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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nikolas Panayiotou | ||
| Date of birth | 12 May 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Nicosia, Cyprus | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Omonia | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012-2018 | Anorthosis Famagusta | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 3 | (0) |
| 2019– | Omonia | 62 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Cyprus U-19 | 16 | (1) |
| 2019– | Cyprus U-21 | 6 | (0) |
| 2021– | Cyprus | 10 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2022 | |||
Nikolas Panayiotou (Greek: Νικόλας Παναγιώτου; born 12 May 2000) is a Cypriot footballer who plays as a centre-back for Omonia and the Cyprus national team.
Having come through Anorthosis' academy, Panayiotou was promoted to their first team in April 2019. In July of the same year, he joined Omonia on a three-year contract,[1][2] which he would later renew until 2027.[3]
On 6 October 2022, Panayiotou scored his first goal for Omonia, in a 2–3 home defeat to Manchester United, in the Europa League. This made him Omonia's 101st player to score in a European competition, setting a new record for a Cypriot club's number of European scorers.[4]
Panayiotou helped his team win the 2022–23 Cypriot Cup, having started every game in the competition from the second leg of the quarter finals onwards.
He made his debut for the Cyprus national football team on 1 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Malta, a 0–3 away loss. He substituted Omonia teammate Fotis Papoulis in the 59th minute.[5]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Anorthosis | 2018–19 | Cypriot First Division | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Omonia | 2019–20 | Cypriot First Division | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | 25 | 2 | |||
| 2023–24 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 62 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 65 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 3 | ||
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