Vangelis Kyriacou

Vangelis Kyriacou
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-02-03) 3 February 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Nicosia, Cyprus
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
2012–2014 Olympiakos Nicosia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Othellos Athienou 12 (0)
2015–2017 Aris Limassol 40 (0)
2017–2018 ENP 26 (0)
2018–2019 Anagennisi Deryneia 24 (0)
2019–2023 Olympiakos Nicosia 79 (1)
2023–2024 Doxa Katokopias 29 (0)
International career‡
2022– Cyprus 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 April 2022

Vangelis Kyriacou (Greek: Βαγγέλης Κυριάκου; born 13 February 1994) is a Cypriot footballer who plays as a right-back for the Cypriot club Ypsonas and the Cyprus national team.[1]

Club career

Kyriacou began his youth career at Olympiakos Nicosia and moved for his professional career to Othellos Athienou debuting in a 2–1 Cypriot First Division loss to APOEL on 6 October 2014.[2] As per an interview at FIFPRO, he has indicated that his first salary was 3,000 euro per year. [3] He then moved to Aris Limassol in 2015. After a couple of seasons as a starter with Aris, he moved to ENP where he helped the team win the 2017–18 Cypriot Second Division and get promoted. He then had a stint with Anagennisi Deryneia, before transferring to Olympiakos Nicosia his boyhood club in the First Division on 9 July 2019. He was appointed the captain of Olympiakos Nicosia in 2021.[4]

International career

He debuted with the Cyprus national team in a 2–0 2020–21 UEFA Nations League win over Estonia on 29 March 2022.[5]

Honours

ENP

References

  1. ^ Vangelis Kyriacou at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Othellos vs. APOEL - 6 October 2014 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  3. ^ "Βαγγέλης Κυριάκου στη FIFPRO: «Το συμβόλαιό μου ήταν τρεις χιλιάδες τον χρόνο»". pasp.org.cy.
  4. ^ "Βαγγέλης Κυριάκου: "Δεν καταφέραμε φέτος να έχουμε σταθερή απόδοση" - Super Sport FM | Η κορυφαία παγκύπρια αθλητική συχνότητα".
  5. ^ "Ντεμπούτο για Βαγγέλη Κυριάκου | Kerkida.net". www.kerkida.net.