Athos Solomou (Greek: Άθως Σολωμού; born 30 November 1985) is a Cypriot professional footballer who plays for Haringey Borough in the Isthmian League Premier Division. He is mainly a right winger but he also plays as right back also.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Athos Solomou | ||
| Date of birth | (1985-11-30) 30 November 1985 (age 36) | ||
| Place of birth | Limassol, Cyprus | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right winger / Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Haringey Borough | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Apollon Limassol | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2009 | Apollon Limassol | 98 | (8) |
| 2009–2014 | APOEL | 62 | (3) |
| 2014 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 5 | (0) |
| 2015 | Oțelul Galați | 16 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Doxa Katokopias | 15 | (0) |
| 2016 | Rah Ahan | 4 | (0) |
| 2016 | AEZ Zakakiou | 4 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | FC International Limassol | ||
| 2018 | Digenis Oroklinis | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Ethnikos Assia | 22 | (3) |
| 2019 | Elpida Astromeriti | 0 | (0) |
| 2019– | Haringey Borough | 27 | (6) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007– | Cyprus | 13 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:46, 21 April 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 March 2013 | |||
Solomou started his career from Apollon Limassol's Academy. He maded his debut with Apollon on season 2002-03. He stayed in Apollon for 7 years and he won one Cypriot Championship and one Cypriot Super Cup with the team.
On 10 September 2009 Solomou signed a three-years contract with APOEL and the next season he helped APOEL to win the 2010–11 Cypriot First Division. He also appeared in three 2011–12 UEFA Champions League matches for APOEL, in the club's surprising run to the quarter-finals of the competition. At the end of the 2012–13 season, he became champion again with APOEL, after winning the 2012–13 Cypriot First Division.
During the 2013–14 season, he appeared in three 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage matches for APOEL and won all the titles in Cyprus, the Cypriot League,[1][2] the Cypriot Cup[3][4] and the Cypriot Super Cup.[5][6]
On 2 June 2014, APOEL announced that it would not renew the contract with the player and after five successful years, Solomou left the club.[7]
On 20 January 2016, Solomou joined Persian Gulf League side Rah Ahan on a 6-month contract for an undisclosed fee.[8]
Solomou joined AEZ Zakakiou for the 2016–17 season, but made only four appearances. In the 2017–18 season, he played for FC International Limassol in the fifth tier.[9] He joined Digenis Oroklinis in the Cypriot Second Division in the 2018–19 season,[10] but did not play any games and dropped down a division to play for Ethnikos Assia.[11] After briefly joining Elpida Astromeriti in June 2019,[12] Solomou moved to England and joined Haringey Borough for the 2019–20 season.[13]