Georgios Koutroumpis ( el, Γεώργιος Κουτρουμπής; born 10 February 1991) is a Greek professional

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who plays as a centre-back for Turkish TFF 1. Lig club

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Club career

Born in

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, Koutroumpis started his professional career in the Football League playing for

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. On 9 August 2012, with a personal interference from ex

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 Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadel ...

president and major shareholder

Dimitris Melissanidis Dimitris Melissanidis (Greek: Δημήτρης Μελισσανίδης; born 8 March 1951) is a Greek business shipping and oil tycoon who is one of Greece's most successful businessmen. He is the current owner of AEK Athens Football Club. He ...

, signed a four years' contract with AEK Athens for an undisclosed fee. After AEK Athens' relegation, Koutroumpis due to his club financial problems, asked for his contract to be solved, trying to sign with rivals Panathinaikos.

Panathinaikos

Koutroumpis could not be officially announced by Panathinaikos, because he still had a contract with

. On June 26, 2013, he participated in Panathinaikos first training session for the 2013-14 season. On July 2, 2013, he filed an appeal against

, in order to get whatever the team owed to him. On the same day, he travelled to the Netherlands and Osterberg, in order to take part in Panathinaikos' summer preparation. On 17 July 2013, it was officially announced that Koutroubis had signed a four-years contract with Panathinaikos. In summer 2016,

Adanaspor Adanaspor is a Turkish professional football club based in Adana, currently performing at the TFF First League. The club is founded in 1954 by the middle-class merchants and artisans in response to the alienation within city's then most popular c ...

are monitoring the case of Panathinaikos' 25-year-old central defender Koutroumpis, whose current contract expires at summer of 2017. On 6 October 2016, negotiations started for the extension of his contract. Koutroumpis is among the players Panathinaikos wish to tie up at the club as the two parties has begun negotiations over a new deal and the Greens are willing to offer an improved salary to the 25-year-old central defender, whose current contract expires at the end of 2016–2017 season, in order to keep him in their squad. Italian manager of Panathinaikos

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will handle personally the case of Giorgos Koutroubis' contract extension until the summer of 2019. Eventually, on 15 October 2016, the current contract of 25-year-old player that expired at summer of 2017, will be extended until that of 2019, with better financial terms (€250,000 per year) and a buy-out clause of €1,6 million. On 21 October 2016, the directors of

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are monitoring the case of Panathinaikos' defender, despite the fact that the new contract with the Greens expires at summer of 2019. On 10 September 2017, Marinos Ouzounidis named the international defender as the new captain of the club for the 2017-18 season. On 15 December 2017, the administration of Panathinaikos announced to Koutroumpis that he will be released from the financially struggling Greens in January 2018. The 26-year-old international central defender joined the historic Athens club from AEK back in the summer of 2013 and his current contract with experienced manager Marinos Ouzounidis' team expires in June 2019.

Standard Liège

On 31 January 2018, Koutroumpis signed as a free agent, a six months contract (with an option for an additional year) with Belgian club

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for an undisclosed fee. On 11 February 2018, he made his debut with the club as a starter in an anxious 4–3 win against

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. On 17 March 2018, he played as Standard Liège beat

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1–0 in extra time to win the 2018 Belgian Cup Final and qualify for the

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. At the end of the season he mutually solved his contract with the club.

Concordia Chiajna

On 12 February 2019, Koutroumpis signed a 6-month contract with Romanian club CS Concordia Chiajna.

OFI

On 30 August 2019, Koutroumpis signed a 2-years contract with Superleague club OFI. At the end of the season, he mutually solved his contract wth the club.

Újpest

On 24 September 2020, Koutroumpis signed a year contract with

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club

Újpest Újpest (; german: Neu-Pest, en, New Pest) is the 4th District in Budapest, Hungary. It is located on the left bank of the Danube River. The name Újpest means "New Pest" because the city was formed on the border of the city of Pest, Hungary i ...

. On 3 May 2021, he played as a starter as his club beat MOL Vidi FC 1–0 to win the

Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup ( hu, Magyar Kupa) is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association, the ''Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség,'' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of the Hungarian ...

and qualify for the

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Career statistics

(* Includes

and

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) (** Includes SuperLeague Playoffs )

Honours

;Panathinaikos *

Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most ...

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;Standard Liège *

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: 2017–18 Belgian Cup, 2018 ;Újpest *

: 2020–21 Magyar Kupa, 2021

References

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