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Stefanos Kotsolis
	Kotsolis with Panathinaikos in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth	5 June 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Athens, Greece
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1997–1998	Panathinaikos
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–2005	Panathinaikos
2005–2009	AEL
2009–2010	Omonia
2010–2017	Panathinaikos
Total
International career‡
2005–2011	Greece
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:52, 15 June 2017 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:17, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

Stefanos Kotsolis (Greek: Στέφανος Κοτσόλης; born 5 June 1979) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Panathinaikos

Born in Athens, Kotsolis joined Panathinaikos as an 18-year-old youth player in 1997 and made sporadic appearances over his first five seasons at Panathinaikos. The imposing form of first-choice keeper Antonios Nikopolidis and the presence of Józef Wandzik, Kostas Chalkias and Mario Galinović kept Kotsolis most of that time at the bench. He made his professional debut for Panathinaikos on 13 April 1999, in a Greek Cup game against Athinaikos.^[1]

AEL

In 2005, Kotsolis was transferred to AEL where he made a total of 121 appearances, playing there until June 2009.^[2] During season 2006/2007, he won the Greek Cup after beating his former club Panathinaikos at the final.

Omonia

He was then transferred to Cypriot club Omonia, from where he was released in summer 2010.^[1] Here he won Cypriot First Division and the LTV Super Cup.

Return to Panathinaikos

On 8 February 2011 he returned to Panathinaikos after five and a half years of absence from the team.^[1] On 23 July 2013, he renewed his contract for 2 more years. On 26 April 2014, Kotsolis won his third Greek Cup playing at the final against PAOK.

Kotsolis was released by Panathinaikos after the end of 2016–17 season.^[3]

International career

He is a former Greece under-21 international and team captain at the 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.^[4] He is also a senior international with Greece, making 5 appearances since 2005.^[5]

Career statistics

As of 14 April 2017^[update]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe*		Other**		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Panathinaikos	1998–99	Super League Greece	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	1999–00		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2000–01		1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	2001–02		1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	2002–03		2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	2003–04		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2004–05		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	Total		8	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	22	0
AEL	2005–06	Super League Greece	27	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	34	0
	2006–07		25	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	30	0
	2007–08		17	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	25	0
	2008–09		31	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	32	0
	Total		100	0	16	0	5	0	0	0	121	0
Omonia	2009–10	Cypriot First Division	15	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	20	0
Omonia	Total		15	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	20	0
Panathinaikos	2010–11	Super League Greece	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
	2011–12		3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
	2012–13		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2013–14		7	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	17	0
	2014–15		6	0	3	0	7	0	0	0	16	0
	2015–16		0	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	7	0
	2016–17		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		17	0	20	0	10	0	2	0	49	0
Career total			140	0	51	0	19	0	2	0	212	0