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Aris Limassol
Aris Limassol (Greek: ''Άρης Λεμεσού'') is a professional Cypriot football club based in Limassol and one of the founder members of Cyprus Football Association. The club's colours are green, black and white, and their home is the Alphamega Stadium. Founded in 1930, Aris Limassol is one of the most historic football clubs of Limassol. The club also maintains teams in other sports including basketball, table tennis and chess. The Aris chess team dominated Cypriot chess in the 1980s. History One of the founder members of the Cyprus Football Association, Aris competed in the first five seasons of the Cypriot First Division, with their league placement ranging from 5th to 7th. The club ceased operation in 1939 due to financial difficulties, and returned in 1952, competing in the Second Division. Aris returned to the First Division in 1954, but finished last and was relegated. The following season they won the Second Division and returned to the top-tier league, only to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphamega Stadium
The Alphamega Stadium, also known as Limassol Stadium for UEFA competitions, is a association football, football stadium in Kolossi, Limassol District, Cyprus, and the home ground of the 3 biggest clubs of Limassol Apollon Limassol FC, Apollon, AEL Limassol, AEL and Aris Limassol FC, Aris. With an all-seater capacity of 11,000, it is the second largest football-only stadium and the List of football stadiums in Cyprus, fifth largest football stadium overall in Cyprus. Name The official name of the stadium is Alphamega Stadium. This name resulted from a sponsorship collaboration between the stadium management company and C.A. Papaellinas Emporiki Ltd, the company which owns and manages AlphaMega, Alphamega Hypermarkets, for the use of the supermarket's name as the stadium's trade name until the end of the 2027–28 domestic league season. History Initially, the stadium would be built by AEL and Aris on the same site which had been given to the two teams in previous years. The two t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Kokorin
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kokorin (''né'' Kartashov; , ; born 19 March 1991) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cypriot First Division club Aris Limassol. Kokorin had his breakthrough season in 2012–13, which led to Dynamo Moscow inserting a €19 million release clause into his contract. A full international since 2011, Kokorin has gained over 45 caps and was named in the Russian squads for Euro 2012, 2014 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2016. In October 2018, he was arrested on an assault-related charge. He was later found guilty and spent approximately one year in prison. Club career Kokorin made his debut for the senior FC Dynamo Moscow team on 4 October 2008 – Dynamo was decimated by injuries and was losing to FC Saturn Moscow Oblast 0–1 at the halftime when Kokorin came on as a substitute. With 18 minutes to go Kokorin scored an equalizer (Dynamo went on to win 2–1). He became the youngest player to score a goal for Dynamo in the Russian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veljko Nikolić
Veljko Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Вељко Николић; born 29 August 1999) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Aris Limassol. Club career OFK Beograd Veljko started playing football with football school "Arena" and later moved to OFK Beograd, where he passed all youth categories. He was promoted in the first team for the 2016–17 Serbian First League season. Nikolić made his senior debut for OFK Beograd on 27 August 2016, playing match against ČSK Čelarevo in third fixture match of the season. He had started the match on the field and was replaced in the second half by Filip Rajevac. He also played next four First League and a cup match against Sloboda Užice. Red Star Belgrade On 4 October 2016, Nikolić signed a three-year contract with Red Star Belgrade in an €80,000 transfer from OFK Beograd. The transfer initially had a clause which would have given OFK Beograd 20% of the sum of Nikolić's next transfer, but Red Star purchased the last ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihlali Mayambela
Mihlali Samson "Mabhuti" Mayambela (born 25 August 1996) is a South African professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cypriot club Aris Limassol and the South Africa national team. Career Mayambela started out his youth career with Old Mutual Academy before also spending time at the two Johannesburg clubs Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs In 2014 and 2015 he played first team football with South African National First Division side Cape Town All Stars where he made 11 league appearances. After trialing with the club for two weeks during the summer of 2015 Mayambela joined Swedish Allsvenskan side Djurgårdens IF on a four-year deal in January 2016. They had originally intended to sign him during the upcoming summer but due to injuries they decided to make the move six months earlier. On 28 March 2016, it was reported that the Welsh club Swansea City was tracking Mayambela. On 24 August Mayambela scored his first goal for Djurgården, scoring one goal in the Swedis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steeve Yago
Steeve Farid Yago (born 16 December 1992) is a professional association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for Cypriot First Division club Aris Limassol FC, Aris Limassol. Born in France, he represents the Burkina Faso national football team, Burkina Faso national team. Yago represented Burkina Faso in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, 2021 AFCON tournament in Cameroon. Club career Yago made his first Ligue 1 appearance for Toulouse FC, Toulouse on 25 August 2012, in a 0–1 win over AS Nancy, Nancy, at the age of 19. On 31 January 2019, the last day of the 2018–19 winter transfer window, Yago joined Ligue 2 side Le Havre AC, Le Havre on loan until the end of the season. On 1 July 2021, he joined Aris Limassol FC, Aris Limassol in Cyprus. International career He received his first call-up to the Burkina Faso national football team, Burkina Faso national team on 23 March 2013, in a 4-0 win against Niger national football team, Niger, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connor Goldson
Connor Lambert Goldson (born 18 December 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays for Aris Limassol. His preferred position is at centre-back, although he has also been utilised at right-back, and as a central midfielder. He began his career at Shrewsbury Town, whom he represented in 120 competitive matches, scoring eight goals, seven coming in one season, and also spending time on loan at Cheltenham Town. In 2015, after a promotion-winning season for Shrewsbury, he signed for Brighton & Hove Albion. His career was interrupted in 2017, when a screening found that Goldson had a defect in his heart. He joined Rangers in 2018 under Steven Gerrard. Career Shrewsbury Town Born in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, Goldson attended Thomas Telford School and was awarded his first professional contract midway through his youth scholarship with Shrewsbury Town in May 2010. He made his debut during a 5–1 away win at Lincoln City on 8 February 2011, coming on as a 69th-minut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miłosz Matysik
Miłosz Matysik (born 26 April 2004) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as either a centre-back or a defensive midfielder for Cypriot club Aris Limassol. Club career Jagiellonia Białystok Matysik is the youth product of Jagiellonia's academy. He made his debut for Jagiellonia Białystok II on 7 November 2020, in a 2–1 victory over Pogoń Grodzisk Mazowiecki. Three months later, on 7 February 2021, he made his debut in Ekstraklasa in a 2–0 loss over Wisła Kraków. Matysik scored his first goal for Jagiellonia's reserve team on 27 February, during a walkover victory over Ruch Wysokie Mazowieckie, which ended as a 1–1 draw. On 4 March 2022, he scored his premiere goal in Ekstraklasa in the 48th minute of a 1–1 draw against Stal Mielec FKS Stal Mielec, commonly known as Stal Mielec (), is a Polish professional football club based in Mielec. The team competes in the I liga, the second level of the Polish football league system. The club was established on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yannick Gomis
Yannick Arthur Gomis (born 3 February 1992) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cypriot club Aris Limassol. He made two appearances for the Senegal national team scoring once. Club career Gomis began his career in his native Senegal with Olympique de Ngor and won two caps for the Senegal national team in 2013 before joining Orléans in the summer of 2015. On 30 June 2022, Gomis signed with Aris Limassol in Cyprus. Career statistics Honours ;Aris Limassol *Cypriot First Division: 2022–23 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ... References External links * 1992 births Living people Senegalese men's footballers Senegal men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Olympique de Ngor players US ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgi Kvilitaia
Giorgi Kvilitaia () ( ka, გიორგი ქვილითაია, tr, , born 1 October 1993) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cypriot First Division club Aris Limassol and the Georgia national team. Career Kvilitaia was born in Abasha, Georgia. At age 14 he moved to Tbilisi, first to Norchi Dinamo and later to Division 2 side Sasco, where he was one of the best scorers in 2012–13. After an unsuccessful spell at Győr, Kvilitaia played one season for Dila Gori on loan. In June 2015 he joined Dinamo Tbilisi. With 24 goals scored in 29 matches this season, Kvilitaia became a top scorer and won the special prize at a GFF award ceremony. In 2016 Kvilitaia signed for Austrian Bundesliga club Rapid Wien. After two seasons he signed a four-year deal with Belgian side Gent. Since 2020 Kvilitaia has been playing in the Cypriot First Division. Initially, on 17 September 2020 he joined Anorthosis on loan from Gent and a year later he mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Bengtsson
Karl Leo Bengtsson (born 26 May 1998) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Aris Limassol. Club career Youth years Bengtsson grew up at the island Ingarö in Värmdö Municipality, just outside Stockholm. He started his football career at the local club Ingarö IF, before joining the academy at Hammarby IF in late 2010 at age 11. At Hammarby, he would make his way up the ranks until eventually featuring regularly at the club's U21s in 2015. During the following season he was a key player as Hammarby won the Folksam U21 Allsvenskan. In the semi-final against arch rival Djurgårdens IF in October 2016, he scored two goals while settling the score to 2–1. Hammarby IF On 6 September 2016, Leo Bengtsson signed his first professional contract with Hammarby IF, on a three-year deal. However, the winger did not feature in any competitive game in the 2016 Allsvenskan. At the beginning of the 2017 season, Bengtsson made his competitive debut for Hammarb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Boakye
Eric Boakye (born 19 November 1999) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Aris Limassol. Honours Olimpija Ljubljana *Slovenian Cup: 2018–19, 2020–21 Aris Limassol *Cypriot First Division: 2022–23 *Cypriot Super Cup The Cypriot Super Cup is a Cypriot football trophy, contested in an annual match between the previous season's Cypriot First Division champions, and the Cypriot Cup winners. The match is contested at the beginning of the football season, and is ...: 2023 References 1999 births Living people Footballers from Kumasi Ghanaian men's footballers Men's association football defenders NK Olimpija Ljubljana (2005) players Aris Limassol FC players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Cypriot First Division players Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus 21st-centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caju (footballer, Born 1995)
Wánderson de Jesus Martins (born 17 July 1995), commonly known as Caju, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Aris Limassol as a left-back. Club career Santos Born in Irecê, Bahia, Caju graduated from Santos's youth setup, and was promoted to the first-team in September 2014, profiting from the departure of Emerson Palmieri to Palermo and from Eugenio Mena's injury. He stands as the only player who graduated from ''Peixe'' Academy 100% owned by the club since 2010. On 21 September 2014 Caju made his first-team – and Série A – debut, starting in a 3-1 home win against Figueirense. He overtook Mena and Zé Carlos during the latter stages of the campaign, appearing in 11 matches. On 10 March 2015, after being linked to Udinese and Barcelona, Caju renewed with ''Peixe'', signing until 2019. He spent the campaign as a backup to Zeca. In 2016, as the latter was representing the Brazil under-23s in the Summer Olympics, Caju was made a starter by manager D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
