Georgios Kanellopoulos

Georgios Kanellopoulos
Kanellopoulos with HJK in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-01-29) 29 January 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Sparta, Laconia, Greece
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 HJK
Number 8
Youth career
2006–2014 Sparta
2014–2019 Asteras Tripolis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2023 Asteras Tripolis 27 (0)
2023– HJK 40 (0)
International career‡
2021–2022 Greece U21 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2022

Georgios Kanellopoulos (Greek: Γεώργιος Κανελλόπουλος; born 29 January 2000) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Veikkausliiga club HJK.[1]

Early years

Born in Sparta, Laconia, Kanellopoulos started playing football in a youth team of local club Sparta FC, before joining Asteras Tripolis youth sector in 2014.

Club career

Asteras Tripolis

Kanellopoulos started his professional career with Asteras Tripolis first team in 2019. He made his debut in Super League Greece on 4 July 2020, as a late substitute in a 4–0 win against Volos.[2]

HJK Helsinki

After spending two-and-a-half seasons with Asteras Tripolis, Kanellopoulos signed with Finnish champions HJK Helsinki on 14 January 2023, on a two-year deal with an option for an additional year.[3][4]

In the 2023 season, Kanellopoulos helped HJK to first win the pre-season Finnish League Cup tournament, and ultimately to win the Finnish championship title, which was the fourth championship in a row for the club. Kanellopoulos also made 13 appearances in the HJK's 2023–24 European campaign, in which the club qualified to the UEFA Europa Conference League group stage.

On 30 September 2024, his contract option for the 2025 was exercised.[5]

Career statistics

As of 12 December 2024[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Asteras Tripolis 2019–2020 Super League Greece 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
2020–2021 Super League Greece 5 0 1 0 — — 6 0
2021–2022 Super League Greece 21 0 1 0 — — 22 0
Total 27 0 2 0 — 0 0 29 0
HJK Helsinki 2023 Veikkausliiga 20 0 1 0 6 0 13[c] 0 40 0
2024 Veikkausliiga 20 0 1 0 1 0 11[d] 0 33 0
Total 40 0 2 0 7 0 24 0 73 0
Career total 67 0 4 0 7 0 24 0 102 0
  1. ^ Includes Kypello Elladas and Suomen Cup
  2. ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
  3. ^ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League and nine appearances in UEFA Conference League

Honours

HJK

References

  1. ^ Georgios Kanellopoulos at Soccerway
  2. ^ Georgios Kanellopoulos » Super League 2019/2020 Abstieg, worldfootball
  3. ^ Kanellopoulos Kreikasta Klubin keskikentälle, hjk.fi, 14 January 2023
  4. ^ HJK:n kreikkalaistähdellä unelmien peli – kertoo selkeän reseptin suurseuran kaatoon, Helsingin Sanomat, Ari Virtanen, 20 September 2023
  5. ^ Georgios Kanellopoulos jatkaa Klubissa, hjk.fi, 30 September 2024
  6. ^ "Georgios Kanellopoulos". flashscore.