Lefteris Lyratzis (; born 22 February 2000) is a Greek professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Career

Early life

He is a son of

Kavala Kavala (, ''Kavála'' ) is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala regional unit. It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across from the island of Thasos and on the A2 motorway, a one-and ...

footballer Nikolaos Lyratzis.

PAOK

In the 2017–18 season Lyratzis made 24 appearances scoring 9 goals for the

PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

U20 team which won a title. Lyratzis joined the first team for pre-season training in the summer of 2018. In the 2018–19 season he played four times for the full senior side, and the next season he went out on loan to Volos. On 28 June 2019, Lyratzis signed a long-term contract with

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club

Volos Volos (; ) is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about north of Athens and south of Thessaloniki. It is the capital of the Magnesia (regional unit), Magnesia regional unit of the Thessaly Region. Volos ...

on loan from PAOK. On 4 January 2020, he opened the scoring for

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’s visitors after 35 minutes, helping his club to acquire a 2–1 away win against OFI. It was his first goal in the

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. On 12 December 2021, he opened the score in a 2–1 home win game against

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. It was his first goal with PAOK in all competitions with the club. In the 2021–22 season Lyratzis became a key player from December and was voted the best young football player of the team by his teammates. On 2 September 2024, Lyratzis was loaned by

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in the Netherlands.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

PAOK *

: 2018–19 *

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: 2017–18, 2018–19,

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lyratzis, Lefteris Living people 2000 births Greek men's footballers Footballers from Kavala Men's association football fullbacks Greece men's international footballers Greece men's under-21 international footballers Greece men's youth international footballers Super League Greece players Eredivisie players PAOK FC players Volos F.C. players Asteras Tripolis F.C. players NEC Nijmegen players Greek expatriate men's footballers Greek expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands 21st-century Greek sportsmen