Asterios Karagiannis (; born 28 July 1986 in

Dortmund Dortmund (; ; ) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the List of cities in Germany by population, ninth-largest city in Germany. With a population of 614,495 inhabitants, it is the largest city ...

) is a

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er, who plays for

Sportfreunde Baumberg Sportfreunde Baumberg is a German amateur football club from the neighbourhood of Baumberg in Monheim am Rhein, North Rhine-Westphalia. Founded in 1962, the team plays in the Oberliga Niederrhein in the fifth tier of the German football league sys ...

Club career

Karagiannis played in the youth side for

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, often known simply as Borussia Dortmund () or by its initialism BVB (), or just Dortmund by International fans, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is ...

Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as Schalke 04 (), and abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional sports club from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its football team, w ...

and

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German professional association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. They currently play ...

. After spending several years in

's reserve team, Karagiannis was signed in July 2005 by SF Oestrich Iserlohn, where he played three games in the 2006–07 season. He left after two years and on 27 July 2007, he signed with

Landesliga Westfalen The Landesliga Westfalen is a German amateur football division administered by the Westphalian Football and Athletics Association, one of the 21 German state football associations. Being the third level of the Westphalian state association, the La ...

club SSV Hagen. He spent only a half-year, before joining Hasper SV in January 2008. Karagiannis played with his team Hasper SV the 2007–08 season to end and signed in July 2008 for

Wuppertaler SV Wuppertaler SV is a Football in Germany, German association football club located in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia. The city was founded in the year of 1880 by the union of a number of smaller towns including Elberfeld, Barmen, Vohwinkel, Cr ...

. He played in his first season with Wuppertaler SV's reserve team and made his senior debut on 28 November 2009 in a

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match against Carl Zeiss Jena as a substitute for Christoph Maly, after being sent off.WSV verliert in Jena das Spiel und Christian Maly

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Karagiannis, Asterios 1986 births Living people Greek men's footballers Greek expatriate men's footballers German people of Greek descent Sportspeople of Greek descent Footballers from Dortmund German men's footballers Wuppertaler SV players Men's association football goalkeepers 3. Liga players 21st-century German sportsmen 21st-century Greek sportsmen