Sotiris Alexandropoulos

Sotiris-Polykarpos Alexandropoulos (Greek: Σωτήρης-Πολύκαρπος Αλεξανδρόπουλος; born 26 November 2001) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Portuguese club Sporting CP and the Greece national team.[1]

Sotiris Alexandropoulos
Personal information
Full name Sotirios-Polykarpos Alexandropoulos
Date of birth (2001-11-26) 26 November 2001
Place of birth Athens, Greece
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sporting CP
Number 6
Youth career
2010–2019 Panathinaikos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Panathinaikos 68 (1)
2022– Sporting CP 6 (0)
International career‡
2017 Greece U16 4 (1)
2017–2018 Greece U17 16 (0)
2019–2020 Greece U19 4 (0)
2020–2022 Greece U21 3 (0)
2021– Greece 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:34, 17 November 2022 (UTC).

Club career

Panathinaikos

Alexandropoulos plays mainly as a midfielder and joined Panathinaikos from the team's youth ranks. Having recently just turned 19, he's become a near automatic starter for Panathinaikos at the 2019-20 season, when you consider that the team has had three coaches in 6 months and that Alexandropoulos missed a whole season recovering from a bad leg injury. In the Greek League playoffs he was arguably Panathinaikos's best player, while he hadn't played much under the Spanish coach Dani Poyatos. On 15 June 2021, he signed an extension with the club until the summer of 2024. On 11 September 2021, he scores his first goal for Panathinaikos senior team, against Apollon Smyrnis on a 4-1 win, at the first game of the season[2]

On 21 May 2022, Alexandropoulos won the Greek Cup with Panathinaikos against PAOK. That was his first trophy at his senior career.

Sporting CP

On 29 August 2022, Alexandropoulos signed a five-year contract with Portuguese club Sporting CP for a fee of €4.5 million, with Panathinaikos also receiving 30% of a future transfer.[3] On 2 September, he made his debut for the club, replacing Manuel Ugarte in the 89th minute in a 2–0 away win against Estoril in the Primeira Liga.[4]

International career

On 24 March 2021, Alexandropoulos was called up to the Greek senior team by coach John van 't Schip for the forthcoming World Cup 2022 qualifiers against Spain and Georgia. On 28 March 2021, he made his debut with the national team as a substitute in a friendly match against Honduras.[5]

Career statistics

Club
As of 29 December 2022[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Panathinaikos 2019–20 Super League Greece 10010———110
2020–21 28010———290
2021–22 29161———352
2022–23 1000—10—20
Total 68181——10——772
Sporting CP 2022–23 Primeira Liga 60103030—130
Career total 741913040—902

    International
    As of match played 17 November 2022
    Appearances and goals by national team and year
    National teamYearAppsGoals
    Greece 202110
    202260
    Total70

    Honours

    Panathinaikos

    Individual

    References
    1. "SQUAD".
    2. "Παναθηναϊκός: Επέκτεινε το συμβόλαιό του έως το 2024 ο Αλεξανδρόπουλος" [Panathinaikos: Alexandropoulos extended his contract until 2024] (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 15 June 2021.
    3. "É oficial: Sotiris Alexandropoulos é reforço do Sporting" (in Portuguese). 29 August 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
    4. "Sporting regressa às vitórias e bate Estoril na Amoreira com golos de St. Juste e Edwards (0-2) - como aconteceu".
    5. "Ελλάδα - Ονδούρα 2–1: Νίκη με "υπογραφή" του εξαιρετικού Παυλίδη, είχε θέματα στα μετόπισθεν" (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 28 March 2021.
    6. "S. Alexandropoulos". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
    7. Georgakopoulos, George (22 May 2022). "Panathinaikos ends eight-year trophy drought lifting the Greek Cup". Ekathimerini. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
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