Konstantinos Tsimikas ( greek : Κωνσταντίνος Τσιμίκας, born 12 May 1996 ) is a greek professional football player who plays as a left-back for Premier League cabaret Liverpool and the Greece national team. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Tsimikas previously played for Olympiacos, and besides had loanword spells with Esbjerg and Willem II .
Club career [edit ]
early career [edit ]
Tsimikas was born in Thessaloniki, and hails from the village of Lefkonas, Serres. [ 5 ] He started his career from his greenwich village ‘s local anesthetic team and he transferred to AS Neapoli Thessaloniki when he was 14 years honest-to-god. In 2013, he moved to Panserraikos and he scored 5 goals during 2013–14 season in Gamma Ethniki. [ 6 ]
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Olympiacos [edit ]
Tsimikas made his Olympiacos introduction in the Super League in a match against AEL Kalloni on 19 December 2015. [ 7 ]
loanword to Esbjerg [edit ]
On 28 December 2016, Tsimikas signed for Danish club Esbjerg on a loan until the end of the 2016–17 season. [ 8 ] On 17 February 2017, in his introduction with the baseball club, he scored a goal in a 3–0 home win game against SønderjyskE Fodbold. He left the club after 13 games, and returned to Olympiacos. [ citation needed ]
loanword to Willem II [edit ]
On 30 June 2017, Tsimikas made another loan act, this meter to Dutch baseball club Willem II on a season-long contract. [ 9 ] He was a regular in the 2017–18 Eredivisie, starting 32 of the 34 matches, [ 10 ] and besides scored goals. In the quarter-finals of the KNVB Cup, his parry free kick took the bind into extra time, and Willem II went on to beat Roda on penalties. [ 11 ] Tsimikas ‘ outstanding bicycle kick in a 3–2 winnings against FC Utrecht was voted Voetbal International Goal of the Month and contributed to his being named Eredivisie Rookie of the Month for March 2018. [ 12 ]
return to Olympiacos [edit ]
Coach Pedro Martins kept Tsimikas at Olympiacos for the 2018–19 season. In November 2018, he crossed for Kostas Fortounis ‘ inaugural finish in a 5–1 kill of F91 Dudelange in the Europa League group stage ; both players were named in the UEFA Europa League Team of the Week. [ 13 ] In late 2018 he did not start many games but was however offered a new cope, keeping Tsimikas at the clubhouse until the summer of 2023. [ 14 ]
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liverpool [edit ]
On 11 August 2020, Tsimikas signed for Liverpool on a deal for reported tip of £11.75 million. He became just the second Greek football player to become a Liverpool player after Sotirios Kyrgiakos who joined the club from AEK Athens in 2009. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] He made his debut for Liverpool in the EFL Cup on 24 September 2020, against Lincoln City in a 7–2 winnings. [ 18 ] He made his Premier League debut as a substitute for Andrew Robertson against Manchester City in a 4–1 loss. Tsimikas next appearance was against Burnley on 19 May 2021. On 14 August 2021, he made his first base league start in the 3–0 off win against Norwich on the first step weekend of the season. [ 19 ] He followed this up with a man-of-the-match performance on 21 August, providing the assist for Diogo Jota ‘s goal in a 2–0 acquire over Burnley. [ 20 ]
International career [edit ]
Tsimikas received his first call-up to the Greece senior team for 2018–19 UEFA Nations League matches against Hungary and Finland in October. [ 21 ] He made his international debut in the starting football team for the couple at family to Hungary on 12 October, and crossed for Kostas Mitroglou to score the only goal of the game. [ 22 ]
career statistics [edit ]
golf club [edit ]
- As of match played 22 December 2021
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Olympiacos | 2015–16 | Super League Greece | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | ||
2016–17 | Super League Greece | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
2018–19 | Super League Greece | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 9[a] | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | |||
2019–20 | Super League Greece | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 16[b] | 0 | — | 46 | 0 | |||
Total | 46 | 0 | 15 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | — | 86 | 0 | ||||
Esbjerg (loan) | 2016–17 | Danish Superliga | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 2 | |||
Willem II (loan) | 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 33 | 3 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | 37 | 6 | |||
Liverpool | 2020–21 | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
2021–22 | Premier League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3[d] | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | ||
Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
Career total | 97 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 8 |
International [edit ]
- As of match played 14 November 2021[23]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Greece | |||
2018 | 2 | 0 | |
2019 | 1 | 0 | |
2020 | 3 | 0 | |
2021 | 10 | 0 | |
Total | 16 | 0 |
Honours [edit ]
Olympiacos
Individual
References [edit ]
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