Kleopas Giannou

Kleopas Giannou (Greek: Κλέοπας Γιάννου; born 4 May 1982) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Kleopas Giannou

Personal information
Full name	Kleopas Giannou
Date of birth	(1982-05-04) 4 May 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Athens, Greece
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
–1999	Olympiacos U-21
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2007	Olympiacos	18	(0)
2006–2007	→ Egaleo (loan)	11	(0)
2007–2008	AEL Limassol	12	(0)
2008	Panionios	4	(0)
2008–2009	AEL Limassol
2013–2014	Nea Ionia
International career
2004	Greece Olympic	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 September 2012

Club career

A graduate of the Athenian club's youth system, Giannou was loaned to Olympiakos Volou in summer 2000 until the end of the year, and spent the rest the campaign at Halkidona FC. Promoted to the senior Olympiacos squad on his return, he made his top-flight debut on 4 January 2002, but was mainly a reserve. However, although by the start of 2003/04 he was still fourth-choice, a combination of Theofanis Katergiannakis's injury, Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos's departure and Juraj Bucek's loss of form saw Giannou promoted to play in the final 12 games of the league season.

Olympiacos, however, were pipped to the title by Panathinaikos FC. The arrival of Antonios Nikopolidis from Panathinaikos relegated Giannou back to the bench. He played in just one league match, when Nikopolidis was suspended, and three Greek Cup encounters as his club completed the domestic double. In 2005/06, understudy to Nikopolidis, he played in one league encounter and made his UEFA Champions League debut against Olympique Lyonnais.

He won approximately €1m in the Greek national lottery in 2002.

On 29 August 2007 Olympiacos decided to release Giannou from his contract after he refused to be loaned out again. He spent time on trial at Championship side Cardiff City but failed to earn a full contract. From August 2007 to January 2008 he was playing for AEL FC in Cyprus and since then he is currently playing in Panionios.

International career

An Under-21 international, he was part of the Greek squad in the 2004 Olympic Games.^[1]

Honours

Club

Olympiacos

• Greek Championship: 1999–2000, 2000–2001, 2001–2002, 2002–2003, 2004–2005, 2005–2006
• Greek Cup: 2004–2005, 2005–2006

References

1. "Kleopas Giannouthesi Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2009.