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

Olympiacos

Individual

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.