Georgios Vagiannidis (Greek: Γεώργιος Βαγιαννίδης; born 12 September 2001) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Super League club Panathinaikos.[1]
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Georgios Vagiannidis | ||
| Date of birth | (2001-09-12) 12 September 2001 (age 21) | ||
| Place of birth | Athens, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Full-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Panathinaikos | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2019 | Panathinaikos | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Panathinaikos | 1 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | Internazionale | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Sint-Truiden (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2021– | Panathinaikos B | 13 | (0) |
| 2022– | Panathinaikos | 10 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2017–2018 | Greece U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2019 | Greece U19 | 4 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2019 | |||
Vagiannidis plays mainly as a right-back and joined Panathinaikos from the team's youth ranks. On 16 February 2020, Vagiannidis made his professional debut and scored his first goal, dishing out an assist as his team breezed past Panetolikos 3–1 at the Olympic Stadium. On mid May 2020, Italian giants Inter have expressed official interest in acquiring the talented young player of Panathinaikos. The 18-year-old right-back had recently reached a verbal agreement with Panathinaikos to sign a new contract, but talks came to a halt due to the coronavirus pandemic.[2]
On 5 June 2020, Vagiannidis has penned a four-year contract with Inter of Serie A. Inter will not need to negotiate with Panathinaikos to land Vagiannidis and will only have to pay a FIFA determined compensation amount of €400,000. The Greek full-back will reportedly earn around €300,000 per year in Milan.[3]
On 1 October 2020, Vagiannidis signed with Sint-Truiden on loan.[4] On 3 February 2021, he made his debut with the new club in Belgian Cup against Lokeren-Temse at the Daknamstadion in the season 2020–21.[5]
On 3 September 2021, Panathinaikos officially announced the return of George Vagiannidis, who signed on a free transfer, a four-year contract with the club for an undisclosed fee.[6]
Panathinaikos F.C. – current squad | |
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