Michalis Konstantinou

Michalis Konstantinou
Personal information
Full name	Michalis Konstantinou
Date of birth	19 February 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Deryneia, Cyprus
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Paralimni
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–1997	Paralimni
1997–2001	Iraklis
2001–2005	Panathinaikos
2005–2008	Olympiacos
2008–2009	Iraklis
2009–2011	Omonia
2011–2012	Anorthosis Famagusta
2012–2013	AEL Limassol
Total
International career‡
1998–2012	Cyprus
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2013; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 September 2012

Michalis Konstantinou (Greek: Μιχάλης Κωνσταντίνου; born 19 February 1978) is a Cypriot former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played for the Cyprus national football team, and he is the all-time leading scorer with 32 goals in 85 appearances. He also played for Iraklis, Panathinaikos and Olympiacos in Greece.

Club career

Early

Born in Paralimni, he got his start in professional football playing for hometown side Enosis Neon Paralimni, for whom he scored 17 goals in 25 games in the 1996/97 season and became top goal scorer of Cypriot Championship.

Iraklis Thessaloniki

Picked up by

UEFA Cup

.

Panathinaikos

In

Barcelona in the 2001–02 Champions League

. Panathinaikos seemed to ensure its marking the semi-finals, as they were needed 3 goals to go to the Spaniards. Barça, however, came back and won 3–1, qualifying for the semi-finals.

In

2004–05

he had 15 goals. Konstantinou scored against the champions in a 1–0 home win, at the end of the season Konstantinou did not renew with Panathinaikos, because he stated that he was going to continue his footballing career in a league of higher value to gain better experience.

That summer though, he was not signed by a club overseas and was signed by

Olympiacos

.

Olympiacos

As an

Darko Kovacevic

. It was the last season at Olympiakos.

Iraklis Thessaloniki

Konstantinou started the 2008–09 season in Greece at

Panathinaikos

back in 1997. Here he played 13 matches of which he scored three goals.

Omonia

Halfway through the 2008–2009 season, Konstantinou was transferred to Cyprus to play for

Olympiacos

.

Anorthosis Famagusta

In Summer 2011, Konstantinou signed a contract with Anorthosis Famagusta.

AEL Limasssol

In Summer 2012, Konstantinou signed a one-year contract with AEL Limassol.

Retirement

In January 2014, he announced his retirement from football as a player.^[3]

International career

He made his international debut against

Tsirion Stadium

(final score 4–0).

International goals

**Michalis Konstantinou: International goals**
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	10 February 1999	Tsirion Stadium , Limassol, Cyprus	San Marino	2–0	4–0	Euro 2000 qualifying
2	10 February 1999	Tsirion Stadium , Limassol, Cyprus	San Marino	3–0	4–0	Euro 2000 qualifying
3	2 February 2000	Tsirion Stadium , Limassol, Cyprus	Lithuania	1–0	2–1	Cyprus International Tournament
4	2 February 2000	Tsirion Stadium , Limassol, Cyprus	Lithuania	2–1	2–1	Cyprus International Tournament
5	2 September 2000	Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella, Andorra la Vella, Andorra	Andorra	0–1	2–3	2002 World Cup qualifying
6	2 September 2000	Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella, Andorra la Vella, Andorra	Andorra	2–3	2–3	2002 World Cup qualifying
7	28 March 2001	Tsirion Stadium , Limassol, Cyprus	Estonia	1–0	2–2	2002 World Cup qualifying
8	15 August 2001	A. Le Coq Arena , Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	0–1	2–2	2002 World Cup qualifying
9	15 August 2001	A. Le Coq Arena , Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	1–2	2–2	2002 World Cup qualifying
10	5 September 2001	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Portugal	1–0	1–3	2002 World Cup qualifying
11	12 February 2002	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Switzerland	1–0	1–1	Cyprus International Tournament
12	13 February 2002	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Czech Republic	3–3	3–4	Cyprus International Tournament
13	29 January 2003	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Greece	1–0	1–2	Friendly
14	2 April 2003	Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia	Slovenia	1–1	4–1	Euro 2004 qualifying
15	7 June 2003	Ta' Qali National Stadium , Ta' Qali, Malta	Malta	0–1	1–2	Euro 2004 qualifying
16	7 June 2003	Ta' Qali National Stadium , Ta' Qali, Malta	Malta	0–2	1–2	Euro 2004 qualifying
17	18 August 2004	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Albania	1–0	2–1	Friendly
18	18 August 2004	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Albania	2–0	2–1	Friendly
19	8 September 2004	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel	Israel	0–1	2–1	2006 World Cup qualifying
20	9 October 2004	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Faroe Islands	1–0	2–2	2006 World Cup qualifying
21	17 August 2005	Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	0–1	0–3	2006 World Cup qualifying
22	17 August 2005	Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	0–2	0–3	2006 World Cup qualifying
23	7 October 2006	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Republic of Ireland	1–1	5–2	Euro 2008 qualifying
24	7 October 2006	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Republic of Ireland	3–2	5–2	Euro 2008 qualifying
25	8 September 2007	Dasaki Stadium, Achna, Cyprus	Armenia	3–1	3–1	Friendly
26	11 October 2008	Boris Paichadze Stadium , Tbilisi, Georgia	Georgia	0–1	1–1	2010 World Cup qualifying
27	28 March 2009	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Georgia	1–0	2–1	2010 World Cup qualifying
28	6 June 2009	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Montenegro	1–0	2–2	2010 World Cup qualifying
29	10 October 2009	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Bulgaria	3–1	4–1	2010 World Cup qualifying
30	11 August 2010	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Andorra	1–0	1–0	Friendly
31	3 September 2010	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães, Portugal	Portugal	1–2	4–4	Euro 2012 qualifying
32	9 February 2011	Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus	Romania	1–1	1–1	Cyprus International Tournament