Sokratis Papastathopoulos ( el, Σωκράτης Παπασταθόπουλος; born 7 June 1988), commonly known
mononym
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ously as Sokratis, is a Greek professional
footballer
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who plays as a
centre-back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
for
Super League
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club
Olympiacos
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.
Club career
AEK Athens
Papastathopoulos joined AEK Athens from Apollon Petalidiou after being scouted by
Toni Savevski
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. On 26 October 2005, he made his debut for AEK in a
Greek Cup
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The Greek Cup is the second most im ...
match against
PAS Giannina
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, scoring in the seventh minute of the game to help lead AEK to a 3–0 win.
In January 2006, he was loaned to
Beta Ethniki
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club
Niki Volou for six months to gain first-team football experience. He made 15 appearances for Niki Volou.
During the
2006–07 Super League Greece
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, Papastathopoulos managed to make 14 appearances whilst competing against the likes of
Bruno Cirillo
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He moved clubs frequently throughout his career, spending two spells at AEK Athens and a further three years at PAOK, both in Greece, in ...
,
Traianos Dellas
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and
Vangelis Moras
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Club career
Early years
Moras started his football Ampel ...
. In AEK Athens'
2006–07 UEFA Champions League
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campaign, Papastathopoulos managed to play in three out of six group games. In these three games, AEK managed one win (the famous 1–0 victory over
A.C. Milan
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, where he man-marked
Filippo Inzaghi), one draw (the 2–2 away draw with
Anderlecht
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) and one loss (the 3–1 away defeat to
Lille
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). During the
2007–08 Super League Greece
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, he was a mainstay in AEK's defence, keeping out competition from
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. He also played in the
2007–08 Champions League campaign, and in a Super League match, he became AEK's youngest-ever captain (age 19) in a game against
Athens
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' local rival
Panathinaikos
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in 2008.
Genoa
On 1 August 2008, Papastathopoulos agreed to transfer to
Genoa
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of the Italian
Serie A
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for an undisclosed fee. He also played a club friendly against Genoa on the same day.
He made his debut for Genoa on 27 September 2008 against
Fiorentina
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, followed by a start against
Ravenna
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in the
Coppa Italia
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History
The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...
a few days later. His first goal for Genoa came on 5 October 2008 at home against
Napoli
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. Genoa won the game 3–2, but Papastathopoulos was sent off in the 89th minute During the
2009–10 season, he managed to play in most games and gained a following.
A.C. Milan
On 20 July 2010, the A.C. Milan website confirmed that Papastathopoulos had joined the team, after Genoa and Milan reached an agreement to transfer Papastathopoulos to the club for €14 million, with the following payment schedule:
Gianmarco Zigoni
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Club career
Early career
Raised in Oderzo, Zigoni started playing football with local team Opitergina, before joining ...
(half of his registration rights, valued at €3.75 million),
Nnamdi Oduamadi
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Early career
Born in Lagos, Oduama ...
(half of his rights, valued at €3.5 million) and
Rodney Strasser
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Club career
Milan
Born in Freetown, Strasser began his career at local club Kallon, before moving to Italy to join Milan in 2007. Du ...
(half of his rights, valued at €2.25 million) in a
co-ownership deal, plus €4.5 million. Papastathopoulos was the club's first arrival under new manager
Massimiliano Allegri
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During his playing career, Allegri played in the Serie A as a midfielder ...
.
On 24 May 2011, Milan and Genoa executives
Adriano Galliani
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He is known for being former vice-chairman and CEO of AC Milan from 1986 to 2017, a period in the club's history known as t ...
and
Enrico Preziosi
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Toys
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, respectively, verbally agreed to settle the player ownerships (subject to player agreements) of
Kevin-Prince Boateng
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Coming through the youth system, ...
,
Alberto Paloschi
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Club career Milan
Paloschi won the National Under-17s Championship with Milan in the 2006–07 season. He scored 3 goals in a ...
,
Marco Amelia
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and
Giacomo Beretta
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Early years
Beretta joined AC Milan in the summer of 2009, in a co-ownership deal with his former club Albin ...
. The deal entailed that Milan buy back Gianmarco Zigoni, Rodney Strasser and Nnamdi Oduamadi (all under original price),
[ while Genoa buy back Papastathopoulos for €13 million, which effectively made the ''de facto'' loan cost for Milan €1 million.]
Werder Bremen
On 21 July 2011, Papastathopoulos moved to the Germany club Werder Bremen
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on a loan deal until the end of the 2011–12 season, with the option to purchase outright. Following impressive performances on loan, on 16 April 2012, it was announced that Papastathopoulos would join Bremen on a permanent basis for a €5 million transfer fee. The 2012–13 season, however, was not a good one for the club. In March 2013, in the midst of a relegation battle and with tensions high, Papastathopoulos engaged in a training ground brawl with teammate Marko Arnautović
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Arnautović began his career in his native Austria playing in the youth teams for a ...
. Bremen would ultimately finish the year in 14th, staving-off relegation.
Borussia Dortmund
On 24 May 2013, the eve of the 2013 Champions League Final between Bayern Munich
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and Borussia Dortmund
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, Papastathopoulos completed a €9.5 million transfer to Dortmund, agreeing to a five-year contract through to 2018. Upon signing, he spoke about the deal, saying, "Money did not play a role in my decision to join Dortmund. My own future was all that mattered and I am convinced that I made the right decision." With centre-back Felipe Santana
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Club career Figueirense
Having started his football career at Figueirense since 1996 and progressed through the club's youth system, ...
departing Dortmund for Schalke 04
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, Papastathopoulos began as the effective third-choice behind tandem Neven Subotić
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and Mats Hummels. Borussia Dortmund Sporting Director Michael Zorc
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Nicknamed "Susi" in his early days because of his long hair, he spent his entire career with Borussia Dortmund, appearing in 572 competitive matc ...
expressed his satisfaction with the deal: "We are delighted that Sokratis has decided to join Borussia Dortmund. He is a flexible player capable to play in a variety of positions in defence who we believe has tremendous potential."
On 10 July 2013, Papastathopoulos made his debut for Dortmund in a pre-season friendly away to Swiss club Basel
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at St. Jakob-Park
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, along with fellow BVB debutants (and future Arsenal teammates) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
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and Henrikh Mkhitaryan
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Mkhitaryan won four Armenian Premier League title ...
. On 27 July, he won his first title with the club after entering the match as a substitute in a 4–2 win over Bayern Munich for the 2013 DFL-Supercup. On 1 November 2013, he scored his debut goal for Dortmund in a win over VfB Stuttgart
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in the Bundesliga
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, 6-1.
Papastathopoulos' strong first year with Dortmund was rewarded with his selection to the best XI of the 2013–14 Bundesliga
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campaign. The selection was organized in a worldwide fan vote by the governing body of the Bundesliga through its official website. The description of his play following his nomination was, "The definition of defense falls on him. The Greek stopper took advantage of the opportunities given to him by the absence of Neven Subotić and Mats Hummels. Stable, with leadership characteristics and tendency to win the ball without making easily a mistake."
In November 2014, Papastathopoulos was out of action for two weeks diagnosed with a broken fibula. He suffered the injury to his right leg in Dortmund's 1–0 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach
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, a result that ended a five-match Bundesliga losing streak for the club. After an early recovery, he was deemed fit for BVB's Champions League match against Arsenal
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on 26 November. On 3 January 2015, football news website Goal.com assessed statistics to determine which players maintained the highest tackle success rate in the first half of the 2014–15 season across Europe's top five leagues; Papastathopoulos finished joint-third, alongside Hamburger SV
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's Matthias Ostrzolek, having won 92.59 per cent of all tackles.
In the summer of 2015, Papastathopoulos was linked with moves to various English Premier League
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clubs as Dortmund prepared for a new start following long-time manager Jürgen Klopp
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Klopp spent most of his playing c ...
's departure. Dortmund Sporting Director Michael Zorc
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Nicknamed "Susi" in his early days because of his long hair, he spent his entire career with Borussia Dortmund, appearing in 572 competitive matc ...
, however, said Papastathopoulos would still have a part to play for BVB in new manager Thomas Tuchel
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Born in Krumbach, Tuchel retired at age 25 after a chronic knee cartilage injury; in 2000, he b ...
's debut season with the club. On 26 October 2015, Papastathopoulos extended his contract with Borussia Dortmund until 2019.
After the extension, Zorc said, "We are very pleased that we have been able to sign with Sokratis, another top performer, on a long term." During Tuchel's tenure, Papastathopoulos was promoted to be partner-in-chief to Mats Hummels over Neven Subotic.
On 19 December 2015, Papastathopoulos scored his first goal in the 2015–16 Bundesliga
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in an eventual 2–1 away loss to 1. FC Köln, giving his club the lead in the first-half from a header from a corner. On 30 January 2016, in a league game against Ingolstadt 04, Papastathopoulos reached his 100th Bundesliga appearance with Dortmund. On 22 February 2016, Papastathopoulos missed the second leg of the UEFA Europa League
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round-of-32 tie against FC Porto
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and the Bundesliga clash with Bayern Munich due to an adductor injury, as tests confirmed that the 27-year-old would be out for up to three weeks. The Greek centre back picked up the injury during Dortmund's 1–0 win against Bayer Leverkusen
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and was replaced 13 minutes from time at the BayArena. On 21 May 2016, Papastathopoulos featured in his third DFB-Pokal
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final in a row, putting in a tremendous performance despite a missed penalty, but he did not succeed in winning the DFB-Pokal for first time in his career.
He started the 2016–17 season as the undisputed leader in BVB defence. On 15 September 2016, he netted the second goal in an away crashing 6–0 against Legia Warsaw
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on a Group Champions League match. On 4 January 2017 the German magazine ''"kicker"'' listed the Greek international as one of the best players in the German Bundesliga
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. The magazine paid a tribute to the best players currently playing in the German Bundesliga, separating them out into different categories. In the first category (World Class) no defenders were listed, however, Papastathopoulos was one of three defenders listed in the second category, International Class. The other two defenders included Mats Hummels of Bayern Munich and Jonathan Tah of Bayer Leverkusen.
On 8 February 2017, in a DFB Pokal
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home win on penalties' game against Hertha Berlin
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, Papastathopoulos' two quickfire (in a minute) bookings for dissent saw Dortmund finish extra time with 10 men before Fabian Lustenberger, Vladimír Darida
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and Salomon Kalou
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He previously played for Feyenoord from 2003 to 2006 and Chelsea from 2006 to 2012. ...
all erred from the spot, rendering Christian Pulisic's miss irrelevant. On 25 February 2017, Dortmund made three changes from last weekend's 3–0 win over VfL Wolfsburg
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and it was two of those, Papastathopoulos and Raphaël Guerreiro
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He began his career at Caen, signing in 2 ...
, who combined to open the scoring in the 13th minute in a 3–0 away win against SC Freiburg
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. Papastathopoulos looked to be offside as Guerreiro swung in a free-kick from the right, which the Greece defender met with a header planted inside the right-hand post.
On 16 April 2017, Papastathopoulos was the one who had a quick reaction to an Eintracht Frankfurt
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equalising, by scoring a goal after Sven Bender
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's assist giving a lead to the score in his team in a final 3–1 home win.
On 26 April 2017, helped Borussia Dortmund to a 3–2 win over Bayern Munich and their fourth consecutive DFB-Pokal
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final. On 20 May 2017, Papastathopoulos reached 100 appearances with Dortmund in Bundesliga
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in a home game against SV Werder Bremen
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and secured automatic qualification to the group stage of next season's UEFA Champions League
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. On 27 May 2017, in his fourth DFB-Pokal
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final in a row, Borussia Dortmund claimed a first DFB-Pokal win since 2012 as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
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's penalty defeated Eintracht Frankfurt
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2–1.
On 5 August 2017, as the captain of the club, he lost the 2017 DFL-Supercup on penalties' game against Bayern Munich. On 17 September 2017, he scored at the end of the first half against 1. FC Köln, giving a lead of two goals in his club. It was his first goal for the 2017–18 season and was secured with the use of VAR (Video Assistant Referee) method. On 14 October 2017, Borussia Dortmund's unbeaten start to the season was ended by RB Leipzig
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's 3–2 away win, as the Greek defender initially in trying to push the ball away helped Leipzig winger Yussuf Poulsen
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After starting his professiona ...
to score, while at the beginning of second half, was sent off for a foul in the box and Jean-Kévin Augustin
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An academy graduate of French club Paris Saint-Germain, Augustin made his senior debut in 2015 and made 31 ...
scored the penalty. On 17 October 2017, after losing its UEFA Champions League
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opening games in Group H to Tottenham Hotspur
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and Real Madrid
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, Dortmund needed a win to kick-start its campaign in Europe's premier club competition, but they succeeded only to seal an away draw against Cypriot champions APOEL
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, as the Greek defender equalized with a header to Mario Götze
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's cross. On 4 November 2017, in the derby against rivals Bayern Munich
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he suffered a leg injury, during the first half, and was substituted by Jeremy Toljan
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Club career
On 5 October 2013, Toljan made his debut for 1899 Hoffenheim in a Bundesliga game against 1 ...
, and two weeks later in an away game against VfB Stuttgart
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has received a heavy blow and replaced at the end of the first half from Dan-Axel Zagadou.
Arsenal
On 2 July 2018, Arsenal
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announced that Papastathopoulos had agreed a long-term contract with the club for a reported fee £17.6 million and would wear the number 5 shirt. On 12 August 2018, he made his official debut with the club as a starter at Emirates Stadium
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, in a 2–0 loss against champions Manchester City
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. On 4 October 2018, Papastathopoulos scored his first for the club, setting the ''Gunners'' on their way to a comfortable 3–0 victory over Qarabag in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League
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group stage: after just four minutes of play in Baku
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, the centre-back was left unmarked inside the opposing penalty area, deflecting the ball home after an initial header fell into his path. Papastathopoulos was named to the UEFA Europa League Team of the Week.
On 15 October 2018, Papastathopoulos was forced off during Greece's 2–0 defeat to Finland
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and was believed to have sprained his ankle. Papastathopoulos was at the heart of Unai Emery
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's defense since the Spaniard took over the reins in the summer and a fixture in a winning run of nine matches. On 21 February 2019, he netted his second goal as an Arsenal player, taking advantage of a missed punch from BATE Borisov's goalie Denis Scherbitskiy to head the ball into an empty net following a corner kick from Granit Xhaka
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, to seal a 3–0 home win for Arsenal and send them through to the Round of 32 in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League
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.
On 12 April 2019, Papastathopoulos was named to the UEFA Europa League
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's 'Team of the week' after playing a vital role in Arsenal's 2–0 win over Napoli
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in the first leg of the quarter-finals. He was one of four Arsenal players selected along with Petr Čech
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, Ainsley Maitland-Niles
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, and Aaron Ramsey
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. On 24 April 2019, Papastathopoulos scored his maiden goal in the English Premier League
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via a close-range header from a corner kick, but Arsenal slipped to a 1–3 defeat against Wolverhampton Wanderers
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. On 29 May 2019, he started in the 2019 UEFA Europa League Final
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against Chelsea
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which Arsenal lost 4–1. This was the first time Arsenal had conceded four goals in a European match since a 5–1 loss to Bayern Munich in March 2017.
On 27 October 2019, Papastathopoulos – marking his 50th appearance – scored his first goal of the season, after Crystal Palace
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failed to clear Nicolas Pépé
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's corner in a 2–2 draw at home. On 1 January 2020, he scored a close-range finish to seal a 2–0 win over Manchester United
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, securing Mikel Arteta
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his first victory in charge of the ''Gunners''. He was named Sky Sports
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Man of the match. On 2 March 2020, he scored with a volley to give Arsenal the lead in a 2–0 away win against Portsmouth
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, helping Arsenal to be the first team in the FA Cup
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quarter-finals. On 1 August 2020, Papastathopoulos played as a late substitute in the 2020 FA Cup Final against Chelsea, as Arsenal won the trophy for the 14th time.
Papastathopoulos and Mesut Özil
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were notably excluded from Arsenal's Premier League and Europa League squads for 2020–21, leaving them only eligible for one League Cup game between October and January.
On 20 January 2021, Arsenal announced that Papastathopoulos would be leaving the club after his contract was canceled "by mutual consent."
Olympiacos
On 25 January 2021, Papastathopoulos joined Greek side Olympiacos
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on a two-and-a-half-year contract. On 21 April 2021, he scored his first goal with the club, in a 1–0 home win game against Asteras Tripolis
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.
International career
Papastathopoulos was called up for the Greek senior team on 1 February 2008 and made his debut on 5 February 2008 in the 1–0 friendly victory against the Czech Republic
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. The Greece squad for UEFA Euro 2008
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was announced by Otto Rehhagel
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on 27 May 2008, and Papastathopoulos was the unfortunate player to be cut from the provisional squad of 24 to the final 23-man selection.
Papastathopoulos became the first player to be sent off at UEFA Euro 2012
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during the opening game of the tournament against co-hosts Poland
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after receiving two yellow cards, following what pundits decried as two poor decisions by referee Carlos Velasco Carballo
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Career
He is affiliated with the Madrid committee and has officiated in Spanish Primera División since 2004, as well as in international matches ...
.
In June 2014, Papastathopoulos was named to the Greece national team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup
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. He started in each of the team's group matches, helping them to a clean sheet
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against Japan
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. In the round of 16
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, Papastathopoulos scored his first international goal, equalising in second half stoppage time against Costa Rica
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. However, the Greeks were eventually defeated 5–3 in a penalty shoot-out
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by the Central American champions.
On 11 June 2019, following the loss to Armenia
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at the Olympic Stadium
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, Papastathopoulos called for immediate changes to be made to the Greece national squad set-up, and he allegedly requested for Angelos Anastasiadis
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to be removed from his role of head coach when speaking to EPO president, Evangelos Grammenos.
Personal life
Papastathopoulos was born in Kalamata
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, Peloponnese. He married Xanthippi Stamoulaki in 2014. Together they have three children.
Career statistics
Club
International
:''As of match played 8 September 2019. Greece score listed first, score column indicates score after each Papastathopoulos goal.''
Honours
A.C. Milan
*Serie A
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: 2010–11
Borussia Dortmund
*DFB-Pokal
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: 2016–17; runner-up: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
* DFL-Supercup: 2013
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, 2014
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Arsenal
*FA Cup
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: 2019–20
*UEFA Europa League
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runner-up: 2018–19
Olympiacos
*Super League Greece
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: 2020–21
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, 2021–22
*Greek Cup
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runner-up: 2020–21
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International
Greece U19
*UEFA European Under-19 Championship
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Spain and England ...
runner-up: 2007
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Individual
* Super League Greece Breakthrough of the Year: 2007–08
*Bundesliga
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Team of the Year: 2013–14
*Bundesliga Team of the Half-Season: 2016–17
*Bundesliga Defender of the Half-Season: 2016–17
*Best Greek Player playing Abroad: 2016–17, 2018–19
References
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1988 births
Living people
Footballers from Kalamata
Greek footballers
Greece youth international footballers
Greece under-21 international footballers
Greece international footballers
Association football defenders
AEK Athens F.C. players
Niki Volos F.C. players
Genoa C.F.C. players
A.C. Milan players
SV Werder Bremen players
Borussia Dortmund players
Arsenal F.C. players
Olympiacos F.C. players
Football League (Greece) players
Super League Greece players
Serie A players
Bundesliga players
Premier League players
2010 FIFA World Cup players
UEFA Euro 2012 players
2014 FIFA World Cup players
Greek expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in England
Expatriate footballers in Germany
Expatriate footballers in Italy
Greek expatriate sportspeople in England
Greek expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Greek expatriate sportspeople in Italy
FA Cup Final players