Sotiris Liberopoulos (; born 29 June 1977) is a Greek former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Sotiris Liberopoulos was born in

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in western

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and began his career from the local team

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alongside his cousin,

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. Later on, he played with

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where he became one of the most famous players and entered the U-21 team. With Kalamata, he began his debut in the first division on 14 January 1996 against

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at Rizoupoli. He also played by transcription with other teams including Ethnikos Piraeus,

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, the Belgian team

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, Akratitos,

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and from 2007 with Xanthi.

Stats

* 1994–1995:

: * 1995–1997:

: 14 games * 1997–1998: Ethnikos Piraeus: 10 games * 1998–2001:

: 64 games * 2001–2004:

: 4 games * 2002–2003:

(loan): 0 games * 2004–2005:

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: 20 games * 2005–2006: Akratitos: 10 games * 2006–2007:

: 21 games * 2007–2013:

Skoda Xanthi Xanthi Football Club () is a Greek Association football, football club based in Xanthi, Western Thrace. They play their home matches at Skoda Xanthi Arena Founded in 1967, Xanthi is well set up in terms of their financial support and youth set ...

: 31 games * 2013–2014:

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: 13 games * 2014–2015: Ermionida: 8 games ---- * 1997–1998: U-21: 18 games

References

*Ethnospor: 9-3-2007, p 80 *

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: (1-28-2008), p 32 {{DEFAULTSORT:Liberopoulos Sotiris 1977 births Living people Greek men's footballers Greece men's under-21 international footballers Greek expatriate men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Kalamata F.C. players Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. players AEK Athens F.C. players Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players A.P.O. Akratitos Ano Liosia players Kastoria 1980 F.C. players Xanthi F.C. players Athens Kallithea F.C. players R.A.A. Louviéroise players Super League Greece players Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium People from Filiatra Footballers from the Peloponnese