Lazaros Christodoulopoulos
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lazaros Christodoulopoulos | ||
Date of birth | 19 December 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Thessaloniki, Greece | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder / Left winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Aris | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2005 | PAOK | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2008 | PAOK | 57 | (8) |
2008–2013 | Panathinaikos | 89 | (15) |
2013–2014 | Bologna | 39 | (3) |
2014–2016 |
Hellas Verona | 22 | (1) |
2015–2016 |
→ Sampdoria (loan) | 10 | (1) |
2016–2018 | AEK Athens | 57 | (12) |
2018–2020 | Olympiacos | 23 | (4) |
2020–2021 | Atromitos | 26 | (4) |
2021–2023 | Anorthosis | 35 | (11) |
2023– | Aris | 19 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2005–2006 | Greece U19 | 7 | (2) |
2006–2008 | Greece U21 | 13 | (7) |
2008–2018 | Greece | 35 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:00, 9 October 2023 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 January 2019 |
Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (
Club career
PAOK
Christodoulopoulos started his career when he was picked up by Omonoia Sindos (in Thessaloniki) at a young age, and then Neapoli. His impressive performances caught the eye of a PAOK scout, and joined PAOK in the summer of 2004. He has been a mainstay in the PAOK first team proving to be a vital team player.
As of 2008 many European clubs were interested in signing him. He was contracted to PAOK until 2008 with minimum fee release clause of €6 million.
In the summer of 2006 he was given a trial by English giants
Panathinaikos
On 20 June 2008, Christodoulopoulos agreed to a deal in principle to join
The 2011–12 season didn't start well for him, as he faced a serious knee injury during pre-season which led him to surgery. The club doctors said that he would be expected to return after five months. After months of therapy and special treatment, he joined the rest of the team at training in December. On 29 December 2011, the club president announced that Christodoulopoulos had agreed to sign a new three-year contract until 2015 since his contract was going to expire during the end of the 2011–12 season. In January 2012, it was reported that Liverpool were interested in signing Christodoulopoulos, the former trialist at the club, for £2,000,000 (€4,500,000).
Christodoulopoulos began 2012–13 by scoring in European and championship matches. He was given the number "10". He and
Bologna
On 31 January 2013, Lazaros was transferred to
The departure of Alessandro Diamanti in January has opened its doors as a starter for Lazaros Christodoulopoulos. The Greek attacking midfielder has proved ready and able to take advantage of the chances he had, becoming one of the linchpins of the team coached by Davide Ballardini.
In March 2014, Lazaros Christodoulopoulos netted a late consolation penalty in a 2–1 away loss against
On 16 May 2014, there was tension in the training campus at
Bologna, after relegation, will proceed with the disposal of its most popular players. As reported by TuttoSport, one of the starters will be the Greek midfielder Lazaros Christodoulopoulos. The player has become the object of desire in Italy especially for
Hellas Verona
Loan to Sampdoria
On 31 August 2015, Christodoulopoulos joined
AEK Athens
2016–17 season
On 27 August 2016, Christodoulopoulos signed a 3-season (2+1) contract for
2017–18 season
Christodoulopoulos solidified his position as the team's main right winger during the 2017–18 preseason. On 14 September 2017, he sealed the score in the second half with a direct free kick as AEK won 2–1 after an impressive performance against
On 27 January 2018, Christodoulopoulos opened the scoring for
On 14 May 2018, AEK decided to put Christodoulopoulos in the out-of-favour list due to the player perceiving the club's contract renewal talks as 'threats' and being in discussions with rivals Olympiacos over a potential career move. The club decided to settle the player's contract breach issues in the court of law,[31] while Lazaros and the Reds retaliated by filing a lawsuit on grounds of the player's contract expiring in the summer of 2018,[32] despite AEK claiming that the player had signed a mandatory one-year extension clause as part of the deal.[33]
Olympiacos
Following his legal conflict with AEK, Olympiacos announced the acquisition of Christodoulopoulos on 15 May 2018, on a 2-year deal effective from the beginning of July.[34] Lazaros thus became the first and only player in Greek football history to wear the shirt of all 'Big-4' teams of the country - the other two being Panathinaikos and PAOK.[35]
In August 2018, at UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round against FC Luzern, he was the man of the series as he scored both a brace in the first game after successive corners from young full-back Kostas Tsimikas in a 4–0 home win,[36] as well as in the second in a 3–1 away win, for Olympiakos to rack up an impressive 7–1 aggregate victory over the Swiss. Christodoulopoulos opened the score by heading in brilliantly from a precise Omar Elabdellaoui cross, and in the second was in the right place to ram the ball home following Roderick Miranda’s header after Jagoš Vuković had hit the crossbar with a shot.[37] On 26 August 2018, Christodoulopoulos scored with a superb free-kick sealing a 1–0 home win game against
On 3 September 2018, Christodoulopoulos is a
On 22 December 2019, after a very difficult year for the defender marred by injury (309 days to be exact), Christodoulopoulos returned to action in an away game against
Atromitos
On 28 September 2020, Atromitos completed a great transfer move, as it announced the acquisition of the 33-year-old midfielder, who had signed a year contract for an undisclosed fee.[47] On 4 October 2020, he played his first match of Super League Greece on the season 2020–21 against his ex former team AEK Athens replacing at 82 minutes Konstantinos Kotsopoulos.[48] On 7 November 2020, he scored the winning goal giving his club a vital 1-0 away win against Panathinaikos F.C.[49]
Anorthosis Famagusta
From 25 June 2021, Christodoulopoulos has been playing in
Aris Thessaloniki
In February 2023 he moved to Aris Thessaloniki until the end on the season. [54] So, he becαme the only player who played for all of the big 5 Greek clubs.
International career
After impressing Greece coach Otto Rehhagel, he made his debut to the Greece national football team on 1 February 2008[55] and made his international debut in the win over the Czech Republic on 5 February. Fernando Santos' team went ahead in the 20th minute through Christodoulopoulos' strike who headed the only goal as Greece secured a well-deserved 1–0 victory over Lithuania in the 2014 World Cup qualifier which kept them in touch with Group G leaders Bosnia-Herzegovina.[56]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 9 October 2023[57]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
PAOK | 2004–05 | Super League Greece | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
2005–06 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4[b] | 1 | – | 29 | 4 | |||
2006–07 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 2 | ||||
2007–08 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 26 | 4 | ||||
Total | 57 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | 64 | 10 | |||
Panathinaikos | 2008–09 | Super League Greece | 19 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5[c] | 0 | – | 28 | 7 | |
2009–10 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9[d] | 1 | – | 30 | 2 | |||
2010–11 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4[c] | 0 | – | 34 | 7 | |||
2011–12 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 3 | ||||
2012–13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9[e] | 2 | – | 21 | 6 | |||
Total | 89 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 27 | 3 | – | 130 | 25 | |||
Bologna | 2012–13 | Serie A | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 1 | ||
2013–14 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 2 | ||||
Total | 39 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 41 | 3 | ||||
Verona | 2014–15 | Serie A | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 24 | 2 | ||
Sampdoria | 2015–16 | Serie A | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 1 | ||
AEK | 2016–17 | Super League Greece | 30 | 5 | 6 | 3 | – | 6 | 1 | 42 | 9 | |
2017–18 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 16 | ||
Total | 57 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 89 | 25 | ||
Olympiacos | 2018–19 | Super League Greece | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8[d] | 5 | – | 26 | 9 | |
2019–20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | |||
Total | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | – | 34 | 10 | |||
Atromitos | 2020–21 | Super League Greece | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 4 | ||
Anorthosis
|
2021–22 | Cypriot First Division | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | — | 44 | 15 | |
2022–23 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
Total | 38 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 4 | – | 53 | 15 | |||
Aris | 2022–23 | Super League Greece | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
2023–24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[f] | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | |||
Total | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 21 | 1 | |||
Career total | 380 | 59 | 45 | 20 | 63 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 534 | 96 |
- ^ Includes Greek Cup, Coppa Italia, Cypriot Cup
- UEFA Cup
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Four appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
- Scores and results list Greece's goal tally first.
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 7 June 2013 | LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania | Lithuania | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
Club
Panathinaikos
AEK Athens
Olympiacos
Individual
- Greek Cup Top scorer: 2017–18 (together with Aleksandar Prijović, Pedro Conde)
- Super League Greece Greek Footballer of the Season: 2017–18
- Super League Team of the Season: 2017–18[58]
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External links
- Lazaros Christodoulopoulos – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Lazaros Christodoulopoulos – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Lazaros Christodoulopoulos at ESPN FC