Anestis Argyriou ( el, Ανέστης Αργυρίου; born 4 January 1988) is a Greek former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

right-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

Club career

Aetos Skydra

Argyriou began his career with Aetos Skydra (was on loan from

Veria F.C. Veria ( el, Βέροια or Βέρροια), officially transliterated Veroia, historically also spelled Berea or Berœa, is a city in Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia, northern Greece, capital of the regional unit of I ...

) in

Delta Ethniki Delta commonly refers to: * Delta (letter) (Δ or δ), a letter of the Greek alphabet * River delta, at a river mouth * D (NATO phonetic alphabet: "Delta") * Delta Air Lines, US * Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19 Delta may also r ...

. In

Skydra Skydra ( el, Σκύδρα, in modern Greek, before 1926: Βερτεκόπ - ''Vertekop'', Slavic: Вртикоп, ''Vrtikop'') is a municipality in the Pella regional unit of Macedonia in Greece. Municipality The municipality Skydra was forme ...

he performed admirably and was tipped as a hot prospect.

Panthrakikos

After many good performances in 2007 Argyriou signed for

Super League The Super League (officially known as the Betfred Super League due to sponsorship from Betfred and legally known as Super League Europe), is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of wh ...

team

Panthrakikos Panthrakikos Football Club ( el, Α.Π.Σ. Πανθρακικός) is a Greek football club based in Komotini, Thrace in North Eastern Greece founded in 1963. The club competed in Super League Greece during the 2008–09 season for the first time. ...

being deployed as a right fullback or central defender. In April 2010 he had a successful week's trial in Blackburn.

AEK Athens

On 11 May 2010 Argyriou agreed to sign for AEK Athens along with a teammate at his previous club

, Spyros Matentzidis. He scored his first goal in a friendly match against

Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. Hapoel Be'er Sheva Football Club ( he, מועדון הכדורגל הפועל באר שבע, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Be'er Sheva'') is an Israeli football club from the city of Be'er Sheva, that competes in the Israeli Premier League. The c ...

in a 1–0 victory for AEK Athens. He made his first appearance in the Greek Super League against Panathinaikos. In July 2012 Argyriou's contract was terminated by AEK to pay off club debts.

Rangers

On 12 August 2012, Argyriou joined Rangers on trial and later signed a two-year contract with the club on 25 August 2012. He made his debut in a 1–1 draw against Berwick Rangers on 26 August. On 18 September 2013 Rangers announced that defender Anestis Argyriou had mutually agreed to terminate his contract.

Zawisza Bydgoszcz

On 22 July 2014, Argyriou joined Polish side Zawisza Bydgoszcz on five-day-long trial. On 31 July he signed a two-year contract with the club. Argyriou made his Ekstraklasa debut on 10 August in home match against Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała (1–2).

International career

Argyriou, during 2008–10 period participated for the Greece U-21 team in seven games:

Career statistics

Honours

;Rangers * Scottish Third Division:

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

Notes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Argyriou, Anestis 1988 births Living people People from Imathia Footballers from Central Macedonia Greek men's footballers Greece men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football defenders Panthrakikos F.C. players AEK Athens F.C. players Rangers F.C. players Zawisza Bydgoszcz players Ethnikos Achna FC players Agrotikos Asteras F.C. players Naoussa F.C. players Almopos Aridea F.C. players Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) players Super League Greece players Football League (Greece) players Cypriot First Division players Scottish Football League players Ekstraklasa players Greek expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Greek expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Greek expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Greek expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus