |
| National team | |||
| 2012– | Greece U21 | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 April 2015. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Marios Oikonomou (Greek: Μάριος Οικονόμου; born 6 October 1992) is a Greek professional footballer who plays for Bologna, in the Serie B, as a central defender.
Career
PAS Giannina
Born in Ioannina, Oikonómou began playing football with PAS Giannina. On 14 November 2012, he made his debut for the Greece U21 in a friendly match against Austria U21.[1]
Cagliari Calcio
After his good 2012-13 season with PAS Giannina, Ikonomou signed a contract with Cagliari, a team in Serie A, the top league in Italy. His former club will receive an amount that will reach €500,000, while keeping a small percentage of resale. On April 6, 2014 he made his debut with the club in a home loss against Roma.
Bologna
On 1 July 2014, the Greek defender signed a one year contract with Bologna and will continue his career in Serie B on a transfer deal involved striker Alessandro Capello, who moved permanently from Newcastle United to Cagliari. Oiconomou played last year for Cagliari, but he made very few appearances thus he changed his football environment.[2] [3] On 23 September 2014 he made his debut with the club scoring in a 1-0 away win against Ternana Calcio. His remarkable season has made him the object of desire in Italy especially for S.S. Lazio and Hellas Verona F.C.[4]
On March 2015, despite his excellent appearances in the field, Marios Oikonomou has gone through a difficult time in which he was forced to stay in the bench after the arrival of Daniele Gastaldello, but the transition to the three-man defense allowed him to return to the field and to unlock the game against A.S. Livorno Calcio by scoring a goal giving three key points in the race for promotion. He insisted on the method of training and the managerial abilities of Luis Diego López. Oikonomou is necessary to turn into a game the good things done in training: "We must think only of what we feel in the week and put it into practice in the match. There is nothing to change in our daily work even though we do few goals." But even with the arrival of Gastaldello, Oikonomou has seen it as a stimulus: "I tried to look on the bright side - admitted the defender - from players like him and Domenico Maietta I can learn a lot, they both have a valuable experience. With them I feel good, and now with the three-man defense we can do good things ". [5]
References
- ↑ "Μεγάλη μέρα για το Μάριο Οικονόμου που φόρεσε τη φανέλα με το εθνόσημο". gianninasports.gr. 15 November 2012.
- ↑ "Στην Μπολόνια ο Οικονόμου". contra.gr. 2 July 2014.
- ↑ "Bologna-Cagliari, scambio tra Oikonomou e Capello: il comunicato ufficiale". gianlucadimarzio.com. 1 July 2014.
- ↑ "Bologna, sirene dalla Serie A per Oikonomou". tuttomercatoweb.com. 24 November 2014.
- ↑ "Oikonomou: "A Brescia non ci accontentiamo, stimolante avere a fianco Gastaldello"". tuttomercatoweb.com. 9 April 2015.
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