Club career Avraam Papadopoulos

1 club career

1.1 aris thessaloniki
1.2 olympiacos
1.3 trabzonspor
1.4 shanghai shenhua
1.5 júbilo iwata
1.6 brisbane roar

club career
aris thessaloniki

papadopoulos started professional career aris in 2003 after stepping aris youth promising attacking youngster, mate ethimios pantelidis. before, had been digenis lakkomatos chalkidiki youth.

at beginning of career, started striker or attacking midfielder. in period between 2003 , summer 2006, aris lived darker days of history in greek football tangled defensive philosophy of football, financial problems in club, papadopoulos experienced gradual demotions more defensive positions coaches. firstly defensive midfielder, right , central defender plays nowadays.

he quite tall, tough body constitution, not slow physical appearance, pretty awareness , tackling, reckless leads him getting yellow cards, can partially explained more attacking football of post-2006 aris can expose defender papadopoulos situations of must-break opponents attacks. scorer of several goals through career strong headers , penalties. best example goal/header in final qualifiers zaragoza uefa cup group stage @ kleanthis vikelidis stadium, which, @ end of day, turned out crucial , historic goal after aris loss 2–1 in spain ensured aris progression group stage. yet has been sent in front, whenever aris needed striker in dying minutes of matches.

as aris kid playing beloved club, fact experienced dark days lighter, 1 of fans favourites logically, 1 of last mohicans in club ( mohicans - figuratively related players giorgios koltsidas, kostas nebegleras, papadopoulos, georgios gougoulias, ronald nacho garcia, efthimios kouloucheris, kristi vangjeli, petros passalis, spyros gogolos, team in second division, season 2005/06, season s after that, when club experienced promotion , total rebirth in first division football , higher standing positions). aris number 4 known passion. many years transfer windows used linked athenian giants (especially olympiacos) media/usually sports news-papers, yet had never changed club, then. stories circulating during season (2006/07), had been watched closely bigger clubs scouts benfica or chelsea, , zenit of russia well. in last season of residence in thessaloniki before moving piraeus, considered 1 of aris top stars along sergio koke, ronald nacho garcia , experienced ex-super star , big marcio amoroso.

after end of 2007–08 season, on triple occasion refused renew contract 2013 although had expressed affirmatively. act took culmination right after accepted join olympiacos f.c., caused many aris fans rage @ him pronouncing same traitor them.

olympiacos

papadopoulos olympiacos in 2012

on 4 july 2008 player transferred olympiacos f.c. 2.5 million euros. olympiacos f.c. announced on friday 4 july 2008, signing of footballer avraam papadopoulos aris. player has signed four-year contract. avraam stated during press conference, came olympiacos, , not panathinaikos, because best choice me. ideal choice. not else , not make sense talk past. work hard can make team reach goals , objectives in both europe , greece .

papadopoulos made debut against anorthosis famagusta fc in 3–0 away loss. finished 2008–09 season 22 league matches. started next season scoring against Šk slovan bratislava in 0–2 away win. first goal olympiakos. managed score crucial goal against p.a.o.k. f.c. in 1–2 away win. scored against aek athens f.c. in 1–2 home loss. completed 28 league appearances , scored 2 goals. partnership olof mellberg @ centre of defence played vital role olympiacos won back-to-back championships in 2010–11 , 2011–12 seasons.

on 24 june 2011, along super league , olympiakos piraeus president evangelos marinakis identified athens prosecutor alleged involvement in match-fixing, list of implicated in scandal has rocked greek football grew. marinakis, took on presidency of olympiakos in july 2010 , appointed super league chief in august 2010, accused of being involved in “simple collaboration criminal organisation members seek financial or other material benefit”, , “simple collaboration in corruption, altering results (outcome) of matches.papadopoulos, plays champions olympiakos, included in list along high profile player, kostas mendrinos, on books of aris f.c.

following injury in euro 2012 tournament, revealed papadopoulos had torn acl. after eight-month absence, papadopoulos returned play entering substitute kostas manolas on 46th minute of 1–0 victory on kavala f.c. on 30 january 2013. on 10 march 2013 managed score 2 goals against aek athens f.c. in 3–0 home win. win olympiacos claimed 40th champion in history. scored in final match of season, against panionios gss in 2–1 home win after assist of ariel ibagaza.

from june 2012, papadopoulos seems injury follow him during 2013/14 season. year, club s captain puzzled various mishaps, so, managed show off metal made off.

trabzonspor

avraam papadopoulos has taken swipe @ coach michel after sealing free transfer trabzonspor. 29-year-old club captain greek champions , had been pivotal figure since joining in 2008. however, last season saw dimitris siovas break first-team , papadopoulos became peripheral figure @ karaiskakis stadium.the greece international took time praise olympiacos president evangelos marinakis, revealed relationship spanish coach michel beyond repair after completing move turkey. want thank wholeheartedly president of olympiacos, mr marinakis, , management respected desire, despite strong disagreement, leave club new challenge, said papadopoulos in open letter on club s official website.

on september 1, 2014 trabzonspor has landed former greek international avraam papadopoulos olympiakos. papadopoulos, however, center of fans attention, veteran midfielder set become second greek player play in turkey’s top-flight, following theofanis gekas.

shanghai shenhua

on january 23, 2015 trabzonspor transfers avraam papadopoulos shanghai shenhua €285,000, signing contract until 30 december 2016. became first ever greek footballer play in chinese super league. on 15 august 2015, in away 2–2 draw against champions guangzhou evergrande managed score second goal helping club avoid defeat. on 20 february 2016, due reorganization of team , acquisitions of demba ba , obafemi martins in combination limitation of foreign players forced greek international solve contract club. on 23 february 2016, according recent rumours, atromitos interested in signing central defender released shanghai greenland shenhua.

júbilo iwata

on 18 may 2016, papadopoulos continue career in j1 league club júbilo iwata, undisclosed fee. became first ever greek footballer play in j1 league. on 18 june 2016, made debut club in 1–0 away loss against shonan bellmare. on 24 august 2016, scored first goal club sealing 3–2 away win against rivals avispa fukuoka. on 5 november 2016, after 6 months mutually solved contract.

brisbane roar

on 14 february 2017 papadopoulos joined australian a-league club brisbane roar until end of season, injury replacement daniel bowles, sidelined @ least 10 months serious knee injury. despite representing greece, central defender has australian passport , therefore not counted visa player. on 5 march 2017, made debut club in 3-1 away win against newcastle jets. on 22 june 2017, club has retained ex- international greek defender services 12 months after midseason arrival year. melbourne-born papadopoulos played 7 games @ centre-back during semifinalists 2016-17 season, providing cover luke de vere , jade north.

on 28 october 2017, wellingthon s keeper smith failed deal fahid ben khalfallah free-kick, defender avraam papadopoulos took rebound on spot score first a-league goal, in 3-3 away draw.

on 17 november 2017, papadopoulos scored opener , clincher brisbane roar climbed off bottom of ladder in 3-1 home win game against melbourne city fc. have had hat-trick goal-bound header before half-time stefan mauk managed clear off line. on 25 november 2017, in last quarter of game, papadopoulos spat @ sydney fc striker matt simon, retaliated, avraam went ground covering face, resulting in matt simon s dismissal. incident has heard response roar shortly after game, panning actions of avraam marred club s 3-1 a-league loss, against sydney fc.