Athos Solomou ( el, Άθως Σολωμού; born 30 November 1985) is a

Cypriot Cypriot (in older sources often "Cypriote") refers to someone or something of, from, or related to the country of Cyprus. * Cypriot people, or of Cypriot descent; this includes: **Armenian Cypriots **Greek Cypriots **Maronite Cypriots **Turkish C ...

professional

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who plays for Haringey Borough in the

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Premier Division. He is mainly a

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but he also plays as

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also.

Club career

Apollon Limassol

Solomou started his career from

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC ( el, Απόλλων Λεμεσού, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Divisi ...

's Academy. He made his debut with Apollon on season 2002-03. He stayed in Apollon for 7 years and he won one

Cypriot Championship The Cypriot First Division ( el, Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας) is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Since February 2016, it is sponsored by Cyta and is thus officially ...

and one

Cypriot Super Cup The Cypriot Super Cup is a Cypriot football trophy, contested in an annual match between the previous season's Cypriot First Division champions, and the Cypriot Cup winners. The match is contested at the beginning of the football season, and is us ...

with the team.

APOEL

On 10 September 2009 Solomou signed a three-years contract with

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") ...

and the next season he helped APOEL to win the

2010–11 Cypriot First Division The 2010–11 Cypriot First Division was the 72nd season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It began on 27 August 2010 with the first matches of the first round and will end on 11 May 2011 with the last matches of the second round. The d ...

. He also appeared in three

2011–12 UEFA Champions League The 2011–12 UEFA Champions League was the 57th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 20th season in its current Champions League format. As part of a trial that started in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa Lea ...

matches for APOEL, in the club's surprising run to the

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of the competition. At the end of the 2012–13 season, he became champion again with APOEL, after winning the

2012–13 Cypriot First Division The 2012–13 Cypriot First Division was the 74th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It began on 1 September 2012 and ended on 19 May 2013. AEL Limassol were the defending champions. APOEL won the championship two matchweeks before ...

. During the 2013–14 season, he appeared in three

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matches for APOEL and won all the titles in Cyprus, the

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, the

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and the

. On 2 June 2014, APOEL announced that it would not renew the contract with the player and after five successful years, Solomou left the club.

Rah Ahan

On 20 January 2016, Solomou joined

Persian Gulf League The Persian Gulf Pro League ( fa, لیگ برتر خلیج فارس, ''Lig-e Bartar-e Xalij-e Fârs''), formerly known as the Iran Pro League ( fa, links=no, لیگ برتر ایران, ''Lig-e bartar-e Irân''), is the highest division of profe ...

side

Rah Ahan Rah Ahan Sports Club ( fa, باشگاه ورزشی راه‌آهن, ''Bashgah-e Vârzeshi-ye Rahâhen''), commonly known as Rah Ahan Football Club, is an Iranian professional football club based in Tehran. They currently play in the Azadegan Leagu ...

on a 6-month contract for an undisclosed fee.

Later career

Solomou joined

AEZ Zakakiou Athletic Union of Zakaki ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Ζακακίου) is a Cypriot football club based in Zakaki, Limassol. The club was founded in 1956. Their colours are green and white and they play in Zakaki Municipal Stadium. Chairma ...

for the 2016–17 season, but made only four appearances. In the 2017–18 season, he played for FC International Limassol in the fifth tier. He joined

Digenis Oroklinis ''Oroklini-Troulloi FC 2020'' ( el, Ορόκλινη-Τρούλλοι FC 2020) is a Cypriot football club which is based in the village of Troulloi in Larnaca district. The club was founded in 1952 as Digenis Oroklinis. In the 2014–2015 seaso ...

in the

Cypriot Second Division The Cypriot Second Division ( el, Πρωτάθλημα Β΄ Κατηγορίας) is the second highest football division of the Cypriot football league system. Administrated by the Cyprus Football Association, it is contested by 16 teams, with th ...

in the 2018–19 season, but did not play any games and dropped down a division to play for

Ethnikos Assia Ethnikos Assia Football Club ( el, Εθνικός 'Ασσιας) is a Cypriot football team currently playing in the Cypriot Second Division. The team was established in Assia, Famagusta, but since the Turkish invasion of 1974, Ethnikos became ...

. After briefly joining

Elpida Astromeriti Astromeritis ( el, Αστρομερίτης, tr, Astromerit) is a large village in the Morphou Department of the Nicosia District of Cyprus. It is located from the capital Nicosia. By the 2001 census it had a total population of 2,361. Green ...

in June 2019, Solomou moved to England and joined Haringey Borough for the 2019–20 season.

Honours

;

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(1) : 2005–06 *

(1) : 2006 ;

(3) :

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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 ...

, 2013–14 *

(1) : 2013–14 *

(2) : 2011, 2013

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Solomou, Athos Living people 1985 births Apollon Limassol FC players APOEL FC players Enosis Neon Paralimni FC players ASC Oțelul Galați players Doxa Katokopias FC players Rah Ahan players AEZ Zakakiou players Digenis Oroklinis players Ethnikos Assia FC players Haringey Borough F.C. players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players Liga I players Persian Gulf Pro League players Isthmian League players Cypriot footballers Cyprus international footballers Cypriot expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Romania Expatriate footballers in Iran Expatriate footballers in England Association football midfielders Cypriot expatriate sportspeople in England Cypriot expatriate sportspeople in Iran Cypriot expatriate sportspeople in Romania