Marios Neophytou

Marios Neophytou
Personal information
Full name	Marios Neophytou
Date of birth	4 February 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Limassol, Cyprus
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	AEL Limassol (assistant manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–1999	AEL Limassol
1999–2003	Anorthosis
2003–2004	OFI
2004–2007	APOEL
2007–2008	AEK
2008–2009	Nea Salamina
2009	Olympiakos Nicosia
2009–2010	APOP Kinyras Peyias
2010–2012	Akritas Chloraka
2012–2013	APEP
2013–2014	Ayia Napa
International career
2000–2004	Cyprus
Managerial career
2011–2012	Akritas Chlorakas
2012–2013	APEP
2013	Ayia Napa
2013–2014	AEL Limassol (assistant manager)
2015–2017	Ermis Aradippou (assistant manager)
2024–	AEL Limassol (assistant manager)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marios Neophytou (

striker and current assistant football manager of AEL Limassol

.

Club career

He began his career in 1993, playing for

APOP Kinyras Peyias. Afterwards he signed to Akritas Chlorakas

in 2010 where he played for one year as a player and became the season's top scorer of the club.

International career

On 15 November 2000, Neophytou made his debut with the national team of Cyprus in the home victory 5–0 against Andorra for 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification match, coming on as a substitute in 74th minute.^[1]

Coaching career

In 2011, he became also the coach of Akritas team and continued also as a player. In June 2012, Neophytou signed with

Ayia Napa,^[3] again with double role, so as to help the team to gain the promotion in the Cypriot First Division but in October 2013 left the club to join AEL Limassol as caretaker manager and later as an assistant manager by the side of the Bulgarian manager Ivaylo Petev.^[4] In November 2014, after Ivaylo Petev was sacked, Neophytou was also released from AEL

.