Alexandros Kouros

Alexandros Kouros

Personal information
Date of birth	21 August 1993
Place of birth	Poliçan, Albania
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current team	Atromitos
Number	3
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2011–2014	Panionios	57	(0)
2014–	Atromitos	20	(0)
National team^‡
2012	Greece U19	1	(0)
2013	Greece U20	2	(0)
2012–	Greece U21	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:35, 4 January 2015 (UTC). † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 March 2014

Alexandros Kouros (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Κούρος, Albanian: Aleksander Kuro, born 21 August 1993) is a Greek under-21 international footballer who plays for Superleague side Atromitos. He is of Albanian origin. ^[1]

Career

He came from Albania with his family as an immigrant in Greece at early 90's,he firstly started playing football since he was 7 years old at some small topic football teams in Crete,Greece. After he moved in Athens,Greece where he continued jumping from one to another small football teams, until he was advised and encouraged by his father Vasilis Kouros and his best fiend Xristoforos Tipakos to take it more seriously and apply for the Panathinaikos(P.A.O.) soccer schools of Greece. He passed the tests and joined the youth team of Panathinaikos. At the age of 15, a manager saw him playing and asked him to play for the youth teams of Panionios. He starded his career as an professional football player on 8 July 2011, when his dream became true and he finally got prommoted to the first team.

References

1. "Panionios F.C. squad". uefa.com. Retrieved 21 March 2012.

External links

• Insports profile (Greek)
• Onsports.gr profile (Greek)
• Alexandros Kouros profile at Soccerway