Sotiris Ninis

Sotirios Ninis ( 2013)

Sotirios Ninis (Greek Σωτήριος Νίνης born April 3, 1990 in Himara, Albania) is a Greek football player. He plays as an attacking right midfield as well.

Career

Sotirios Ninis began his football career in the youth teams of Apollon Athens where he played until 2003. After joining the youth academies of Panathinaikos Athens, he received in December 2006, his first professional contract and joined the squad the men's team, where he gave on January 7, 2007 at the age of 16 years against AO Aigaleo Athens his debut. Ninis was thus one of the youngest players ever used in the first Greek league.

On 27 January 2007 Ninis scored in the 2-0 victory over Panionios Athens its first league matches and thus became the youngest scorer in the history of Panathinaikos and the highest Greek league, since these 1979 received the professional status. A few weeks later, Ninis was also the youngest player to ever for a Greek team participated in a European Cup game when he came off the bench on 15 February 2007 in the UEFA Cup match Panathinaikos at RC Lens. On 17 December 2007 Ninis was awarded as "Greek Rookie of the Year 2007".

National

Junior

His debut in the Greek national U21 team was Ninis on 27 March 2007 in a 2-1 win over Denmark. As a regular player of the U- 19, Ninis qualified for the 2007 European Championship in Austria, where he could reach the second place with Greece. On the way to the final Ninis scored in the semifinal against Germany the meantime it 1-1 and prepared the remaining four tournament goals Greece. From the UEFA Ninis was, who was the youngest participant of the U-19 World Cup, also voted one of the eleven best players of the tournament. A year later, Ninis also took part in the U-19 European Championship in 2008.

Gentlemen

On 19 May 2008 Ninis made ​​his debut for the first time in the men's national team of Greece. In the 2-0 victory over Cyprus Ninis scored after just five minutes to 1-0 ahead and became the youngest player to ever could meet in an international match for Greece.

In 2010 he was nominated by the Greek coach Otto Rehhagel in the 23er squad for the World Cup in South Africa and consequently took part in his first major tournament. With its use in the group match against Nigeria on June 17, 2010, he became the youngest player who completed a World Cup game ever for Greece.

Achievements

  • Greek champions: 2010
  • Greek Cup winner: 2010
  • U-19 European Vice Champion: 2007

Awards

  • Greek Young Player of the Year 2007

Trivia

  • On 2 March 2007, the TBM was ( tunnel boring machine ) for the construction of line 2 of the Athens metro by the Greek Minister Georgios Souflias on the name " Sotirios Ninis " baptized.
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