Andreas Samaris

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Andreas Samaris
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Samaris playing for Benfica in 2016
Personal information
Full name Andreas Samaris
Date of birth (1989-06-13) 13 June 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Patras, Greece
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Position(s) Central midfielder / Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Benfica
Number 7
Youth career
2006–2007 Panachaiki
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 Panachaiki 37 (3)
2010–2012 Panionios 49 (1)
2012–2014 Olympiacos 28 (4)
2012–2013 → Panionios (loan) 21 (5)
2014– Benfica 55 (2)
International career‡
2007 Greece U19 1 (0)
2013– Greece 21 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2016

Andreas Samaris (Greek: Ανδρέας Σάμαρης; born 13 June 1989) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Portuguese club Benfica and the Greece national team.[1]

Club career

Greece

Samaris started his career in Gamma Ethniki side Panachaiki in 2006, making a total of 37 league appearances and scored three goals for the club.[2] On 10 April 2007, Samaris signed his first professional contract in Panachaiki. On 11 January 2010, he moved to Panionios.[2]

Samaris joined Olympiacos in 2012, but spent the season on loan at Panionios. In 2013 he returned to Olympiacos, and scored his first goal with the club on 23 November 2013, in an away 4–1 victory against Panthrakikos.[3] Samaris ended the league with 38 appearances and scored four goals en route to the Greeks' 41st title.[4]

Benfica

Samaris with Benfica in 2015

On 22 August 2014, Samaris moved abroad and joined Portuguese champions Benfica on a five-year contract for a transfer fee of €10 million and with a €45 million release clause.[5][6][7] He made his debut for the Eagles on 12 September against Vitória Sétubal.[8]

At the end of the 2014–15 season, Samaris mentioned that the Portuguese language was a barrier in his first year with the club. The Greek international stressed the importance of learning it by stating, "I liked to learn Portuguese because I became closer to my colleagues. The most important is to understand what my coach says because there was an idea of game and I had to adapt faster than the others."[9]

On 29 August 2015, in the second day of 2015–16 Primeira Liga, Samaris, after an assist from Greek teammate Konstantinos Mitroglou, scored with a right-footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner, the second goal giving the lead to his club in a 3–2 win against Moreirense. It was his first goal in the Primeira Liga.[10] On 1 April 2016, he scored his second goal in the Portuguese league, with a direct free kick, in a 5–1 home game against Braga.[11]

International career

Samaris is a former Greece under-19 international.[2] He made his debut in a 2008 European Under-19 Championship qualifier against France.[1] In October 2013, he was called-up to the Greek senior side by manager Fernando Santos and made a substitute appearance in the final group qualifier against Liechtenstein, also coming off the bench in the two play-off matches against Romania. After a strong season with Olympiakos, Santos opted to select Samaris to his final 23-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[12]

On 24 June 2014, in his first appearance in a final tournament of the World Cup and against the Ivory Coast, Samaris opened the scoring after capitalizing on Cheick Tioté's defensive mistake in the 42nd minute in an eventual 2–1 victory; Samaris came on as an early replacement for the injured Panagiotis Kone.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 May 2016
Club Season League National Cup Cup* Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Panachaiki 2006–07 Gamma Ethniki 4 0 0 0 — — 4 0
2007–08 19 3 0 0 — — 19 3
2008–09 14 0 0 0 — — 14 0
2009–10 0 0 1 0 — — 1 0
Total 37 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 38 3
Panionios 2009–10 Superleague 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
2010–11 20 1 0 0 — — 20 1
2011–12 27 0 3 0 — — 30 0
2012–13 21 5 1 0 — — 22 5
Total 70 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 74 6
Olympiacos 2013–14 Superleague 28 4 4 0 — 6 0 38 4
Benfica 2014–15 Primeira Liga 28 0 1 0 3 0 5 0 37 0
2015–16 27 2 1 0 6 0 7 0 41 2
Total 55 2 2 0 9 0 12 0 78 2
Career total 190 15 11 0 9 0 18 0 228 15

*Includes Taça da Liga and Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

International

As of 30 March 2016[14]
National team Year Apps Goals
Greece 2013 3 0
2014 8 1
2015 9 0
2016 1 0
Total 21 1

Honours

Olympiacos
Benfica

References

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External links

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