Athos Solomou (; born 30 November 1985) is a Cypriot professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays for Haringey Borough in the

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Premier Division. He is mainly a

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but he also plays as

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also.

Club career

Apollon Limassol

Solomou started his career from

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC (, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Division and has won the championship tit ...

's Academy. He made his debut with Apollon on season 2002-03. He stayed in Apollon for 7 years and he won one Cypriot Championship and one

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 ...

with the team.

APOEL

On 10 September 2009 Solomou signed a three-years contract with

APOEL APOEL FC (; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") is a Cypriot professio ...

and the next season he helped APOEL to win the

2010–11 Cypriot First Division The 2010–11 Cypriot First Division was the 72nd season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It began on 27 August 2010 with the first matches of the first round and will end on 11 May 2011 with the last matches of the second round. The def ...

. He also appeared in three

2011–12 UEFA Champions League The 2011–12 UEFA Champions League was the 57th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 20th season in its current Champions League format. As part of a trial that started in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa Lea ...

matches for APOEL, in the club's surprising run to the

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of the competition. At the end of the 2012–13 season, he became champion again with APOEL, after winning the

2012–13 Cypriot First Division The 2012–13 Cypriot First Division was the 74th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It began on 1 September 2012 and ended on 19 May 2013. AEL Limassol were the defending champions. APOEL won the championship two matchweeks before ...

. During the 2013–14 season, he appeared in three

2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage The group stage of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League was played from 19 September to 12 December 2013. A total of 48 teams competed in the group stage. Draw The draw was held on 30 August 2013, 13:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the Grimaldi Forum, Monaco. T ...

matches for APOEL and won all the titles in Cyprus, the

Cypriot League The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

, the

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and the

. On 2 June 2014, APOEL announced that it would not renew the contract with the player and after five successful years, Solomou left the club.

Rah Ahan

On 20 January 2016, Solomou joined Persian Gulf League side

Rah Ahan Rah Ahan Sports Club (, ''Bashgah-e Vârzeshi-ye Rahâhen''), commonly known as Rah Ahan Football Club, was an Iranian professional football club based in Tehran. They last played in the Azadegan League. Rah Ahan is one of the oldest Iranian foot ...

on a 6-month contract for an undisclosed fee.

Later career

Solomou joined

AEZ Zakakiou Athletic Union of Zakaki () is a Cyprus, Cypriot association football, football club based in Zakaki, Limassol. The club was founded in 1956. Their colours are green and white and they play at Zakaki Municipal Stadium, but are currently playing a ...

for the 2016–17 season, but made only four appearances. In the 2017–18 season, he played for FC International Limassol in the fifth tier. He joined

Digenis Oroklinis Oroklini-Troulloi FC 2020 () is a Cypriot football club which is based in the village of Troulloi in Larnaca district. The club was founded in 1952 as Digenis Oroklinis. In the 2014–2015 season the team competed in the Cypriot Second Divisio ...

in the

Cypriot Second Division The Cypriot Second Division () is the second highest association football, football division of the Cypriot football league system. Administered by the Cyprus Football Association, it is contested by 16 teams, with the top three teams being Prom ...

in the 2018–19 season, but did not play any games and dropped down a division to play for

Ethnikos Assia Ethnikos Assia Football Club () is a Cypriot football team currently playing in the Cypriot Second Division. The team was established in Assia, Famagusta, but since the Turkish invasion of 1974, Ethnikos became a refugee team. The club is now ...

. After briefly joining

Elpida Astromeriti Astromeritis (, ) is a large village in the Morphou Department of the Nicosia District of Cyprus. It is located from the capital Nicosia. At the 2011 census it had a population of 2,307. Green Line crossing Astromeritis is the location of one o ...

in June 2019, Solomou moved to England and joined Haringey Borough for the 2019–20 season.

Honours

;

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

(1) : 2005–06 *

(1) : 2006 ;

(3) :

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2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...

, 2013–14 *

(1) : 2013–14 *

(2) : 2011, 2013

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