Place of birth Paralimni, Cyprus Weight 77 kg Height 1.84 m | Number 4 Role Footballer Name Kostakis Artymatas Career start 2012 | |
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Date of birth (1993-04-15) 15 April 1993 (age 22) Similar People Marios Antoniades, Pieros Sotiriou, Nektarios Alexandrou | ||
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Kostakis Artymatas (born 15 April 1993) is a Cypriot international footballer who plays for Kerkyra, on loan from APOEL in the Supeleague, as a defensive midfielder.
Contents
- Nottingham Forest Academy Enosis Neon Paralimni
- APOEL
- International career
- Club
- International
- Honours
- References
Nottingham Forest Academy / Enosis Neon Paralimni
Artymatas started his playing career when he was eight years old at Enosis Neon Paralimni academies and at age sixteen he moved to Nottingham Forest academies in England where he stayed for three years. He returned to Cyprus in June 2012 and he made his professional debut with Enosis Neon Paralimni on 15 September 2012, in a league match against Anorthosis Famagusta which ended in 1–1 draw.
APOEL
On 14 June 2013, Artymatas moved from Enosis Neon Paralimni to APOEL (for a transfer fee of €120,000) and he signed a four-year contract with his new club. He made his debut on 11 November 2013, in a Cypriot First Division match against Alki Larnaca at GSP Stadium, coming on as an 80th-minute substitute in APOEL's 3–0 victory. A month later, he made his debut in European competitions, playing the full 90 minutes in APOEL's 2–0 defeat at Eintracht Frankfurt for the last matchday of the UEFA Europa League group stage. During his first season at APOEL, he managed to win his first career titles, winning all the Cypriot competitions, the Cypriot League, the Cypriot Cup and the Cypriot Super Cup.
On 10 December 2014, Artymatas made his first UEFA Champions League group stage appearance, coming on as an 72nd-minute substitute in APOEL's 4–0 defeat against Ajax at Amsterdam Arena. In the 2014–15 season, he added two more trophies to his collection, as APOEL won again both the Cypriot championship and the cup. He scored his first official goal for APOEL on 17 October 2015, netting the fifth goal in APOEL's 6–0 home victory against AEL Limassol for the Cypriot First Division.
On 19 September 2016, Artymatas signed a three-year contract extension with APOEL, running until 31 May 2020.
International career
Artymatas made his international debut with Cyprus National Team on 12 October 2012, in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Slovenia at Ljudski vrt Stadium, coming on as a 46th-minute substitute in Cyprus' 2–1 defeat.