Harry Panayiotou

Harry Panayiotou

Personal information
Full name	Harrison Andreas Panayiotou
Date of birth	28 October 1994
Place of birth	Leicester, England
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current team	Raith Rovers (on loan from Leicester City)
Number	11
Youth career
2006–2016	Leicester City
2014	→ Port Vale (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2012–	Leicester City	1	(1)
2016–	→ Raith Rovers (loan)	14	(1)
National team^‡
2015	Saint Kitts and Nevis U23	3	(3)
2014–	Saint Kitts and Nevis	10	(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:13, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Harrison Andreas "Harry" Panayiotou (born 28 October 1994) is a Saint Kitts and Nevis international footballer who plays as a forward for Scottish Championship club Raith Rovers, on loan from English Premier League club Leicester City.

He scored on his debut in the Football League for Leicester City in April 2012. However, he did not get another first team opportunity for over two years, and was loaned out to Port Vale in October 2014, and then Raith Rovers in January 2016.

Club career

Panayiotou was born in Leicester, to a Greek Cypriot father, Andreas ("Andy"), who is involved in youth football, and a Kittian mother.^[1]

He started his career at the youth academy of local club Leicester City, alongside subsequent first-team teammates Andy King, Jeff Schlupp, Liam Moore, Tom Parkes and Cian Bolger. His performances for the under-18 side earned him the Fans' Academy Player of the Year award for the 2011–12 season. He was part of the youth squad which won the HKFC International Soccer Sevens cup in May 2013, where he scored five goals, including one in the 2–0 win over Newcastle United in the final; he was subsequently named Player of the Tournament.^[2]

After impressing in games for Leicester City Under-21 he was named as the under-21 Premier League Player of the Month for March.^[3] On 18 May 2015, Panayiotou was named Leicester City Under-21 Player of the Year, reward for an impressive season including scoring 11 goals in his last 13 games.^[4]

He made his senior debut for the "Foxes" against Leeds United on the final day of the 2011–12 season at Elland Road; he replaced Lloyd Dyer in the 73rd minute and scored the winning goal in added time.^[5] He signed his first professional contract in September 2012,^[6] and in July 2014 he extended it by a further two years.^[7]

On 20 October 2014, Panayioutou joined League One side Port Vale on a one-month loan.^[8] However, he did not make a first team appearance for the "Valiants" during his time at Vale Park.^[9]

On 29 January 2016, Panayiotou joined Scottish Championship club Raith Rovers on a loan until the end of the 2015–16 season.^[10] He made his league debut for Raith against Rangers on 2 February, coming on as a second half substitute.^[11] He scored his first goal for Rovers in a 3–3 draw against with Rangers on 2 April.^[12]

International career

On 8 October 2014, Panayiotou scored on his debut for Saint Kitts and Nevis in their Caribbean Cup qualifying defeat to Barbados at Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.^[13]

On 26 March 2015, he scored a hat-trick beginning with a penalty in the second leg of a World Cup first qualifying round tie against the Turks and Caicos Islands at the TCIFA National Academy in Providenciales; Saint Kitts and Nevis won the match 6–2 for a 12–4 aggregate victory.^[14] On 26 March 2016, he scored in a 2–0 win over Aruba which secured passage into the Second Round of qualification for the 2017 Caribbean Cup.^[15] This also meant he broke an 85-year Leicester City club record previously held by England's Ernie Hine as the Foxes' all-time leading goalscorer at international level.^[16]

Statistics

Club

As of 1 May 2016.

Season	Club	Division	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other[17]		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2011–12[18]	Leicester City	Championship	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
2012–13[19]		Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013–14[20]		Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014–15[21]		Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014–15[21]	Port Vale (loan)	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015–16[22]	Leicester City	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015–16[22]	Raith Rovers (loan)	Scottish Championship	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	15	2
Leicester City total			1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Career total			15	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	16	3

International

As of match played 29 March 2016.^[23]

International statistics

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Saint Kitts and Nevis	2014	2	1
	2015	6	3
	2016	2	2
Total		10	6

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	8 October 2014	Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti	Barbados	2–3	2–3	2014 Caribbean Cup qualification
2.	26 March 2015	TCIFA National Academy, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands	Turks and Caicos Islands	2–3	2–6	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.				2–4
4.				2–5
5.	26 March 2016	Trinidad Stadium, Oranjestad, Aruba	Aruba	2–0	2–0	2017 Caribbean Cup qualification
6.	29 March 2016	Warner Park Stadium, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis	Antigua and Barbuda	1–0	1–0	2017 Caribbean Cup qualification

Honours

Individual

• Barclays Under-21 Premier League Player of the Month: March 2015
• Leicester City Under-21 Player of the Year: 2014–15

References

1. "ACES tournament attracts country's best players". Leicester Mercury. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
2. "Foxes Secure Hong Kong Sevens Crown". lcfc.com. 26 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
3. Morlidge, Matt (10 April 2015). "Leicester City hotshot Harry Panayiotou named Barclays U21 Premier League Player of the Month for March... fresh from scoring a hat-trick for St Kitts and Nevis". Daily Mail. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
4. "Esteban Cambiasso Named Leicester City Player Of The Year". Leicester City. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
5. "Leeds 1 -2 Leicester". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 28 April 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
6. "Three Moore Years For Liam". LCFC.com. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
7. "New Deal for Striker". Leicester City. 12 July 2014.
8. "Port Vale sign Leicester City striker on loan". BBC Sport. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
9. Baggaley, Mike (17 November 2014). "Harry Panayiotou returns to Leicester City". The Sentinel. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
10. "Rovers Sign Leicester City Starlet". Raith Rovers F.C. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
11. Ralston, Gary (3 February 2016). "Scottish Championship Rangers boss Mark Warburton salutes goal hero Andy Halliday as Raith counterpart Ray McKinnon accuses ref of costing side a point". Daily Record (Glasgow). Retrieved 3 February 2016.
12. Lamont, Alasdair (2 April 2016). "stoppage-time goal from Harry Panayiotou denied Rangers victory and meant their Scottish Championship title will have to wait". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
13. "CFU Men's Caribbean Cup Second Round Updates". cfufootball.org. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
14. "Barbados advance in CONCACAF World Cup qualifying". ESPN FC. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
15. "Scotiabank CFU Caribbean Cup Day 4 Results". cfufootball.org. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
16. Young-Myles, Oliver. "Leicester City youngster breaks 85 year international record". squawka.com. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
17. Includes other competitive competitions, including the Football League Trophy and play-offs.
18. "Games played by Harry Panayiotou in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
19. "Games played by Harry Panayiotou in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
20. "Games played by Harry Panayiotou in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
21. "Games played by Harry Panayiotou in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
22. "Games played by Harry Panayiotou in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
23. "Panayiotou, Harry". National Football Teams. Retrieved 16 April 2016.

External links

• Harry Panayiotou career statistics at Soccerbase