Sotiris Ninis
Ninis with Greece in 2013
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 3 April 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Himara, Albania | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder, right winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Mechelen | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2001 | Giannis Pathiakakis Academies | ||
| 2001–2003 | Apollon Smyrnis | ||
| 2003–2006 | Panathinaikos | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2012 | Panathinaikos | 100 | (11) |
| 2012–2014 | Parma | 14 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → PAOK (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Panathinaikos | 23 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Charleroi | 26 | (4) |
| 2017– | Mechelen | 1 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006–2008 | Greece U-19 | 13 | (2) |
| 2008–2010 | Greece U-21 | 3 | (1) |
| 2008– | Greece | 32 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 January 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 June 2015 (UTC) |
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Sotiris Ninis (Greek: Σωτήρης Νίνης; born 3 April 1990) is a Greek footballer who plays for Charleroi. Ninis is a member of the Greek national team. His FIFA profile claims he "possesses a dizzying range of skills to go with sublime vision, an electrifying change of pace and fearsome long-range shooting skills". He normally plays centrally as a creative midfielder, but can also play on the right.
Ninis was born in Himara, Northern Epirus (southern Albania) to ethnic Greek parents.
Ninis began his career in 2004 as a youngster in Panathinaikos' football academies, joining from the academy of Apollon Smyrnis. On 22 December 2006, the club directors offered him a five-year contract and just two weeks after that day, on 7 January 2007, Panathinaikos coach Víctor Muñoz selected him in the main squad for the match against Egaleo at the Olympic Stadium. His outstanding performance earned him the title of the Superleague Matchday MVP. He became the second youngest player ever to wear the club's shirt in a league match, at the age of sixteen (the first was Kostas Antoniou − 15-years old - in 1978). In February 2007, he officially rejected a call to play for the Albanian Under-21 national team. On 15 February 2007, Ninis became the youngest player to participate with a Greek football team in a European cup match, against RC Lens in France. On 18 February, Ninis lead Panathinaikos in a 4–1 win over rivals AEK Athens in the Olympic Stadium. Ninis scored one goal and assisted two others. On 6 July, Ninis signed a professional contract with Panathinaikos.
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