Kostas Tsimikas

Kostas Tsimikas (Greek: Κώστας Τσιμίκας, born 12 May 1996) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Olympiacos and the Greece national team.[2][3]

Kostas Tsimikas
Personal information
Full name Konstantinos Tsimikas
Date of birth (1996-05-12) 12 May 1996
Place of birth Thessaloniki, Greece[1]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Left-back
Club information
Current team
 Olympiacos
Number 21
Youth career
2010–2011 Neapoli Thessaloniki
2011–2014 Panserraikos
2014–2015 Olympiacos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Olympiacos 42 (0)
2017 → Esbjerg (loan) 9 (2)
2017–2018 → Willem II (loan) 33 (3)
National team‡
2014–2015 Greece U19 13 (0)
2016–2018 Greece U21 17 (2)
2018– Greece 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:50, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:45, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Olympiacos

Tsimikas made his Olympiacos debut in the Super League in a match against AEL Kalloni on 19 December 2015.[4]

Loan to Esbjerg

On 28 December 2016, Tsimikas signed for Danish club Esbjerg on a loan until the end of the 2016–17 season.[5] On 17 February 2017, in his debut with the club, he scored a goal in a 3–0 home win game against SønderjyskE Fodbold. He left the club after 13 games, and returned to Olympiacos.

Loan to Willem II

On 30 June 2017, Tsimikas made another loan move, this time to Dutch club Willem II on a season-long contract.[6] He was a regular in the 2017–18 Eredivisie, starting 32 of the 34 matches,[7] and also scored goals. In the quarter-finals of the KNVB Cup, his deflected free kick took the tie into extra time, and Willem II went on to beat Roda on penalties.[8] Tsimikas' spectacular bicycle kick in a 3–2 win against FC Utrecht was voted Voetbal International Goal of the Month and contributed to his being named Eredivisie Rookie of the Month for March 2018.[9]

Return to Olympiacos

Coach Pedro Martins kept Tsimikas at Olympiacos for the 2018–19 season. In November 2018, he crossed for Kostas Fortounis' first goal in a 5–1 defeat of F91 Dudelange in the Europa League group stage; both players were named in the UEFA Europa League Team of the Week.[10] In late 2018, he was mainly left on the bench with Leonardo Koutris given the nod in his position, but the Olympiacos management is known to have huge faith in Tsimikas. As a result, the 22-year old was offered a new deal, with Tsimikas agreeing to sign the contract which keeps him at the club until the summer of 2023.[11]

On 19 February 2020, Olympiacos' full-back Kostas Tsimikas has been included in the UEFA Champions League Rookie Team of the Group Stage. According to whoscored.com, a website which evaluates players’ performances based on their statistical showings, Tsimikas was one of the best 11 rookie players of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage. The talented left-back has made a grand total of 34 appearances across all competitions, contributing with six assists. His energetic, enthusiastic way of playing offers a potent attacking threat on the left wing, and the Greek international is also solid defensively.[12]

International career

Tsimikas received his first call-up to the Greek senior team for 2018–19 UEFA Nations League matches against Hungary and Finland in October.[13] He made his international debut in the starting eleven for the match at home to Hungary on 12 October, and crossed for Kostas Mitroglou to score the only goal of the game.[14]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 24 June 2020
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Olympiacos 2015–16 Superleague 306000—90
2016–17 102000—30
2018–19 1504090—280
2019–20 23030150—410
Total 420150240—800
Esbjerg (loan) 2016–17 Danish Superliga 9240——132
Willem II (loan) 2017–18 Eredivisie 33343——376
Career total 855233240001308

(* includes Europa League, Champions League)

Honours
Olympiacos

References
  1. talentabout.gr Ο ταλαντούχος Κώστας Τσιμίκας!
  2. "Konstantinos Tsimikas". Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  3. "Konstantinos Tsimikas - UEFA". Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  4. Τσιμίκας: «Οι κόποι μου ανταμείβονται» [Tsimikas: "My troubles are rewarded"] (in Greek). 19 December 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  5. Επίσημο: στην Έσμπιεργκ δανεικός ο Τσιμίκας [Official: Tsimikas is on a loan with Esbjerg] (in Greek). 28 December 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  6. "Willem II haalt linksback Konstantinos Tsimikas uit Griekenland" [Willem II get left-back Konstantinos Tsimikas from Greece] (in Dutch). 30 June 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  7. "K. Tsimikas". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  8. Burns, Will (2 February 2018). "KNVB Beker report: Quarter-finals". Total Dutch Football. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  9. "Slip in Tilburg". FC Utrecht. 31 March 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
    "Fenomenale goal Tsimikas verkozen tot Doelpunt van de Maand maart" [Tsimikas' phenomenal goal chosen as Goal of the Month for March]. VI.nl (in Dutch). 13 April 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
    "Santiago Arias named Player of the Month". Eredivisie. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  10. "Olympiakos 5–1 F91 Dudelange". Sky Sports. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
    "Who makes our Europa League Team of the Week?". UEFA. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  11. "Ολυμπιακός: Ανανέωσε για 4 χρόνια ο Τσιμίκας". www.sport24.gr. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  12. "Τσιμίκας: Στην κορυφαία ενδεκάδα των rookies στους ομίλους του Champions League". www.sport24.gr. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  13. Nicolaides, Shaun (4 October 2018). "Paschalakis and Tsimikas receive maiden national team call-ups". AgonaSport. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  14. Georgakopoulos, George (12 October 2018). "Mitroglou settles Greece's scores against Hungary". Ekathimerini. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
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