Michalis Konstantinou
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michalis Konstantinou | ||
| Date of birth | 19 February 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Deryneia, Cyprus | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Paralimni | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1997 | Paralimni | 68 | (31) |
| 1997–2001 | Iraklis | 119 | (60) |
| 2001–2005 | Panathinaikos | 94 | (34) |
| 2005–2008 | Olympiacos | 57 | (17) |
| 2008–2009 | Iraklis | 13 | (3) |
| 2009–2011 | Omonia | 59 | (34) |
| 2011–2012 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 15 | (3) |
| 2012–2013 | AEL Limassol | 19 | (6) |
| Total | 444 | (188) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1998–2012 | Cyprus | 85 | (32) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 May 2013. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 May 2013.
Michalis Konstantinou (Greek: Μιχάλης Κωνσταντίνου; born 19 February 1978) is a retired Cypriot football striker. He played for the Cyprus national football team, and he is the all-time leading scorer with 32 goals in 85 appearances. He also played for Iraklis, Panathinaikos and Olympiacos in Greece.
Born in Paralimni, he got his start in professional football playing for hometown side Enosis Neon Paralimni, for whom he scored 17 goals in 25 games in the 1996/97 season and became top goal scorer of Cypriot Championship.
Picked up by Iraklis Thessaloniki in Greece in 1997, his four seasons produced a total of 61 goals in 119 appearances as he also played in the UEFA Cup.
In 2001, in a deal which took three Panathinaikos players to Iraklis, Konstantinou transferred to Panathinaikos for €11.3 million. It was a great purchase, but many believed that the young Cypriot striker was worth less than the expenditure of €11.3 million made by Panathinaikos – the highest figure ever paid for a player of Cyprus. With Panathinaikos had the opportunity to play in the Champions League, earning praise for his performance in attack. There he found with the Portuguese players Paulo Sousa and later Robert Jarni, taking Panathinakos a long way in the competition. He scored a beautiful 45m goal in the Nou Camp return in the quarter-final against Barcelona in the Champions 2001/02. Panathinaikos seemed to ensure its marking the semi-finals, as they were needed 3 goals to go to the Spaniards. Barça, however, came back and won 3–1, qualifying for the semi-finals.
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