Kyriakos Papadopoulos

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Personal information
Kyriakos Papadopoulos
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Full name	Kyriakos Papadopoulos
Date of birth	February 23, 1992 (1992-02-23) (age 16)
Place of birth	Piraeus, Greece
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Olympiacos
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
	Olympiacos	1(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Kyriakos Papadopoulos, (born 23 February 1992 in Piraeus) is a Greek footballer currently playing for Greek club Olympiacos and is also part of the Greek national youth team. He plays as a central defender. He was signed from Svoronos Katerinis and was promoted from the Olympiacos youth team in July 2007. He has so far featured in four Olympiacos pre-season friendlies.

In the summer of 2007, Papadopoulos was invited on trial to train with the Espanyol youth team during the pre-season. Papadopoulos performed well enough for the club's management staff enough to promote him to the first team, and offered him a contract. However, Olympiakos scouts were also aware of the prodigy's talents, and were quick to secure a deal with Papadopoulos' father, thus bringing him to Piraeus.

The 2007/2008 season has been very promising for Papadopoulos. He made his competitive debut for Olympiacos in the Greek Superleague as a substitute during a 3-1 win over Atromitos on December 2, 2007^[1], thus becoming the youngest player to ever play in the Greek league. He also made the substitutes bench in the Champions League against Real Madrid and Lazio, and has featured in several Greek Cup games.

He was called for duty for the U-19 Greece team to participate in the Elite round of the UEFA U19 Championships. He participated in all three group games against Moldova, Netherlands and Russia, helping Greece finish top and qualify for the finals.