Nikodimos Papavasiliou

Nikodimos Papavasiliou

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Personal information
Date of birth	(1970-08-31) August 31, 1970
Place of birth	Limassol, Cyprus
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder (retired)
Team information
Current team	Slovan Bratislava (manager)
Youth career
1980–1987	Apollon Limassol / Arsenal / Oldham Athletic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1993	OFI Crete	72	(2)
1993–1994	Newcastle United	7	(0)
1994–1995	OFI Crete	12	(0)
1996–2000	Apollon Limassol	74	(24)
2000–2001	Anorthosis Famagusta	16	(2)
2001–2002	Enosis Neon Paralimni	11	(2)
2002	Olympiakos Nicosia
2002–2003	APOEL	14	(0)
International career
1990–1999	Cyprus	38	(5)
Managerial career
2006–2007	APEP Pitsilia
2008–2009	Olympiakos Nicosia
2009	OFI Crete
2010	Olympiakos Nicosia
2010–2011	Doxa Katokopia
2011–2012	Enosis Neon Paralimni
2012	Olympiakos Nicosia
2012–2013	Apollon Limassol
2014–2015	Ermis Aradippou
2015–	Slovan Bratislava
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nikodimos Papavasiliou (Greek: Νικόδημος Παπαβασιλείου; born 31 August 1970) is a Cypriot manager and former football midfielder. He is current manager of ŠK Slovan Bratislava.

He was the first Cypriot to play in the FA Premier League. He was manager of Cypriot club Ermis Aradippou.

Club career

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. He made his Newcastle debut against Tottenham on August 14, 1993. He went on to play for two seasons at the club before returning to OFI Crete.

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

Managerial career

He holds the English UEFA A License and also the UEFA Pro Licence.

He was the manager for APEP Pitsilia, Olympiakos Nicosia, OFI Crete, Doxa Katokopia, Enosis Neon Paralimni and in 2012 managed again for the third time Olympiakos Nicosia.

On September 20, 2012, Papavasiliou became manager of Apollon Limassol, for whom he had played from 1996 to 2000.