1. Kyriakos Papadopoulos is a Greek professional footballer who last played as a centre-back for Greek Super League club Levadiakos.
30 Facts About Kyriakos Papadopoulos
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Kyriakos Papadopoulos performed well enough for the club's management staff to fast-track him to the reserve team, offering him a contract immediately.
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Kyriakos Papadopoulos immediately featured in several of Olympiacos' pre-season friendlies, three league games and three Greek Cup games.
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Kyriakos Papadopoulos made the substitutes bench in the UEFA Champions League against Real Madrid and Lazio, and featured in several Greek Cup games.
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Since joining Schalke from Olympiacos, Kyriakos Papadopoulos has played in over 70 matches in all competitions, scoring five goals and has ultimately gathered respect and praise from all over Europe due to his tenacious and skillful defending considering his young age.
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In September 2012, Kyriakos Papadopoulos signed a new contract with Schalke that will keep him at the club until 2016.
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Just a few weeks after his return to action Kyriakos Papadopoulos suffered a new shoulder injury and could have been forced to undergo surgery.
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On 3 November 2014, Leverkusen announced that Kyriakos Papadopoulos had been ruled out for the remainder of 2014 with a shoulder injury.
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On 8 March 2015, Kyriakos Papadopoulos scored his first Bundesliga goal for Bayer Leverkusen against SC Paderborn.
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On 24 November 2016, Kyriakos Papadopoulos underwent a successful routine surgery to overcome a chronic knee problem.
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On 13 January 2017, after a frustrating first half of the campaign with RB Leipzig and due to their acquisition of defender Dayot Upamecano from Salzburg during the winter transfer window, Kyriakos Papadopoulos moved to Hamburger SV.
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On 1 March 2017, Kyriakos Papadopoulos returned in the DFB Cup against Borussia Monchengladbach.
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On 23 July 2018, according to the Hamburger Morgenpost, Kyriakos Papadopoulos was suffering from a knee cartilage injury which required immediate surgical treatment.
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On 28 August 2021, Kyriakos Papadopoulos is looking for the next club of his career, as he is solved his contract with Al-Fayha, after a month of his presence in Saudi Arabia.
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On 9 September 2021, Kyriakos Papadopoulos returned to Super League Greece, by signing a season-long contract with Atromitos for an undisclosed fee.
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On 23 July 2022, Kyriakos Papadopoulos joined U Craiova a Romanian professional football club based in Craiova, Dolj County, which competes in the Liga I on a two years contract for an undisclosed fee.
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On 15 February 2023, Kyriakos Papadopoulos returned to Super League Greece, by signing a season-long contract with Lamia for an undisclosed fee.
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Kyriakos Papadopoulos was called up to the under-19 Greece national team for the Elite round of the 2007 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.
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Kyriakos Papadopoulos appeared in all three group games against Moldova, Netherlands and Russia, helping Greece finish top and qualify for the finals.
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Kyriakos Papadopoulos later featured at the heart of the Greek defence in the finals tournament and was partners with teammate Konstantinos Lambropoulos.
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Kyriakos Papadopoulos was instrumental in keeping a clean sheet against the Czech Republic, as well as strong performances against England and Italy.
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Kyriakos Papadopoulos's performances attracted attention from scouts of elite teams such as Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea.
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Kyriakos Papadopoulos was the youngest player in the tournament by 13 months and the teams were impressed with the defender's maturity while in a competition.
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Kyriakos Papadopoulos finished an excellent season with Schalke when, on 4 June 2011, the then-Greece head coach, Fernando Santos, called up Papadopoulos for a rookie spot on the team for a match against Malta.
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Kyriakos Papadopoulos had an excellent game that included he scoring the team's second match goal.
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Kyriakos Papadopoulos was part of the Greece Under-23 squad for the finals of the UEFA Euro 2012.
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Kyriakos Papadopoulos was a starter in the team's second and third group games and the quarter-final match loss to Germany.
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On 17 April 2015, Kyriakos Papadopoulos was recalled by new Greece manager Sergio Markarian, as part of a selection overhaul, to participate in the nation's European Championship qualifier away at Hungary.
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Kyriakos Papadopoulos played the entire third match against Estonia, but was sent off after 79 minutes during the clash against Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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Kyriakos Papadopoulos was then required to miss the important fifth game against the Belgian Red Devils.