Kostas Fortounis

Kostas Fortounis

Fortounis with Greece in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Konstantinos Fortounis
Date of birth	(1992-10-16) 16 October 1992 (age 24)
Place of birth	Trikala, Greece
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder Winger
Club information
Current team	Olympiacos
Number	7
Youth career
2003–2008	Olympiacos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2010	Trikala	13	(0)
2010–2011	Asteras Tripolis	24	(1)
2011–2014	Kaiserslautern	70	(2)
2014–	Olympiacos	66	(28)
National team‡
2010–2011	Greece U19	14	(1)
2011–2015	Greece U21	14	(4)
2012–	Greece	24	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 January 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 November 2016

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 January 2017.

Konstantinos "Kostas" Fortounis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Φορτούνης; born 16 October 1992) is a Greek footballer who plays for Olympiacos and the Greece national team.

After leaving Olympiacos' youth team in 2008, Fortounis moved to Trikala to play for AO Trikala. After an impressive spell in the Under-21 side scoring four goals in 14 matches, he began his career with the first team in the fourth division, where from 2008-2010 he played in 30 matches and scored 26 goals.

Because of his good appearances with the Greece under-17 national team, Vangelis Vlachos, Asteras's manager convinced him to join the Peloponeesean team. He made his debut in a draw with PAOK in Tripolis. Used predominantly as a substitute, the teenager clocked up 24 league appearances, scoring his first Super League goal on 19 September 2010 in a 2–2 draw at AEK Athens FC, unable, however, to save the side from relegation. Due to his good performances at Asteras, Juventus made an offer in the winter transfer window for a loan transfer until summer with an option to buy him. Asteras finally declined Juventus's offer.

In the 2011 summer transfer window, Fortounis moved to Kaiserslautern on a contract until June 2015 after being transferred for an undisclosed fee. In his first season with the club, the midfielder made 28 league appearances but endured a second successive relegation. He reportedly attracted interest from Dutch champions Ajax and Italian champions Juventus midway through the season.

In the 2012–13 season he scored twice in 24 appearances as he helped Kaiserslautern to a third-place finish in the German second tier only to miss out on promotion due to defeat in the promotion/relegation play-off with Hoffenheim. On 16 April 2014, he missed his first final of his career in the semifinal of DFB-Pokal by facing as a substitute a 5–1 loss from the German champions Bayern Munich.