Giannis Boutsakis

Giannis Boutsakis (Greek: Γιάννης Μπουτσάκης; born 8 February 1994) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Super League 2 club Chania.

Giannis Boutsakis
Personal information
Full name Ioannis Boutsakis
Date of birth (1994-02-08) 8 February 1994
Place of birth Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Chania
Number 70
Youth career
2001–2012 Atsalenios
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 Atsalenios
2017–2022 Ergotelis 115 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 March 2022

Career

Atsalenios

Born in Heraklion, Boutsakis began playing football at the age of 7, when his parents signed him up at the infrastructure segments of local club Atsalenios.[1] He was promoted to the senior squad in 2012, and stayed with the club until the summer of 2017, when he was transferred to Second Division club Ergotelis.[1]

Ergotelis

Boutsakis made his professional debut for Ergotelis as a starter in the club's first match of the season during a 2−0 Cup loss against Panserraikos on 18 September 2017.[2] He kept his place as a regular starter throughout the duration of the season, and was called up by the club's administration to sign a new three-year contract in June 2018.[3]

Career statistics
As of matches played September 26, 2021
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ergotelis 2017–18 Football League 29020——310
2018–19 26161——322
2019–20 Superleague 2 16220——182
2020–21 262———262
2021–22 0010——10
Total 975111——1086
Career total 975111——1086

Personal life

In 2018, Boutsakis obtained a degree from the Department of Preschool Education of the University of Crete,[4] for which he received an honorary award during the 2018 Greek football PSAP awards.[5]

References
  1. "Στον Εργοτέλη ο Μπουτσάκης (Greek)". www.footballleaguenews.gr. 31 August 2017.
  2. "Αναφορά Αγώνα: ΠΑΝΣΕΡΡΑΙΚΟΣ- ΕΡΓΟΤΕΛΗΣ ~ Round 1 ~ 6ος ΟΜΙΛΟΣ Κυπέλλου (Greek)". www.footballleaguenews.gr. 18 September 2017.
  3. "Μπουτσάκης τριετίας! (Greek)". www.capitano.gr. 13 June 2018.
  4. "Γιάννης Μπουτσάκης: Ο δάσκαλος του Εργοτέλη (Greek)". www.sport24.gr. 9 May 2018.
  5. "Μπουτσάκης και Καϊπερς παρέλαβαν τα βραβεία τους (VIDEO) (Greek)". Ergotelis FC. 12 February 2019.
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