Nikos Englezou ( el, Νίκος Εγγλέζου; born July 11, 1993) is a Cypriot professional

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who plays for

AEK Larnaca AEK Larnaca FC ( el, AEK; for short Αθλητική Έvωση Κίτιον Λάρνακας , translit=''Athletiki Enosi Kition Larnakas'', "Athletic Union Kition of Larnaca") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Larnaca. The club ...

. He is also a member of the youth national teams of Cyprus. His natural position is the

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position.

Club career

Early career

Englezou started his career in the youth teams of

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 ...

in 2008. The following year he went on trial to English side

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– the trial itself was successful but Englezou decided not to move to England; he joined Greek club

AEK Athens A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greece, Greek multi-sport club based in Nea ...

and signed a semi-professional contract for the club.

AEK Athens

He signed his first professional contract with AEK in July 2011 and followed AEK's first team during the summer's pre-season training, with his manager Manolo Jiménez praising Englezou's crossing abilities. However, he was demoted to the reserve team after pre-season is over and did not make his first team debut until a

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home match against

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on 1 December 2011. He made his Superleague debut four months later at an away game against

Doxa Drama Doxa Drama Football Club ( el, Δόξα Δράμας) is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in the city of Drama, Greece, Drama, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Macedonia, Greece. The club currently competes in the Super ...

, and played for a second time at a play-off match against

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on 10 May 2012.

Loan to Nea Salamis

In summer 2012, Englezou was called up by the

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for

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, so he moved to

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side

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 ...

for a season-long loan in order for him to be closer at home.

AEK Larnaca

After his loan was over he returned to

were his contract was terminated. On July 1, 2013, Englezou signed for

club

International career

Englezou was a regular member to all Cyprus youth sides. On 28 March 2015 he was called up for the first time to the senior team by manager Pambos Christodoulou, for the match against

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References

External links

*
UEFA Europa League profile
at

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Under-19 profile
at uefa.com
Profile
at Onsports.gr {{DEFAULTSORT:Englezou, Nikos 1993 births Living people Cypriot men's footballers Cypriot expatriate men's footballers Cyprus men's international footballers Cyprus men's under-21 international footballers Cyprus men's youth international footballers Super League Greece players AEK Athens F.C. players Nea Salamis Famagusta FC players Doxa Katokopias FC players AEK Larnaca FC players Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Cypriot expatriate sportspeople in Greece Footballers from Limassol