Konstantinos Tsimikas

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Konstantinos Tsimikas
Personnel
birthday May 12, 1996
place of birth ThessalonikiGreece
size 178 cm
position left wing defense
Juniors
Years station
2010-2011 Neapoli Thessaloniki
2011-2014 Panserraikos
2014-2015 Olympiacos Piraeus
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2015-2020 Olympiacos Piraeus 46 (0)
2017 →  Esbjerg fB  (loan) 13 (2)
2017-2018 →  Willem II Tilburg  (loan) 33 (3)
2020– Liverpool FC 0 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2014-2015 Greece U19 13 (0)
2016-2018 Greece U21 17 (2)
2018– Greece 3 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of August 10, 2020

2 As of August 10, 2020

Konstantinos "Kostas" Tsimikas ( Greek Κωνσταντίνος Τσιμίκας , born May 12, 1996 in Thessaloniki ) is a Greek football player who is under contract with Liverpool FC . The left full-back has been a Greek international since October 2018 .

Career

society

Konstantinos Tsimikas, who was born in Thessaloniki , moved to the youth department of Olympiacos Piraeus in the summer of 2014 , having previously played for the youth teams of Neapoli Thessaloniki and Panserraikos . He made his debut for the first team on October 28, 2015 in a 2-2 cup win over AO Platanias . He played his first game in the top Greek league on December 19, 2015 (15th matchday) in a 2-0 away win against AEL Kalloni , when he came on for Omar Elabdellaoui in the 74th minute of the game . In the 2015/16 season , the left full-back played three league games and six cup games and became Greek champions with the team.

After he was used in only one league game and two cup games in the following season 2016/17 , Tsimikas was loaned to the Danish first division club Esbjerg fB on December 28, 2016 . There he made his debut on February 17, 2017 (22nd matchday) in a 3-0 home win against SönderjyskE . In that game he scored one goal and set up another goal. At Esbjerg he was regularly included in the starting line-up and returned to Piraeus at the end of the 2016/17 season . In 13 league games he had two goals and two assists.

On June 30, 2017, he was loaned to the Dutch honorary division Willem II Tilburg for the entire 2017/18 season. There he made his debut on August 13, 2017 (1st matchday) in the 1: 2 home defeat against Excelsior Rotterdam . At the Tricolores he quickly rose to become a regular. On September 20, Tsimikas scored two goals in a 4-2 away win against CSV Apeldoorn at KNVB Beker and prepared another goal. In total, he completed 33 of the 34 possible league games and was able to score three goals and prepare three more goals.

Back at Olympiakos, he missed the final leap into the starting line-up in the 2018/19 season and only played 15 league games in which he was unable to contribute a goal. However , he was regularly in the starting line-up in the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League , as well as in the cup. He established himself as an undisputed regular player in the following season 2019/20 and completed the group stage of the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League with the club , which ended with third place in the table and the club for the knockout phase of the UEFA Europa League 2019/20 qualified. Tsimikas aroused the interest of various larger clubs during the season with good performances in the league and in international business.

On August 10, 2020, Tsimikas moved to Liverpool FC , where he signed a long-term contract.

National team

In September 2014 Konstantinos Tsimikas played for the Greek U19 national team for the first time . In July 2015 he took part in the U19 European Championship 2015 in his own country with the selection . In the group stage he played all three games and also in the 4-0 semi-final defeat against Russia he was on the field. After the tournament, he was not called up after 13 international matches. From September 2016 to November 2018, he played 17 games for the U21s , in which he scored twice.

On October 12, 2018 debuted Konstantinos Tsimikas at 1: 0 home win over Hungary in the UEFA Nations League 2018/19 for the senior team and prepared the only goal of Konstantinos Mitroglou before.

successes

Olympiacos Piraeus

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Τσιμίκας: Το «λιοντάρι» του Ολυμπιακού (vids) In: SDNA from December 18, 2015 (accessed April 25, 2020)
  2. Who is Konstantinos Tsimikas? Profile on Leicester City and Napoli-linked defender In: Leicester Mercury, March 22, 2020 (accessed April 25, 2020)
  3. Olympiacos 2-2 AO Platanias In: transfermarkt.at of October 28, 2015 (accessed April 25, 2020)
  4. Τσιμίκας: "Οι κόποι μου ανταμείβονται" In: Gazzetta from December 19, 2015 (accessed April 25, 2020)
  5. Konstantinos Tsimikas - performance data 2015/16 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on April 25, 2020)
  6. a b Konstantinos Tsimikas - performance data 2016/17 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on April 25, 2020)
  7. Επίσημο: στην Έσμπιεργκ δανεικός ο Τσιμίκας In: Sport24 of December 28, 2016 (accessed on April 25, 2020)
  8. Esbjerg fB 3-0 SönderjyskE In: transfermarkt.at of February 17, 2017 (accessed on April 25, 2020)
  9. Willem II haalt linksback Konstantinos Tsimikas uit Griekenland In: BD of June 30, 2017 (accessed April 25, 2020)
  10. Willem II verslikt zich in stug Excelsior In: Willem II Tilburg from August 13, 2017 (accessed April 25, 2020)
  11. a b Konstantinos Tsimikas - performance data 2017/18 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on April 25, 2020)
  12. Willem II houdt het hoofd koel tegen amateurs In: Willem II Tilburg from September 20, 2017 (accessed April 25, 2020)
  13. a b Konstantinos Tsimikas - performance data 2018/19 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on April 25, 2020)
  14. Konstantinos Tsimikas - performance data 2019/20 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on April 25, 2020)
  15. UEFA Champions League 2019/20 - Table & Standings In: UEFA (accessed April 25, 2020)
  16. Report: Liverpool want rapid £ 22m left back, but Tottenham fancy him too In: HITC of April 13, 2020 (accessed April 25, 2020)
  17. Who is Kostas Tsimikas? Profile of the defender linked with Sheffield United, Liverpool and Tottenham In: Examiner Live, April 14, 2020 (accessed April 25, 2020)
  18. 6 Things to Know About Premier League Linked Kostas Tsimikas In: 90min from April 13, 2020 (accessed April 25, 2020)
  19. Liverpool complete signing of Kostas Tsimikas In: liverpoolfc.com (accessed on August 10, 2020)
  20. a b c Konstantinos Tsimikas - Greece U19 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed April 25, 2020)
  21. Εθνική Νέων: Στην τελική ευθεία η προετοιμασία In: EPO of July 19, 2015 (accessed April 25, 2020)
  22. Konstantinos Tsimikas - Greece U21 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on April 25, 2020)
  23. Mitroglou settles Greece's scores against Hungary In: Ekathimerini of October 12, 2018 (accessed April 25, 2020)