Giannis Fivos Botos (Greek: Γιάννης Φοίβος Μπότος; born 20 December 2000) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Moldovan Super Liga club Sheriff Tiraspol, on loan from AEK Athens.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ioannis Fivos Botos | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-12-20) 20 December 2000 (age 21) | ||
| Place of birth | Athens, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
FC Sheriff Tiraspol (on loan from AEK Athens) | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2008 | AO Diana Ilioupolis | ||
| 2008–2018 | AEK Athens | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | AEK Athens | 3 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Go Ahead Eagles (loan) | 43 | (7) |
| 2022– | → Sheriff Tiraspol (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2017 | Greece U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Greece U19 | 6 | (1) |
| 2019– | Greece U21 | 15 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:00, 29 August 2022 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:00, 11 June 2022 (UTC). | |||
On 27 June 2018, Botos signed a professional contract with AEK Athens.[1] On 19 January 2020, he made his debut in the Superleague in a 3–0 home win game against AEL coming on as a second-half substitute replacing the scorer of the second goal Nélson Oliveira at the 68th minute.
Botos is the first footballer in the history of AEK Athens, born after 2000, who has scored in an official game, at 4–0 away victory over Apollon Larissa at 31 October 2018.
On 30 December 2020, Botos joined Go Ahead Eagles on loan until the summer of 2022.[2] In May 2021, Go Ahead Eagles finished second in the Eerste Divisie, earning promotion back to the Eredivisie after four seasons in the second tier.[3] He made an impressive match on 28 August, as he scored, to help his team seal an 2–0 win over Sparta Rotterdam. He was voted man of the match for his performance.[4]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| AEK Athens | 2018–19 | Superleague Greece | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | |
| 2019–20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 9 | 1 | |||
| Go Ahead Eagles (loan) | 2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 4 | ||
| 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 25 | 4 | |||
| Total | 43 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 47 | 8 | ||||
| Career total | 46 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 8 | ||
FC Sheriff Tiraspol – current squad | |
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