Georgios Valerianos (Greek: Γεώργιος Βαλεριάνος; born 13 February 1992) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Super League 2 club Kalamata.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 February 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Athens, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kalamata | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2012 | Olympiacos | 1 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Thrasyvoulos (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Glyfada (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | OFI | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Kavala | 17 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Iraklis | 13 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Apollon Smyrnis | 14 | (0) |
| 2016 | Platanias | 2 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Apollon Smyrnis | 26 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Aris | 43 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Pafos | 31 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Riga (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Ionikos | 59 | (1) |
| 2023– | Kalamata | 20 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010–2011 | Greece U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2019 | Greece | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 May 2019 | |||
Club career
editValerianos began playing football with Olympiacos. He is a very talented player and one of the best young players who were playing in Olympiacos U-21. He made 44 appearances for the youth team with four goals. Valerianos was first included in Olympiacos' first team in a league match against Panthrakikos on 11 April 2010, where he appeared as a second-half substitute.[1] On 22 July 2014 he signed for Iraklis in the Greek Football League.[2] Valerianos debuted for Iraklis in a cup match against Lamia.[3] On 12 August 2015, he signed a contract with second-tier club Apollon Smyrnis.[4] On 29 January 2016, he solved his contract with the club.[5]
The 27-year-old left back can be considered as somewhat of a journeyman despite his age as in July 2017, signed with Aris that officially announced his acquisition.[6] His path to the top has been chequered and he has had to do it the hard way, meaning a lot of resilience was needed. Even this season at Aris, he has been a squad player that has been rotated in and out of the team.
On 1 July 2019, after two years with Aris, Valerianos signed a three years' contract with Cypriot club Pafos for an undisclosed fee.[7] On 4 July 2019, the international back will have an intermediary station in his career after being loaned to Riga, a Latvian football club, which owns the same property status as Pafos. According to sources the borrowing will take just a month for the international left back in order to help the club for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round.[8]
On 25 June 2021, Valerianos returned to Greece, signing a two-year contract with Ionikos.[9]
International career
editOn 19 March 2019, Greece head coach Angelos Anastasiadis announced the first call up of Valerianos for the match against Liechtenstein and Bosnia and Herzegovina for UEFA Euro 2020.[10] He made his debut on 30 May 2019, in a friendly against Turkey, as a starter.[11]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of 30 January 2022
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Olympiacos | 2009–10 | Superleague Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Thrasyvoulos (loan) | 2010–11 | Supeleague Greece 2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Glyfada (loan) | 2011–12 | Football League 2 (Greece) | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||
| Total | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||||
| OFI | 2012–13 | Superleague Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Kavala | 2013–14 | Superleague Greece 2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Iraklis | 2014–15 | Supeleague Greece 2 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| Total | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Apollon Smyrnis | 2015–16 | Supeleague Greece 2 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||
| Total | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||||
| Platanias | 2015–16 | Superleague Greece 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Apollon Smyrnis | 2016–17 | Supeleague Greece 2 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||
| Total | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||||
| Aris | 2017–18 | Supeleague Greece 2 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Superleague Greece | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| Total | 43 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 45 | 0 | ||||
| Riga | 2019 | Latvian Higher League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Pafos | 2019–20 | Cypriot First Division | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | ||||
| Ionikos | 2021–22 | Superleague Greece | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||
| Total | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 199 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 223 | 2 | ||
Honours
edit- Riga
- Olympiacos
References
edit- ^ Πρόστιμο σε "Ντάρμπι" και Λούα Λούα (in Greek). sports.e-go.gr. 9 April 2010. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ^ Υπέγραψε ο Βαλεριάνος (in Greek). Iraklis FC. 22 July 2014. Archived from the original on 30 July 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
- ^ Θετικό ξεκίνημα με νίκη (1-0) (in Greek). bluearena.gr. 29 August 2014. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ^ "Παίκτης του Απόλλωνα και ο Βαλεριάνος" (in Greek). Apollon Smyrni FC. 12 August 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ ""Τέλος" ο Βαλεριάνος" (in Greek). sport24.gr. 29 January 2016.
- ^ "Οι πρώτες έξι μεταγραφές του Άρη". sport24.gr. 25 July 2017.
- ^ "Στην Πάφο ο Βαλεριάνος" (in Greek). sport24.gr. 1 July 2019.
- ^ "Από την Πάφο στη Λετονία ο Βαλεριάνος" (in Greek). makthes.gr. 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Ιωνικός: Ανακοίνωσε Βαλεριάνο η ομάδα της Νίκαιας" (in Greek). Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ Η λογική πίσω από τις κλήσεις Αναστασιάδη (in Greek). contra.gr. 19 March 2019.
- ^ "Turkey v Greece game report". ESPN. 30 May 2019.
External links
edit- Profile at Sport.gr
- Georgios Valerianos at Soccerway
- Georgios Valerianos – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Georgios Valerianos at National-Football-Teams.com
