Michalis Boukouvalas ( el, Μιχάλης Μπουκουβάλας; born 14 January 1988) is a Greek professional

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who plays as a

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for

Super League 2 Stones Bitter Super League II was the official name for the year 1997's Super League championship season, the 103rd season of top-level professional rugby league football in Britain, and the second to be played in summer. Teams Twelve teams were ...

club

Veria 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 ...

. He has also been capped for Greece at youth level.

Career

Club

In 2007, he was transferred to

Larissa Larissa (; el, Λάρισα, , ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population of 144,651 according to the 2011 census. It is also capital of the Larissa regiona ...

, after playing with

Panetolikos Panetolikos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Παναιτωλικός), or with its full name Panetolikós Yimnastikós Filekpedeftikós Síllogos ( el, Παναιτωλικός Γυμναστικός Φιλεκπαιδευτικός Σύλλογος'' ...

for three years. In August 2011 he signed for

Kerkyra Corfu (, ) or Kerkyra ( el, Κέρκυρα, Kérkyra, , ; ; la, Corcyra.) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The isl ...

. On 23 July 2013 he signed a two-year contract with Iraklis. He made his debut for his new club in an away 3–2 loss against

Kavala Kavala ( el, Καβάλα, ''Kavála'' ) is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala regional unit. It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across from the island of Thasos and on the Egnat ...

. On 14 June 2015, Boukouvalas penned a three-year contract with Iraklis. On 3 August 2016, he signed a two-year contract with

PAS Giannina PAS Giannina Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα 1966), or with its full name Panepirotikos Athlitikos Syllogos Giannina ( el, Πανηπειρωτικός Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Γιάννινα, ''Panepirotic Athleti ...

. On 11 May 2018 he extended his contract with the club till the summer of 2020 for an undisclosed fee.

International

He is a former member of Greece U-19. He was a starter in all five games of the Greek team that reached the final during the

2007 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship The UEFA U-19 Championship 2007 Final Tournament was held in Austria with matches played from 16–27 July 2007. Players born after 1 January 1988 were eligible to participate in this competition. The draw was made on 13 June 2007. The venues were ...

. On 19 May 2016, was called up to the senior squad for the

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against

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on 4 and 7 June 2016.Εθνική: Μπακασέτας και Μπουκουβάλας στις κλήσεις για Αυστραλία
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Honours

PAS Giannina *

Super League Greece 2 The Super League Greece 2 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λίγκα 2) is the 28 team two-group second division of professional football in Greece, being a feeder-league to the top-level Super League usually played from September to May. His ...

: 2019–20

References

External links

Profile at epae.orgProfile
at Onsports.gr {{DEFAULTSORT:Boukouvalas, Michalis 1988 births Living people Greek men's footballers Panetolikos F.C. players Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players Trikala F.C. players A.O. Kerkyra players Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) players Super League Greece players Footballers from Agrinio PAS Giannina F.C. players Men's association football defenders Veria NFC players