Sotiris Kaiafas

Sotiris Kaiafas
Personnel
birthday	December 17, 1949
place of birth	Limassol ,  Cyprus
position	striker
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1967-1984	Omonia Nicosia	388 (261)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
	Cyprus	18 00(2)
1 Only league games are given.

Sotiris Kaiafas (born December 17, 1949 in Limassol ) is a former Cypriot football player. He was a striker and played exclusively for Omonia Nicosia .

Career

Kaiafas joined Omonia Nicosia in 1967 at the age of 16. With the double in the 1971/72 season, in which Kaiafas was also top scorer, the most successful phase in the history of the club began.

With Omonia Kaiafas won the Cyprus Championship a total of 11 times, from 1974 to 1979 six times in a row. He won the cup four times and the Supercup five times. He was also the top scorer of the Cypriot league in eight seasons and in 1976/77 he was the first Cyprus player to win the Golden Shoe as Europe's top scorer with 44 goals . In 1984 he ended his career.

Kaiafas played 17 times for the Cypriot national team , scoring two goals.

In 2003 he was chosen as the " Golden Player " of Cyprus, the most important Cypriot player of the last 50 years.

successes

• 11 × Cypriot champion (1971/72, 1973/74, 1974/75, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1977/78, 1978/79, 1980/81, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84)
• 4 × Cypriot cup winners (1972, 1980, 1982, 1983)
• 5 × Cypriot Supercup winner (1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)
• 8 × Cypriot top scorer (1971/72, 1973/74, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1978/79, 1979/80, 1980/81, 1981/82)
• Winner of the Golden Shoe in the 1976/77 season
• "Golden Player" of Cyprus

Web links

• Text about Kaiafas on uefa.com