Marios Demetriou ( el, Μάριος Δημητρίου; born 25 December 1990) is a Cypriot professional football who plays 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 ...

for

Cypriot First Division 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 ...

club PAEEK.

Club career

Omonia Nicosia

Demetriou joined Omonia's academies at age seven. He made his first first-team appearance on 24 November 2012 for the senior squad during the 2012–13 season in a home win 4–2 against

AEP Paphos AEP Paphos ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Πάφος, ''Athlitiki Enosi Pafos''; "Athletic Union Paphos") was a Cypriot football club based in Paphos. The club was formed in 2000 after the merger of the two clubs of Paphos, APOP and Evagoras. ...

, replacing Georgios Efrem in the 89th minute. On 8 July 2017, he signed a contract renewal until the summer of 2020.

Loan to Alki Larnaca

In 2013–2014, Demetriou was given on loan to Alki.

Loan to Ermis Aradippou

On 30 June 2018, Demetriou joined

Ermis Aradippou Ermis Aradippou () is a Cypriot professional football club based in Aradippou, a settlement on the outskirts of the city of Larnaca. The club was formed in 1958, and currently plays in the Cypriot Second Division. Ermis' greatest success came ...

on loan until the end of the season.

Nea Salamina

On 31 August 2019, Demetriou signed for one year contract until June 2020 with

club

Nea Salamina Nea Salamis Famagusta or Nea Salamina Famagusta ( el, Νέα Σαλαμίνα Αμμοχώστου) is a Cypriot sports club based in Ammochostos (also known by its romanized name, Famagusta), Cyprus. The club is named after Salamis (or Salam ...

PAEEK

On 21 July 2020, Demetriou signed for Cypriot club PAEEK until June 2021. In August 2021, PAEEK announced the renewal of his contract until 2022.

International career

He made his debut for the Cyprus national team on 11 October 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against

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Career statistics

Honours

Club

Omonia *

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 u ...

: 2012 PAEEK *

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 ...

: 2020–21

References

External links

UEFA profile
* 1992 births Living people Cypriot footballers Cyprus under-21 international footballers Cyprus international footballers Cypriot First Division players AC Omonia players Alki Larnaca FC players PAEEK players Association football defenders Association football midfielders {{Cyprus-footy-bio-stub