Charalambos "Charis" Kyriakou (Greek: Χαράλαμπος "Χάρης" Κυριάκου; born 15 October 1989) is a Cypriot footballer who plays as a defender for Indian Super League club East Bengal and the Cyprus national team.
![]() Kyriakou warming up with Cyprus in 2015 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Charalambos Kyriakou | ||
Date of birth | (1989-10-15) 15 October 1989 (age 33) | ||
Place of birth | Nicosia, Cyprus | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right back / Centre-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | East Bengal | ||
Number | 40 | ||
Youth career | |||
Omonia | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2015 | Omonia | 55 | (0) |
2011 | → Doxa Katokopias (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Ethnikos Achna | 33 | (0) |
2016–2021 | AEL Limassol | 70 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Doxa Katokopias | 15 | (0) |
2022– | East Bengal | 3 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2009 | Cyprus U21 | 1 | (0) |
2013– | Cyprus | 12 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:49, 9 May 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2020 |
Kyriakou is an product of the youth academy of Omonia. After spending a short period on loan in Doxa Katokopias in 2011, he returned to Omonia. On 6 July 2014 he became the new captain of Omonia.[1]
In August 2022, Kyriakou was announced as one of the five foreigners signed by East Bengal for the upcoming season.[2]
On 25 August, he made his debut against Rajasthan United in the Durand Cup, which ended in a 0–0 stalemate.[3][4]
In 2009, Kyriakou represented Cyprus at the under-21 level. On 8 June 2013, he made his first appearance for the Cyprus national team in a FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Switzerland.[5]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Omonia | 2009–10 | Cypriot First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2011–12 | 4 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
2012–13 | 11 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |||
2013–14 | 29 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | |||
2014–15 | 10 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
Omonia total | 55 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 72 | 0 | ||
Doxa Katokopias (loan) |
2010–11 | Cypriot First Division | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
Ethnikos Achna | 2015–16 | 33 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | ||
AEL Limassol | 2016–17 | 14 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
2019–20 | 15 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |||
2020–21 | 23 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | |||
AEL Limassol total | 70 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 0 | ||
Doxa Katokopias | 2021–22 | Cypriot First Division | 15 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | — | 18 | 1 | |
East Bengal | 2022–23 | Indian Super League | 0 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | |
Career total | 181 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 214 | 1 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Cyprus | 2013 | 1 | 0 |
2014 | 6 | 0 | |
2015 | 1 | 0 | |
2020 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 12 | 0 |
East Bengal FC – current squad | |
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