Giannis Papadopoulos

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Giannis Papadopoulos
Personal information
Date of birth	March 9, 1989 (1989-03-09) (age 19)
Place of birth	Thessaloniki, Greece
Height	1.75m (5ft 9in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Olympiacos F.C.
Number	89
Youth clubs
	Iraklis FC
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2006-2008 2008-present	Iraklis FC Olympiacos	28 (1) 0 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Giannis Papadopoulos, born 9 March 1989, is a Greek footballer curently playing for Olympiacos F.C. and the Greece U19 team. He plays in a central midfield role predominantly, although he is capable of playing as a left midfielder and also as a holding midfielder.

He is left-footed, and his main strength is his powerful shot which he uses to great effect by often shooting from long distances. On 29 May he demonstrated this capability by scoring a 30-yard shot against Russia for the Greece U19 team.

Giannis started out his career at Iraklis FC as a trainee. His second season was a very impressive one, catching the eye of major Greek teams in 2007-2008, which eventually earned him a move to Olympiakos on 3 June 2008. The transfer fee was thought to be around 800,000 Euro.

v • d • e Olympiacos F.C. – current squad 1 Panagopoulos • 2 Patsatzoglou • 3 Domi • 4 Leonardo • 5 Júlio César • 6 Stoltidis • 7 Galletti • 9 Kovačević • 10 Núñez • 11 Đorđević • 14 Żewłakow • 15 Bravo • 18 Antzas • 19 Mendrinos • 20 Matsoukas • 22 Mitroglou • 24 Katsikogiannis • 25 Belluschi • 27 Lambropoulos • 28 Ledesma • 30 Pantos • 31 Soiledis • 32 LuaLua • 35 Torosidis • 71 Nikopolidis • 77 Sisic • 87 Sifakis • 92 K. Papadopoulos • -- Galitsios • -- G. Papadopoulos • -- Kovać • Manager: E. Valverde