Years Team Weight 89 kg Height 1.95 m | Number 1 Role Footballer Playing position Name Stefanos Kotsolis Parents Dionysios Kotsolis | |
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Date of birth (1979-06-05) 5 June 1979 (age 36) Current team Panathinaikos F.C. (#1 / Goalkeeper) | ||
Stefanos kotsolis
Stefanos Kotsolis (Greek: Στέφανος Κοτσόλης; born 5 June 1979) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
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Stefanos kotsolis
Panathinaikos
Born in Athens, Kotsolis joined Panathinaikos as an 18-year-old youth player in 1997 and made sporadic appearances over his first five seasons at Panathinaikos. The imposing form of first-choice keeper Antonios Nikopolidis kept Kotsolis at bay for most of that time. Kotsolis, then the great hope of Greek goalkeeping, has waited patiently for an opportunity to break into the Panathinaikos first team, but Nikopolidis was always too good to be a second-choice. He made his professional debut for Panathinaikos on 13 April 1999, in a Greek Cup game against Athinaikos.
AEL
In 2005, he was transferred to AE Larissa where he made a total of 121 appearances, playing there until June 2009. He won the Greek Cup in the season 2006/2007, beating his former club Panathinaikos for 1-2 in the Panthessaliko Stadium in [Volos|].
AC Omonia
He was then transferred to Cypriot club Omonia, from where he was released in summer 2010. Here he won Cypriot First Division and the LTV Super Cup.
Panathinaikos
On 8 February 2011 he returned to Panathinaikos F.C. after five and a half years of absence from the team. On 23 July 2013, he renewed his contract for 2 more years. The 26 of April 2014 won his third Greek Cup with Panathinaikos playing the final against PAOK FC. On 9 June 2016, the veteran goalkeeper will remain a member of Panathinaikos in 2016-17 season, since the administration of the Greens extended his contract. On 16 June 2017, Panathinaikos officially announced today that the contract of experienced goalkeeper and captain of the team, will not be extended. The 38-year-old former international spent the biggest part of his career with the shirt of the Greens (1998-2005, February 2011-17), winning three domestic titles.
International career
He is a former Greece under-21 international and team captain at the 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. He is also a senior international with Greece, making 5 appearances since 2005.
Career statistics
As of 14 April 2017
(* Includes UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League) (** Includes SuperLeague Playoffs )