Lefteris Lyratzis
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]
 Lyratzis with Greece in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eleftherios Lyratzis | ||
| Date of birth | 22 February 2000 | ||
| 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 | 12 | (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) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 December 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 October 2021 | |||
Club career
He is a son of Kavala footballer Nikolaos Lyratzis.
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]
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 1.[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 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | |||
| Total | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 20 | 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 | ||
References
- "Ο Λύρατζης έχει όλο το πακέτο (Greek)". sport24.gr. 30 December 2018.
- "Λευτέρης Λύρατζης: Το "next big thing" του ΠΑΟΚ". kavalapost.gr. 27 May 2018.
- "Ανακοίνωσε Λύρατζη ο Βόλος". www.sport24.gr. 28 June 2019.
- "ΟΦΗ - Βόλος 1-2: Φοβερό "διπλό" με ήρωα τον Γκαραβέλη". www.sport24.gr. 4 January 2020.
- "ΠΑΟΚ - Λαμία 2-1: Παυσίπονο από Κούρτιτς και VAR". www.gazzetta.gr. 12 December 2021.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lefteris Lyratzis. |
- Eleftherios Lyratzis – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Eleutherios Lyratzis at ESPN FC
- Eleutherios Lyratzis at Soccerbase