Leonardo Koutris
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonardo Pablo Koutris | ||
| Date of birth | 23 July 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Rhodes, Greece | ||
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| Position(s) | Left Back / Left Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
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Current team
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PAS Giannina | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2011 | Niki Rodos | ||
| 2011–2013 | Ergotelis | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2016 | Ergotelis | 39 | (1) |
| 2016– | PAS Giannina | 1 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2013–2014 | Greece U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2015– | Greece U21 | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 August 2015 | |||
Leonardo Koutris (Greek: Λεονάρντο Κούτρης), born 23 July 1995 in Rhodes, is a Greek-Brazilian professional footballer, who currently plays for Greek Superleague club PAS Giannina.
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Career
Ergotelis
Koutris started his career from a local amateur team from Rhodes, Niki Rodos, where he was spotted by Superleague club Ergotelis scouts in 2011.[1] On 28 January 2013, he signed his first professional contract with the club [2] and made his debut as a substitute in a match against Greek champions Olympiacos on 1 December 2013.[3] Already an international with the Greek U19 and U21 squads, and considered one of the greatest talents at Ergotelis, he renewed his contract with the club on 5 June 2014.[4]
After Ergotelis' relegation to the Football League in the summer of 2015, and despite reported interest from Greek giants Panathinaikos,[5] Koutris was one of the 17 players to hold out as part of the club's roster until the very end, which came in January 2016, when Ergotelis officially withdrew from professional competitions, and released all players from their contracts.[6]
PAS Giannina
As a free agent, Koutris signed a three-year contract with Greek Superleague club PAS Giannina on 26 January 2016.[7]
Personal
Koutris holds both Greek as well as Brazilian citizenship, being born of a Greek father and a Brazilian mother.[8]
Stretcher bearer incident
On 17 October 2015, during an Ergotelis game vs Larissa at the AEL FC Arena for the Greek Football League, Koutris was involuntarily involved in a comical incident after having gone down injured by a challenge just outside the penalty area. Unable to stand up, Koutris was roughly loaded onto a stretcher by two stretcher bearers, who proceeded to drop him twice while carrying him outside, before unceremoniously dumping him at the side of the pitch.[9] Ergotelis issued a formal complaint a few hours after the match had ended.[10]
The incident video went viral worldwide, and received coverage from major networks, such as BBC[11] and the Telegraph,[12] as well as being shown on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.[13]
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