Christos Zafeiris
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 23 February 2003||
Place of birth | Athens, Greece[1] | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder[1] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Slavia Prague | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2011 | Panathinaikos | ||
2013–2014 | Fornebu | ||
2014 | Lillestrøm | ||
2015–2016 | Fjellhamar | ||
2017–2019 | Vålerenga | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2021 | Grorud | 33 | (1) |
2021–2023 | Haugesund | 29 | (4) |
2021 | → Grorud (loan) | 14 | (1) |
2023– | Slavia Prague | 45 | (5) |
International career‡ | |||
2018 | Norway U15 | 7 | (0) |
2019 | Norway U16 | 8 | (2) |
2020 | Norway U17 | 4 | (0) |
2021 | Norway U18 | 6 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Norway U19 | 6 | (1) |
2022–2024 | Norway U21 | 16 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:15, 27 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 June 2024 |
Christos Zafeiris (Greek: Χρήστος Ζαφείρης) (born 23 February 2003) is a Greek footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Slavia Prague. A former youth international for Norway, he opted to play for the Greece national team.
Career
[edit]Born in Athens, Greece, Zafeiris moved to Norway at the age of 9. He started his senior career with Grorud in 2020. In August 2021, he signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Haugesund. He was simultaneously loaned back to Grorud for the rest of the 2021 season.[2] On 3 April 2022, he made his Eliteserien debut in a 3–1 loss against Sandefjord.[3]
On 29 January 2023, Zafeiris signed for Czech First League leaders Slavia Prague on a four-and-a-half-year deal.[4]
International career
[edit]Born in Greece and raised in Norway, Zafeiris played for Norway at youth level up to the Norway U21s. On 27 August 2024, he switched to play for the Greece national team.[5]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played on 27 August 2024[6]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Grorud | 2020 | Norwegian First Division | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | ||
2021 | Norwegian First Division | 27 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 30 | 3 | |||
Total | 47 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 3 | ||
Haugesund | 2022 | Eliteserien | 29 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 32 | 5 | ||
Slavia Prague | 2022–23 | Czech First League | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 1 | ||
2023–24 | Czech First League | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11[a] | 1 | — | 39 | 4 | ||
2024–25 | Czech First League | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | ||
Total | 45 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 5 | ||
Career totals | 121 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 12 |
- ^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Christos Zafeiris at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Velkommen, Christos". FK Haugesund (in Norwegian). 20 August 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ Christos Zafeiris at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ^ "Norwegian talent Christos Zafeiris joins Slavia". en.slavia.cz. 29 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ Brandsnes, Håkon; Baardsen, Joachim; Haugen, Eivind (27 August 2024). "Christos Zafeiris vraker Norge – fortsetter for Hellas". VG.
- ^ Christos Zafeiris at Soccerway
External links
[edit]- Christos Zafeiris at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- Christos Zafeiris at Soccerway
- Christos Zafeiris at Fortunaliga.cz
- 2003 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Athens
- Greek men's footballers
- Norwegian men's footballers
- Norway men's youth international footballers
- Greek emigrants to Norway
- Norwegian people of Greek descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- Grorud IL players
- FK Haugesund players
- SK Slavia Prague players
- Norwegian First Division players
- Eliteserien players
- Greek expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
- Greek expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic