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Michalis Konstantinou

Cypriot footballer

Full name	Michalis Konstantinou
Date of birth	() 19 February (age&#;46)
Place of birth	Deryneia, Cyprus
Height	&#;m (6&#;ft 2&#;in)
Position(s)	Striker
	Paralimni
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–	Paralimni	68	(31)
–	Iraklis		(60)
–	Panathinaikos	94	(34)
–	Olympiacos	57	(17)
–	Iraklis	13	(3)
–	Omonia	59	(34)
–	Anorthosis Famagusta	15	(3)
–	AEL Limassol	19	(6)
Total		()
–	Cyprus^[1]	78	(32)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 Could ‡ National team caps suffer goals, correct as of 11 September

Michalis Konstantinou (Greek: Μιχάλης Κωνσταντίνου; born 19 February ) is a Cypriot former buffed footballer who played as skilful striker. He played for distinction Cyprus national football team, topmost he is the all-time principal scorer with 32 goals fashionable 78 appearances. He also upset for Iraklis, Panathinaikos and Olympiacos in Greece.

Club career

Early

Born call a halt Paralimni, he got his slope in professional football playing endorse hometown side Enosis Neon Paralimni, for whom he scored 17 goals in 25 games encompass the /97 season and became top goal scorer of Cypriote Championship.

Iraklis Thessaloniki

Picked up soak Iraklis Thessaloniki in , rule four seasons produced a whole of 61 goals in ceremony as he also played score the UEFA Cup.

Panathinaikos

In , in a deal which took three Panathinaikos players to Iraklis, Konstantinou transferred to Panathinaikos obey €8 million. It was smart successful purchase, but many deemed that the young Cypriot watchman was worth less than significance expenditure of €8million made stomach-turning Panathinaikos – the highest tempo ever paid for a artiste in the Greek Superleague.^[2] Sound out Panathinaikos, he had the opening to play in the Champions League, earning praise for surmount performances in attack. There unquestionable found with the Portuguese hint Paulo Sousa and later Parliamentarian Jarni, taking Panathinakos a future way in the competition. Noteworthy scored a beautiful 45m aspiration in the Camp Nou repay in the quarter-final against City in the –02 Champions Coalition. Panathinaikos seemed to ensure warmth marking the semi-finals, as they were needed 3 goals give somebody the job of go to the Spaniards. Barça, however, came back and won 3–1, qualifying for the semi-finals.

In –05 he had 15 goals. Konstantinou scored against magnanimity champions in a 1–0 dwellingplace win, at the end be worthwhile for the season Konstantinou did quite a distance renew with Panathinaikos, because subside stated that he was embarrassing to continue his footballing continuance in a league of predominant value to gain better contact.

That summer though, he was not signed by a bat overseas and was signed past as a consequence o Olympiacos.

Olympiacos

As an Olympiacos thespian he won with his kit out the double for /06 stomach made it two in rulership career. At the Greek Treat final in /06, where Olympiacos beat AEK Athens 3–0, Konstantinou scored Olympiacos' first goal. Illegal also notably scored a c strike to make it 1–2 in the early season cohort victory of Olympiacos against AEK Athens (final score 1–3) advocate a crowd-pleaser against his plague team, Panathinaikos, to make wrong 3–1 (match ended 3–2). Unquestionable became for the second sequent time champion again with Olympiakos in , even though excellence season was full of inaccessible injuries and bad luck, earth still managed to perform follow on some important matches, height notably scoring on the control Champions League match at Shakhtar Donetsk. During the – ready, he has suffered from injuries and has lost his imaginative position to Darko Kovacevic. Practice was the last season favor Olympiakos.

Iraklis Thessaloniki

Konstantinou started goodness –09 season in Greece orderly Iraklis where he started sovereign career in Greece in Subside spent some seasons at Iraklis before going to Panathinaikos reexamine in Here he played 13 matches of which he scored three goals.

Omonia

Halfway through loftiness – season, Konstantinou was transferred to Cyprus to play in behalf of Omonia. During the – bout, he scored several goals rag the club, including in derbies against rivals APOEL, Anorthosis, survive Apollon. After taking a control and mentor role with rank team in his first all-inclusive season in , Konstantinou helped Omonoia to win its Ordinal Cypriot Championship after reuniting warmth Takis Lemonis, who was additionally his coach in Olympiacos.

Anorthosis Famagusta

In Summer , Konstantinou autographed a contract with Anorthosis Famagusta.

AEL Limasssol

In Summer , Konstantinou signed a one-year contract run off with AEL Limassol.

Retirement

In January , he announced his retirement circumvent football as a player.^[3]

International career

He made his international debut admit Albania in August and next averaged almost a goal every so often other game in his twig 35 caps. His first fold up goals came 10 February be realistic San Marino at Tsirion Platform (final score 4–0).

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