Sotiris Kyrgiakos - CB - Liverpool (1 Viewer)

[ReBeL]

Date of Birth: 23 July 1979
Height: 192 cm
Shirt number: 16
Position: Defender
Current club: Liverpool (ENG)
International Caps: 60
International Goals: 4
First international: Greece - Sweden
(13 February 2002)
Club History
AEK Athinai (GRE): From 2008 to 2009
Eintracht Frankfurt (GER): From 2006 to 2008
Rangers (SCO): From 2005 to 2006
Panathinaikos (GRE): From 2001 to 2005
Agios Nikolaos (GRE): From 1999 to 2001
Panathinaikos (GRE): From 1998 to 1999
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Now approaching his 31st birthday, Sotirios Kyrgiakos is one of the oldest players in the Greece squad, although he was not a member of the side that became European champions in 2004.

Known mainly as a central defender, Kyrgiakos is also a useful makeshift full-back, having slotted in on the right side of defence for Rafael Benitez’s Liverpool on more than one occasion.

His talents were spotted in local league football in the mid-1990s, with Panathinaikos promptly whisking him off to their youth academy. Although he was later loaned out to Agios Nikolaos, he played a part in the Pana side that won the league and cup double in 2004.

The following year he was off to Scotland, winning another league and cup double with Glasgow Rangers, before joining Eintracht Frankfurt and then returning to Greece to captain AEK Athens. After a year in the Greek capital, it was back to the UK to sign for Liverpool.

Although somewhat injury-prone, he has always earned the confidence of the various coaches he has played under. Aside from the extensive experience he has gained at club level, he has also collected over 50 caps for his country, including appearances at the FIFA Confederations Cup Germany 2005 and UEFA EURO 2008. The defensive know-how he has acquired along the way could come in very handy at South Africa 2010.

 

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[ReBeL]

According to CDS, we are linked with him:

http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/ital...fender-sotiris-kyrgiakos-linked-with-juventus

 

[vodka]

 

[TERENCEE]

so who better? barzagli or him?

 

[vodka]

so who better? barzagli or him?

If loan- whatever, but buyig- Andrea ofcourse

 

[tosh_rose]

I don`t see this rumour happen, Kyrgiakos is an average player, who is not better than Legro, on the contrary - he is weaker. He is not an italian, he`s no experience in Serie A, so there is another thing against a possible move. And as a final - he is just like Aquilani, played in Europa League vs Rabotnicki, which means that we cannot use him in EL, and that is important for a back-up player as our Serie A games are more important than these in Copa Italia and EL...

 

[KB824]

Eek

 

[Sarunas]

so who better? barzagli or him?

Bocchetti

 

[PhRoZeN]

Ha desperate measures by media. Dont see it happening and dont want him.

 

[TERENCEE]

i prefer bocchetti seriously.. he can operate LB too.. thats a plus point..

 

[PhRoZeN]

Consider to who we are linked with i prefer bocchetti too.

 

[Salvatore]

So Liverpool and Juventus swap midfielders and this is a sign for the media that we're swapping entire squads?

 

[Ahmed]

BS rumour.

 

[Bozi]

so who better? barzagli or him?

seriously?i would rather have Barzagli every day of the week....Kyriakos looked worse than Boumsong in Scotland,the man is terrible

 

[JBF]

BS rumour.

Indeed it is.

 

[Hust]

The only one excited here is my girlfriend.

 

[Albo]

Bocchetti

 

[GarfielD]

The only one excited here is my girlfriend.

She supports Merda?

 

[Bozi]

no she loves big,hairy,sweaty,smelly,troglodyte looking,Greek men

 

[Enron]

Soto's a beast. Probably our best defender last season. Highly underrated.

Good in the air, good positioning, tackling, etc. But slow as fuck. Great 3rd or 4th center back for any team.

Oh and contrary to the article he doesn't play on the right, at all.