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Giannis Fivos Botos
Greek footballer
Giannis Fivos Botos (Greek: Γιάννης Φοίβος Μπότος; born 20 December 2000) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Eerste Divisie club Helmond Sport.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ioannis Fivos Botos | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-12-20) 20 December 2000 (age 23) | ||
| Place of birth | Athens, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Helmond Sport | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2008 | AO Diana Ilioupolis | ||
| 2008–2018 | AEK Athens | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2023 | AEK Athens | 3 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Go Ahead Eagles (loan) | 43 | (7) |
| 2022–2023 | → Sheriff Tiraspol (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2023 | AEK Athens B | 9 | (1) |
| 2023– | Helmond Sport | 30 | (8) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Greece U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Greece U19 | 6 | (1) |
| 2019–2022 | Greece U21 | 15 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:00, 11 June 2022 (UTC). | |||
AEK Athens
On 27 June 2018, Botos signed a professional contract with AEK Athens.[1] On 19 January 2020, he made his debut in the Superleague in a 3–0 home win game against AEL coming on as a second-half substitute replacing the scorer of the second goal Nélson Oliveira at the 68th minute.
Botos is the first footballer in the history of AEK Athens, born after 2000, who has scored in an official game, at 4–0 away victory over Apollon Larissa at 31 October 2018.
Loan to Go Ahead Eagles
On 30 December 2020, Botos joined Go Ahead Eagles on loan until the summer of 2022.[2] In May 2021, Go Ahead Eagles finished second in the Eerste Divisie, earning promotion back to the Eredivisie after four seasons in the second tier.[3] He made an impressive match on 28 August, as he scored, to help his team seal an 2–0 win over Sparta Rotterdam. He was voted man of the match for his performance.[4]
Club
- As of 22:40, 11 March 2024 (UTC).
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| AEK Athens | 2018–19 | Superleague Greece | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | |
| 2019–20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 9 | 1 | |||
| Go Ahead Eagles (loan) | 2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 4 | ||
| 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 25 | 4 | |||
| Total | 43 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 47 | 8 | ||||
| FC Sheriff Tiraspol (loan) | 2022–23 | Moldovan Super Liga | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | |
| AEK Athens B F.C. | 2022–23 | Super League Greece 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||
| Helmond Sport | 2023–24 | Eerste Divisie | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 8 | ||
| Career total | 92 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 19 | ||
- "Επαγγελματικά συμβόλαια σε έξι ποδοσφαιριστές". aekfc.gr. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- "ΑΕΚ: Επίσημα δανεικός στην Go Ahead Eagles ο Μπότος" (in Greek). Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- "Go Ahead Eagles promoveert op doelsaldo naar eredivisie, De Graafschap met lege handen" [Go Ahead Eagles promoted to Eredivisie on goal difference, De Graafschap empty handed] (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- "Ο Μπότος πέτυχε το πρώτο του γκολ στην Eredivisie και αναδείχθηκε Man of the Match" (in Greek). Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- Giannis Fivos Botos at Soccerway
- Giannis Fivos Botos at ESPN FC