Nikodimos Papavasiliou

Nikodimos Papavasiliou

Personal information
Full name	Nikodemos Nikki Papavasiliou (Νικόδημος Παπαβασιλείου)
Date of birth	August 31, 1970 (1970-08-31) (age 41)
Place of birth	Limassol, Cyprus
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Midfielder (retired)
Club information
Current club	Enosis Neon Paralimni FC (Manager)
Youth career
1980-1987	Apollon Limassol,Arsenal,Oldham Athletic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1988-1993	OFI Crete	128	(8)
1993-1994	Newcastle United F.C.	7	(0)
1994-1995	OFI Crete	12	(0)
1996-2000	Apollon Limassol	124	(24)
2000-2001	Anorthosis Famagusta FC	16	(2)
2001-2002	Enosis Neon Paralimni FC	11	(2)
2002	Olympiakos Nicosia
2002-2003	APOEL	14	(0)
National team
1990-1999	Cyprus[1]	38	(5)
Teams managed
2006-2007	APEP Pitsilia
2008-2009	Olympiakos Nicosia
2009	OFI Crete
2010	Olympiakos Nicosia
2010-2011	Doxa Katokopia
2011-	Enosis Neon Paralimni FC
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Nikodimos Papavasiliou (Greek: Νικόδημος Παπαβασιλείου) (born August 31, 1970) is a Cypriot manager and former football midfielder. He is the only Cypriot to ever play in the FA Premier League. He was the manager for APEP Pitsilia, Olympiakos Nicosia and OFI Crete. He last managed Doxa Katokopia. He holds the English UEFA A License and also the UEFA Pro Licence.

In August 1993 he signed for Newcastle United for £120,000 from OFI Crete, making him the first Cypriot to play in the FA Premier League.^[2] He made his Newcastle debut against Tottenham on August 14, 1993. He went on to play for two season for the club and then returned to OFI Crete.

He also played for Apollon Limassol, Anorthosis Famagusta, Olympiakos Nicosia, APOEL and Cyprus national football team.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Cyprus - Record International Players". rssf.com. 2008-02-06. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/cyp-recintlp.html. Retrieved 2008-05-15. 
2. ^ "The Premiership's foreign legion". Guardian Unlimited. Wednesday August 24, 2005. http://football.guardian.co.uk/theknowledge/story/0,13854,1554100,00.html. Retrieved 2007-02-09. 
3. ^ "Papavasiliou on the move". UEFA. 12 September 2002. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UEFACup/news/Kind=1/newsId=33443.html. Retrieved 2006-12-29. 

Persondata
Name	Papavasiliou, Nikodemos
Alternative names	Nic the Greek (despite being Cypriot)
Short description
Date of birth	1970-08-31
Place of birth	Limassol, Cyprus
Date of death
Place of death