Andreas Papathanasiou ( el, Ανδρέας Παπαθανασίου; born 3 October 1983, in Larnaca) is a

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who plays for Ermis Aradippou.

Club career

Papathanasiou was a key player for Ermis Aradippou and he was the top scorer in the second division for the last two seasons (2006–07, 2007–08).

APOEL APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...

offered him a 2 years contract in June 2008 and he join the club. In January 2009 he was given on loan back to Ermis Aradippou and helped the club to win the second division championship. In May 2009 he returned to

and been part of the Champions of first division too. He also appeared in two official group stages matches of the

2009–10 UEFA Champions League The 2009–10 UEFA Champions League was the 55th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 18th under the current UEFA Champions League format. The final was played on 22 May 2010, at the Santiago Bernabéu St ...

with

. On Monday, 31 May 2010 Andreas signed a contract with Anorthosis Famagusta. He appeared only in three

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matches with Anorthosis and two months later, on 2 August 2010, the team manager Guillermo Angel Hoyos decided to put the player on loan to another team. So, he moved on loan for another time to Ermis Aradippou for the 2010–11 season.

International career

He made his official debut for the national team on the World Cup Qualifier game against Ireland on October 15, 2008.

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* * 1983 births Living people Cypriot men's footballers Cyprus men's international footballers Greek Cypriot people Cypriot First Division players APOEL FC players Ermis Aradippou FC players Alki Oroklini players Sportspeople from Larnaca Men's association football forwards {{cyprus-footy-bio-stub