The result was no consensus -- Y not? 13:59, 22 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Unreferenced BLP that fails WP:NFOOTY and WP:GNG. He hasn't played in a WP:FPL, and he also hasn't played internationally. His one Europa League appearance, which is cited as being his claim to notability, was in a second round qualifying match, and those are generally not enough for notability. Not valid for BLP prod because it was restored by an admin on request, having previously been deleted via that method. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 08:45, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I wouldn't necessarily disagree with your argument, if this were a player whose page was created years ago when he made his sole appearance in a "minor" tournament and he'd never done anything since. Mr Laifis is in the first-team squad of a club in a fully professional league, has played for them in the domestic cup, and is a current under-21 international for his country. I'm well aware that none of those things make him presumed-notable. But if consensus is still that playing in a cup competition between two FPL teams from does, then we should recognise that the presumption of notability as afforded by subject-specific guidelines is to allow time for GNG to be demonstrated (or for it to become clear that it's never likely to be). cheers, Struway2 (talk) 10:50, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
So I duly created an article on Akwasi Asante, based on his two-minute cameo once the pride of the English second division was 3–0 up on their way to the group stage. Now it was a decent small article at the time, and contained pretty well everything I could find out about Mr Asante apart from his being a fan of Ruud van Nistelrooy, but I don't think it passed GNG.
It takes a bit of work to find enough in the English-language media to make an article about an 18-year-old player with 2 minutes onfield experience that looks at first glance as if it might pass GNG. But when relevant sources are in a foreign language, particularly in one with a non-Latin alphabet, it takes rather more than a bit of work. Most editors of en.wiki don't read Greek. Who'd expect them to? Bias towards subjects with sources in English is totally natural, and isn't restricted to football. Have a look at WP:Systemic bias: there's even a wikiproject dedicating to countering it. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 09:05, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]