Sokratis Petrou ( el, Σωκράτης Πέτρου; born 8 May 1979) is a Greek

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays for A.O Loutraki as a

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Career

Petrou began playing football as a defensive midfielder for

Aiolikos F.C. Aiolikos Football Club () is a Greek association football club, based in Mytilene. They currently play on the 6th group of Gamma Ethniki. History The club was established in 1975 after a merger of two local teams – Atlantas and Apollon. Th ...

in the Gamma Ethniki. In 1999, he signed with Skoda Xanthi F.C., where he would make 38

Alpha Ethniki The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...

appearances in seven seasons with the club. Xanthi sent him on loan to Beta Ethniki sides

Egaleo F.C. Egaleo Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Αιγάλεω 1931) is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in Egaleo, a suburb of Athens, Greece. Founded in 1946, it uses all documents of previous club (Ierapolis F.C., founded in 19 ...

and

Niki Volos F.C. Niki Volou Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Νίκη Βόλου) is a Greek professional football club based in the city of Volos, in the region of Magnesia, Greece. The club currently competes in the Super League 2, the second tier of Greek football. ...

as well as

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 ...

club AEP Paphos F.C., as he never became a first-team regular. After being released by Xanthi, Petrou joined newly promoted

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 ...

side Ayia Napa F.C. for six months. He returned to Greece to play for

Agrotikos Asteras F.C. Agrotikos Asteras Football Club ( el, Π.Μ.Α.Σ. Αγροτικός Αστήρ) is a Evosmos-based football (soccer), football club, currently playing in Gamma Ethniki. It was founded in 1932 by refugees from Asia Minor. History Agrotikos Aster ...

in the second half of the 2006–07 Beta Ethniki season. Next, he dropped down to the

Delta Ethniki Delta commonly refers to: * Delta (letter) (Δ or δ), a letter of the Greek alphabet * River delta, at a river mouth * D (NATO phonetic alphabet: "Delta") * Delta Air Lines, US * Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19 Delta may also r ...

to play two seasons with Olympiakos Loutraki. Petrou returned to the Gamma Ethniki with Agia Paraskevi F.C. in July 2009. He also played for Rouf, Vyzas and

Paniliakos F.C. Paniliakos Football Club ( el, Πανηλειακός Α.Ο. Πύργου) is a Greek association football club based in Pyrgos, Elis, Greece. The club plays in Gamma Ethniki, the third tier of Greek football. It plays its home matches at the Pyrg ...

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at EPAE.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Petrou, Sokratis 1979 births Living people Greek men's footballers Greece men's under-21 international footballers Greek expatriate men's footballers Aiolikos F.C. players Xanthi F.C. players Egaleo F.C. players Niki Volos F.C. players Vyzas F.C. players Paniliakos F.C. players AEP Paphos FC players Ayia Napa FC players Super League Greece players Football League (Greece) players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Men's association football midfielders People from Corinthia Footballers from the Peloponnese