Sotiris Alexandropoulos

Sotiris Alexandropoulos

Personal information
Full name	Sotirios-Polykarpos Alexandropoulos
Date of birth	(2001-11-26) 26 November 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Athens, Greece
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder Central midfielder
Team information
Current team	Standard Liège (on loan from 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)
2023	Sporting CP B	2	(0)
2023–2024	→ Olympiacos (loan)	19	(1)
2024–	→ Standard Liège (loan)	12	(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	9	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 November 2023

Sotiris-Polykarpos Alexandropoulos (Greek: Σωτήρης-Πολύκαρπος Αλεξανδρόπουλος; born 26 November 2001) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Standard Liège, on loan from Sporting CP, and the Greece national team.[1]

Club career

Panathinaikos

Alexandropoulos plays mainly as a midfielder and joined Panathinaikos from the team's youth ranks. Having turned 19, he became a near automatic starter for Panathinaikos in the 2019–20 season.

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, his first trophy in 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]

Loan to Olympiacos

On 3 August 2023, Olympiacos announced the acquisition of Alexandropoulos. The 21-year-old midfielder signed on an initial one-year loan with a purchase option for the following summer, amounting to €4 million.[5]

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.[6] Alexandropoulos also represented the country at all youth levels from under-16 onwards.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 May 2024[7]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Panathinaikos	2019–20	Super League Greece	10	0	1	0	—		—		11	0
	2020–21	Super League Greece	28	0	1	0	—		—		29	0
	2021–22	Super League Greece	29	1	6	1	—		—		35	2
	2022–23	Super League Greece	1	0	0	0	—		1[c]	0	2	0
	Total		68	1	8	1	—		1	0	77	2
Sporting CP	2022–23	Primeira Liga	6	0	1	0	3	0	3[d]	0	13	0
Sporting CP B	2022–23	Liga 3	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
Olympiacos (Ioan)	2023–24	Super League Greece	19	1	2	1	—		10[e]	1	31	3
Career total			95	2	11	2	3	0	14	1	123	5

International

As of match played 17 November 2022

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Greece	2021	1	0
	2022	6	0
Total		7	0

Honours

Panathinaikos

• Greek Cup: 2021–22[8]

Olympiacos

• UEFA Europa Conference League: 2023–24[9]

Individual

• Super League Greece Young Player of the Season: 2021–22

Notes

1. Includes Greek Cup, Taça de Portugal
2. Includes Taça da Liga
3. Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League
4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
5. Nine appearances in UEFA Europa League, one appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League

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". 2 September 2022.
5. "Ολυμπιακός μεταγραφές: Ανακοίνωσε τον Αλεξανδρόπουλο" (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 3 August 2023.
6. "Ελλάδα - Ονδούρα 2–1: Νίκη με "υπογραφή" του εξαιρετικού Παυλίδη, είχε θέματα στα μετόπισθεν" (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 28 March 2021.
7. "S. Alexandropoulos". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
8. Georgakopoulos, George (22 May 2022). "Panathinaikos ends eight-year trophy drought lifting the Greek Cup". Ekathimerini. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
9. "El Kaabi swoops to secure Greece's first major European trophy". UEFA. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.

External links

• Sotiris Alexandropoulos at Soccerway.com
• Sotiris Alexandropoulos at WorldFootball.net
• Sotiris Alexandropoulos at Soccerbase.com
• Sotiris Alexandropoulos at National-Football-Teams.com
• Sotiris Alexandropoulos at 11v11.com