 Lyratzis with Greece in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (2000-02-22) 22 February 2000 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Kavala, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team |
NEC (on loan from PAOK) | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2018 | PAOK | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | PAOK | 38 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | → Volos (loan) | 24 | (1) |
| 2024 | → Asteras Tripolis (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2024– | → NEC (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2015–2016 | Greece U17 | 14 | (1) |
| 2018 | Greece U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Greece U19 | 18 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Greece U21 | 12 | (0) |
| 2022 | Greece | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2022 | |||
Lefteris Lyratzis (Greek: Λευτέρης Λύρατζης; born 22 February 2000) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Eredivisie club NEC on loan from PAOK.
Career
Early life
He is a son of Kavala footballer Nikolaos Lyratzis.
PAOK
In the 2017–18 season Lyratzis made 24 appearances scoring 9 goals for the PAOK 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 Super League club Volos on loan from PAOK. On 4 January 2020, he opened the scoring for Juan Ferrando’s visitors after 35 minutes, helping his club to acquire a 2–1 away win against OFI. It was his first goal in the Super League Greece. On 12 December 2021, he opened the score in a 2–1 home win game against Lamia. 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 NEC in the Netherlands.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 29 February 2024
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| PAOK | 2018–19 | Super League Greece | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 27 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 38 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | 64 | 1 | |||
| Volos (loan) | 2019–20 | Super League Greece | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 1 | ||
| Asteras Tripolis (loan) | 2023–24 | Super League Greece | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 66 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 2 | ||
Honours
PAOK
References
- "Λευτέρης Λύρατζης: Το «next big thing» του ΠΑΟΚ" [Lefteris Lyratzis: PAOK's "next big thing"]. Kavala Post (in Greek). 19 January 2025. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
- "Ανακοίνωσε Λύρατζη ο Βόλος". www.sport24.gr. 28 June 2019.
- "ΟΦΗ - Βόλος 1-2: Φοβερό "διπλό" με ήρωα τον Γκαραβέλη". www.sport24.gr. 4 January 2020.
- "ΠΑΟΚ - Λαμία 2-1: Παυσίπονο από Κούρτιτς και VAR". www.gazzetta.gr. 12 December 2021.
- "Ο Λύρατζης αναδείχθηκε καλύτερος νέος παίκτης της σεζόν από τους συμπαίκτες του". www.sport24.gr. 31 May 2022.
- "N.E.C. huurt Lefteris Lyratzis van PAOK Saloniki" [NEC loans Lefteris Lyratzis from PAOK Saloniki] (in Dutch). NEC. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
External links
- Eleftherios Lyratzis – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Eleutherios Lyratzis at ESPN FC
- Eleutherios Lyratzis at Soccerbase
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- 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