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Vasilios Karagounis
Personal information
Full name Vasilios Karagounis
Date of birth (1994-01-18) 18 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Lamia, Greece
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Ermis Aradippou
Number 2
Youth career
2007–2010 Atromitos
2010–2012 Udinese
2012–2013 Olympiacos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Udinese Primavera 35 (2)
2012–2016 Olympiacos 0 (0)
2013–2014Aris (loan) 12 (0)
2014–2015Reggina (loan) 20 (0)
2015–2016AEL Limassol (loan) 5 (0)
2016–2017 Iraklis 14 (0)
2018–2020 Platanias 37 (7)
2020– Ermis Aradippou 15 (0)
International career
2009–2011 Greece U17 12 (1)
2012–2013 Greece U19 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:53, 31 January 2021 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2013

Vasilios Karagounis (Template:Lang-el, born 18 January 1994) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Ermis Aradippou.

Career

Karagounis started his career at Atromitos then moved to Italy for Udinese Primavera, from which Olympiacos bought him in the summer of 2012. In 2013/14 season was loaned to Aris, where he played in 12 games in the Superleague Greece and a Greek Cup match.[1]

The season after, Karagounis agreed with the Reggina and even participated in the workout of his new team on loan from Olympiacos, as stated by "strettoweb.com".[2][3] Reggina will participate in the third category of Italy, as was demoted from Serie B last season (2013/14). According to the newspaper, Karagounis intended for the left side of defense, although his natural position is in the right. On 20 May 2015 Karagounis solved his contract with Reggina.[4]

On 3 August 2015, Karagounis signs a year contract with AEL Limassol on loan from Olympiacos. The young defender passed the necessary medical tests and the Cypriot club announced his borrowing.[5][6] On 1 February 2016, he signed a two-and-a-half year contract with Iraklis for an undisclosed fee that will keep him to the club till summer 2018.[7] On 15 September 2020 he joined Cypriot club Ermis Aradippou, after he released from Platanias F.C. due to economic problems.[8]

Personal life

His brother, Thanasis, is also a footballer who currently plays for Apollon Smyrnis.

References

  1. ^ "Στη Ρετζίνα ο Βασίλης Καραγκούνης". redplanet.gr. 7 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Reggina: Karagounis è arrivato al Sant'Agata". www.strettoweb.com. 6 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Δανεικός στην Ρετζίνα ο Βασίλης Καραγκούνης!". iapopsi.gr. 6 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Reggina: Karagounis rescinde, ricorso al Coni il 20 maggio". ildispaccio.it. 20 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Στην ΑΕΛ Λεμεσού ο Καραγκούνης". www.gavros.gr. 3 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Στην ΑΕ Λεμεσού ο Καραγκούνης". www.sport-fm.gr. 3 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Iraklis announce the transfers of Monteiro and Karagounis". www.sdna.gr. 1 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Στην Κύπρο θα αγωνίζεται τη νέα σεζόν ο Βασίλης Καραγκούνης". sportsup.gr. 15 September 2020.