Lefteris Matsoukas (; born 7 March 1990) is a Greek professional

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who plays as a

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for Ionikos.

Club career

Born in

Piraeus Piraeus ( ; ; , Ancient: , Katharevousa: ) is a port city within the Athens urban area ("Greater Athens"), in the Attica region of Greece. It is located southwest of Athens city centre along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf in the Ath ...

, Matsoukas played in the youth teams of

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, ...

before being promoted to the first team. He was given his first contract by the club and scored his first goal in a pre-season friendly against

Viktoria Plzeň Viktoria usually refers to Viktoria, a name which is the same as Victoria (name), but may also refer to: Places * FK Viktoria Stadion, stadium of Viktoria Žižkov * Viktoria-Luise-Platz, building in Berlin * Viktoriastadt, now known as Victor ...

. His first league match came on 29 December 2007 against

Xanthi Xanthi is a city in the region of Western Thrace, northeastern Greece. It is the capital of the Xanthi regional unit of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace. Amphitheatrically built on the foot of Rhodope mountain chain, the city is divided ...

. Following loans to

Egaleo Aigaleo or Egaleo ( ) is a town and a suburban municipality in the western part of the Athens urban area, belonging to the West Athens regional administrative unit. It takes its name from Mount Aigaleo, whose name comes from the words αίγα/a ...

Ethnikos Asteras Ethnikos Asteras F.C. (, the ''National Star'') was a football club based in Kaisariani, Athens, Greece. History The club, originally named ''Ethnikos Astir,'' was founded in 1927 from the merger of Ethnikos and Asteras Kaisariani. They particip ...

and

SV Werder Bremen II SV Werder Bremen II is the reserve team of SV Werder Bremen. It plays in the Bremenliga, the fifth level of the German football league system, and has qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal on nineteen occasions. It also has won the Germ ...

he permanently moved to Werder Bremen II on a free transfer on 30 June 2010. On 4 August 2013, he signed a contract with Greek Football League club Iraklis. In July 2014 he signed for Fostiras. On 11 August 2018, he moved to newly promoted side Aittitos Spata on a free transfer.

International career

Matsoukas was a member of the Greece U19 national team.

References

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