Pieros Sotiriou

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Pieros Sotiriou
Personal information
Full name Pieros Sotiriou
Date of birth (1993-01-13) 13 January 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Nicosia, Cyprus
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Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 APOEL
Number 20
Youth career
2008–2009 Olympiakos Nicosia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Olympiakos Nicosia 55 (10)
2013– APOEL 41 (14)
International career‡
2010–2012 Cyprus U19 7 (5)
2011–2014 Cyprus U21 12 (2)
2012– Cyprus 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 May 2016

Pieros Sotiriou(Greek: Πιέρος Σωτηρίου; born on 13 January 1993 in Nicosia, Cyprus) is a Cypriot international footballer who plays as a striker for APOEL in the Cypriot First Division.

Career

Olympiakos Nicosia

Sotirou is a product of Olympiakos Nicosia academies. He made his official debut with Olympiakos in the 2009–10 season, when the club was competing in the Cypriot Second Division, appearing in four matches and scoring one goal. On 19 March 2011, he made his Cypriot First Division debut, playing the last 11 minutes in a match against Doxa Katokopias and he added a further five appearances in the 2010–11 season. The next season (2011–12), he made 16 league appearances (2 at starting line-up, 14 as a substitute) and scored his first Cypriot First Division goal on 18 September 2011, in the third matchday against APOEL at where Olympiakos lost by 1–4. On June 2012, it was rumoured that Sheffield Wednesday[1] was interested in him and also on 5 August 2012, he was trialled at S.L. Benfica,[2] but finally stayed at Olympiakos. On 16 November 2012, he renwed his contract with Olympiakos, signing a three-year contract extension.[3] His most productive season with Olympiakos came in 2012–13, when he appeared in 29 league matches (28 at starting line-up, 1 as a substitute) and scored 8 goals.

At the end of the 2012–13 season, he has been awarded the "Young player of the season" award by Cyprus Football Association.

APOEL

On 24 December 2012, it was announced that Sotiriou transfer from Olympiakos to APOEL was already agreed by the two clubs (for a transfer fee of €70,000), but he stayed to Olympiakos until the end of the 2012–13 season and his four-year contract with APOEL activated in June 2013.[4]

He made his debut on 29 August 2013, in the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League play-off match against Zulte Waregem at GSP Stadium, coming on as a 68th-minute substitute in APOEL's 1–2 defeat.[5] During the 2013–14 season, he appeared in three 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage matches for APOEL and won all the titles in Cyprus, the Cypriot League,[6][7] the Cypriot Cup[8][9] and the Cypriot Super Cup.[10][11]

He scored his first official goal for APOEL on 20 September 2014, netting the second goal in APOEL's 3–1 away victory against Ayia Napa for the Cypriot First Division.[12] On 10 December 2014, he made his first UEFA Champions League group stage appearance, coming on as an 65th-minute substitute in APOEL's 4–0 defeat against Ajax at Amsterdam Arena.[13] On 15 December 2014, he scored twice in APOEL's enthralling 4–4 home draw against AEK Larnaca for the Cypriot First Division.[14] In the 2014–15 season, he managed to add two more titles to his collection, as APOEL won again both the Cypriot championship and the cup.[15]

On 28 April 2016, Sotiriou scored the opening goal against title rivals AEK Larnaca and sealed the victory which secured APOEL's fourth consecutive Cypriot First Division title.[16]

International career

On 10 October 2012, Sotiriou was called for the first time into the Cyprus national football team[17] for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Slovenia and Norway, but he remained on the bench in both matches. He made his debut for the national team on 14 November 2012, in a friendly match against Finland at GSP Stadium, coming on as a 63rd-minute substitute in Cyprus' 0–3 defeat.[18]

Honours

Club

APOEL

Individual

  • Young player of the Season (Cyprus): 2012–13

References

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