Lefteris Lyratzis

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Lefteris Lyratzis
Eleftherios Lyratzis, U21 CZE-GRE 2019-10-10.jpg
Lyratzis with Greece in 2019
Personal information
Full name Eleftherios Lyratzis
Date of birth (2000-02-22) 22 February 2000 (age 21)
Place of birth Kavala, Greece
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 PAOK
Number 19
Youth career
2012–2018 PAOK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– PAOK 16 (1)
2019–2020 → Volos (loan) 24 (1)
National team‡
2015–2016 Greece U17 14 (1)
2018 Greece U18 4 (0)
2017–2019 Greece U19 18 (0)
2019– Greece U21 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 January 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 October 2021

Lefteris Lyratzis (Greek: Λευτέρης Λύρατζης, born 22 February 2000) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Super League club PAOK.[1]

Career[]

Early career[]

He is a son of Kavala footballer Nikolaos Lyratzis. He was six years old when he first started training at Keravnos Krinidon. His family moved from Kavala to Thessaloniki in 2012 just for PAOK. It was here that Lefteris became a man, and here, where his two younger brothers also played football. Lyratzis can play both as right and left interior midfielder, can use both feet comfortably and score, has a great character and is a brilliant student. One of the U14s’ skippers last season, he distinguished himself in all tournaments that he participated with PAOK.[2] He has always been a ‘leader’ at PAOK. He won the championship with the Under-14s and Under-15s during the 2014-15 season, and also when playing for the Under-17s, with which he also won a league title. Then again with the Under-19s he was also a title winner in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons. Lyratzis has also represented Greece at every youth level, but his best career memory to date is the goal he scored for PAOK against Paris Saint-Germain at the Lennart Johansson tournament at the age of 13.

PAOK[]

A combination of hard work, maturity and continuous improvement saw him join the first team for pre-season training in the summer of 2018. In the 2018-19 season he played four times for the full senior side, and the next season he went out on loan to Volos. On 28 June 2019, Lyratzis signed a long season contract with Super League 1 club Volos on loan from PAOK.[3] On 4 January 2020, Lyratzis opened the scoring for Juan Ferrando’s visitors after 35 minutes, helping his club to acquire a vital 2–1 away win against OFI. It was his first goal in the Super League.[4]

On 12 December 2021, he opened the score in a 2–1 home win game against Lamia. It was his first goal with PAOK in all competitions with the club.[5]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 12 December 2021
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
PAOK 2018–19 Super League Greece 1 0 3 0 — — 4 0
2020–21 7 0 4 0 2 0 — 13 0
2021–22 7 1 3 0 1 0 — 10 1
Total 15 1 9 0 3 0 — 27 1
Volos (loan) 2019–20 Super League Greece 24 1 3 0 — — 27 1
Career total 35 2 10 0 2 0 0 0 47 2

Honours[]

PAOK

References[]

  1. ^ "Ο Λύρατζης έχει όλο το πακέτο (Greek)". sport24.gr. 30 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Λευτέρης Λύρατζης: Το "next big thing" του ΠΑΟΚ". kavalapost.gr. 27 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Ανακοίνωσε Λύρατζη ο Βόλος". www.sport24.gr. 28 June 2019.
  4. ^ "ΟΦΗ - Βόλος 1-2: Φοβερό "διπλό" με ήρωα τον Γκαραβέλη". www.sport24.gr. 4 January 2020.
  5. ^ "ΠΑΟΚ - Λαμία 2-1: Παυσίπονο από Κούρτιτς και VAR". www.gazzetta.gr. 12 December 2021.

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