Loukas Vyntra
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Loukas Vyntra[1] | ||
Birth name | Lukáš Vydra | ||
Date of birth | 5 February 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Město Albrechtice, Czechoslovakia | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–1999 |
Almopos | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2003 | Paniliakos | 67 | (4) |
2000–2001 | → Veria (loan) | 24 | (0) |
2003–2013 | Panathinaikos | 227 | (10) |
2013–2015 | Levante | 75 | (2) |
2015–2016 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 25 | (0) |
2016–2019 | Omonia | 70 | (4) |
2019–2022 | Lamia | 52 | (0) |
Total | 540 | (20) | |
International career‡ | |||
1997–2003 | Greece U21 | 20 | (3) |
2004 | Greece U23 | 3 | (0) |
2005–2015 | Greece | 57 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 June 2015 |
Loukas Vyntra (Greek: Λουκάς Βύντρα, Czech: Lukáš Vydra; born 5 February 1981) is a Greek former professional footballer. Mainly a central defender, he could also play as a right back, left back, or a defensive midfielder.
Early life
Vyntra was born as Lukáš Vydra in Město Albrechtice, Czechoslovakia, to a Czech father and a Greek mother. As a youngster, he moved to his mother's homeland of Greece.
Club career
Paniliakos
Vyntra signed his first professional contract in 1999 with
Panathinaikos
Greek giants
In the summer of 2007, German Bundesliga side Hertha BSC approached the player about a transfer, but Panathinaikos did not wish to sell him unless they found adequate cover in defence. Although he was described as a hard-working player, good in tackling and marking and picked by all his managers for the starting XI, his lack of stability made him the target of complaints and he has received the most criticism for Panathinaikos' recent inability to win titles.[citation needed] Incoming manager Henk ten Cate, however, began using Vyntra mainly as a central defender for the 2008–09 season.
During the subsequent
After Henk ten Cate's resignation as Panathinaikos manager on 8 December 2009, Ten Cate gave an interview to a Greek sports website where he was asked the question, "If you get hired by a big European club, which player from Panathinaikos F.C. would you recommend to your new club?" He responded, "Only one: Vyntra. He can play either as a defensive midfielder and right or left back, he can also play as a centre back, he is quick, he has good aerial abilities, with a good technique for a defender, he is good in tactics. What else can a manager ask from him? He has a tough mind because he plays many years under continuous, unfair criticism."[6]
On 16 October 2010, Vyntra scored the winning goal against PAOK.
Levante
At the beginning of the 2013 calendar year, facing criticism from fans and in-and-out of the starting lineup, Vyntra asked his manager to make some contacts with foreign teams and Belgian club Anderlecht arranged immediately a scout to assess him.[7] During the 2012–13 season, however, he ultimately signed a half-year contract with Spanish La Liga side Levante, later extending it at the conclusion of the year with an annual salary of €450,000.[8]
On 19 January 2014, Vyntra scored his first goal with Levante, in a 1–1 draw against
On 4 May 2014, a couple of days after
The 2014–15 began poorly for Levante, and head coach Lucas Alcaraz did not hesitate to pull Vyntra out of the lineup along with David Barral, defensive pillars for the club just one season prior. The team's unsuccessful results against Elche, Villarreal and Athletic Bilbao had Vyntra on the substitute's bench, kept out of the starting XI in favour of central defenders David Navarro and Iván Ramis.[14] Vyntra eventually returned to the starting lineup on 4 April 2015, in a 4–1 away win over Almería.
Without reaching the 30-appearance mark that was the target for the 2014–15 season, Vyntra was touted for a return to Greece for the subsequent season, as it was believed Levante would not renew his contract.[15] According to sources from Israel, Hapoel Tel Aviv was interested in signing Vyntra.[16]
Hapoel Tel Aviv
On 27 July 2015, Hapoel Tel Aviv reached an agreement with Levante and Vyntra for his signature; he ultimately signed a two-year contract with an annual salary of €250,000 after passing his medical.[17] In August 2016, he solved his contract with the club.
AC Omonia
On 29 August 2016, Vyntra signed a contract with Cypriot club
Lamia
On 17 July 2019, Lamia reached an agreement with Vyntra for his signature; he ultimately signed a year contract with an undisclosed fee after passing his medical.[21] On 6 August 2020, he renew for another year.
International career
Vyntra represents Greece instead of his birth country, the Czech Republic; he has gone on to feature for the national team on several levels. He represented Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics, held on home soil in Athens.
Vyntra's debut with the Greek senior team came on 8 June 2005, in a 1–0 home loss match against Ukraine in a 2006 World Cup qualifying match. He was included in the final squad for the 2005 Confederations Cup in Germany.[22]
Generally for Greece, Vyntra has been used in his more natural right-back position, but his playing-time has benefited through injuries to regular starters. With his occasional gaffes, he faces the same scrutiny that surrounded him at Panathinaikos.
On 23 March 2015, an injury of
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Paniliakos | 1999–00 | Superleague Greece
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
2001–02 | Beta Ethniki | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | |
2002–03 | Beta Ethniki | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | |
2003–04 | Superleague Greece | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
Total | 67 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 4 | ||
Veria (loan) | 2000–01 | Beta Ethniki | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
Panathinaikos | 2003–04 | Superleague Greece | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
2004–05 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 37 | 1 | ||
2005–06 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
2006–07
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26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
2007–08
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23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
2008–09
|
30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 45 | 2 | ||
2009–10
|
24 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 42 | 5 | ||
2010–11
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31 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 4 | ||
2011–12
|
24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
2012–13
|
14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||
Total | 227 | 10 | 28 | 3 | 72 | 2 | 327 | 15 | ||
Levante | 2012–13 | La Liga | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
2013–14 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3 | ||
2014–15 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
Total | 75 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 3 | ||
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2015–16 | Israeli Premier League | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
Omonia | 2016–17 | Cypriot First Division | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
2017–18 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
2018–19 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
Total | 70 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 4 | ||
Lamia | 2019–20
|
Superleague Greece | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
2020–21 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
Total | 52 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | ||
Career total | 540 | 20 | 53 | 4 | 75 | 2 | 668 | 26 |
Honours
Panathinaikos
- 2010
- 2010
References
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- ^ "Επίσημο: Στη Λαμία ο Βύντρα". sport24.gr. 17 July 2019.
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- ^ "Greece World Cup 2014 squad". telegraph. 19 May 2014.
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External links
- Loukas Vyntra at Soccerway
- Loukas Vyntra at National-Football-Teams.com
- Loukas Vyntra – Čech v řeckém dresu (in Czech)
- «Ποταμός» Τεν Κάτε![permanent dead link] (in Greek)