Constantinos Laifis

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Constantinos Laifis
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-05-19) 19 May 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Paralimni, Cyprus
Position(s) Centre back / Left back / Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Anorthosis Famagusta
Number 34
Youth career
2007–2009 Enosis Neon Paralimni
2009–2012 Nottingham Forest
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012– Anorthosis Famagusta 60 (6)
2013 → Alki Larnaca (loan) 15 (1)
International career‡
2009–2010 Cyprus U17
2010–2012 Cyprus U19 8 (0)
2013– Cyprus U21 6 (0)
2014– Cyprus 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:43, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:43, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

Constantinos Laifis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Λαΐφης; born 19 May 1993) is a Cypriot footballer who plays for Cypriot First Division club Anorthosis Famagusta and the Cyprus national team. He plays as a left winger or at left back.

Early life and career

Laifis was born in Paralimni. As a boy, he played tennis to a good standard, and played football for the junior teams of his local club, Enosis Neon Paralimni. When he was 16, he took up an apprenticeship with English club Nottingham Forest's youth academy, together with several other Cypriot players.[1][2] In his second year, he played increasingly regularly for the under-18 team and scored once as Forest finished second in their section of the FA Premier Academy League.[3] He remained with the club into a third year, but returned to Cyprus in late 2011, where he trained with Anorthosis Famagusta and then agreed a short-term contract with them.[4] His contract with Forest was cancelled by mutual consent,[5] and he formally signed for Anorthosis in the January 2012 transfer window.[6]

Anorthosis Famagusta

Laifis made his first-team debut for Anorthosis the next month, in their 2011–12 Cypriot Cup second round second-leg match against Second Division club APOP Kinyras, as a 61st-minute substitute for Vincent Laban.[7] That was his last competitive appearance until July 2013, when injuries to Valentinos Sielis and Andreas Avraam left a vacancy at left back for pre-season friendlies.[8] Laifis performed well enough to be given a place in the starting eleven for the second leg of the second qualifying round match against Allsvenskan club Gefle. He played the full 90 minutes as Anorthosis let slip a 3–0 lead from the first leg and were eliminated 4–3 on aggregate.[9]

Alki Larnaca

Laifis was loaned to Alki Larnaca early in the 2013–14 season.[10] He made 15 appearances, scoring once, in First Division matches, before returning to Anorthosis in late January 2014.[11]

Return to Anorthosis

Laifis made 10 First Division appearances in what remained of the 2013–14 season,[12] and continued as a first-team regular.

International career

Laifis represented Cyprus internationally at all under-age levels.[2][13] He helped the under-19 team reach the elite qualification round of the 2012 European championships,[14] and made his first appearance for the under-21s in March 2013, when he played the first half of a 2–0 defeat to Belgium in a qualifier for the 2015 European under-21 championships.[15] He played the whole of their next qualifier, a 3–0 win at home to Northern Ireland,[16] and retained his place for a friendly in Romania.[17]

He made his senior debut on 16 November 2014 in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier against Andorra. Cyprus won 5–0.[18]

References

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