| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 February 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Athens, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kalamata | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2012 | Olympiacos | 1 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Thrasyvoulos (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Glyfada (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | OFI | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Kavala | 17 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Iraklis | 13 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Apollon Smyrnis | 14 | (0) |
| 2016 | Platanias | 2 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Apollon Smyrnis | 26 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Aris | 43 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Pafos | 31 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Riga (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Ionikos | 59 | (1) |
| 2023– | Kalamata | 20 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010–2011 | Greece U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2019 | Greece | 1 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 May 2019 | |||
Georgios Valerianos (Greek: Γεώργιος Βαλεριάνος; born 13 February 1992) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Super League 2 club Kalamata.
Club career
[edit]Valerianos began playing football with Olympiacos. He is a very talented player and one of the best young players who were playing in Olympiacos U-21. He made 44 appearances for the youth team with four goals. Valerianos was first included in Olympiacos' first team in a league match against Panthrakikos on 11 April 2010, where he appeared as a second-half substitute.[1] On 22 July 2014 he signed for Iraklis in the Greek Football League.[2] Valerianos debuted for Iraklis in a cup match against Lamia.[3] On 12 August 2015, he signed a contract with second-tier club Apollon Smyrnis.[4] On 29 January 2016, he solved his contract with the club.[5]
The 27-year-old left back can be considered as somewhat of a journeyman despite his age as in July 2017, signed with Aris that officially announced his acquisition.[6] His path to the top has been chequered and he has had to do it the hard way, meaning a lot of resilience was needed. Even this season at Aris, he has been a squad player that has been rotated in and out of the team.
On 1 July 2019, after two years with Aris, Valerianos signed a three years' contract with Cypriot club Pafos for an undisclosed fee.[7] On 4 July 2019, the international back will have an intermediary station in his career after being loaned to Riga, a Latvian football club, which owns the same property status as Pafos. According to sources the borrowing will take just a month for the international left back in order to help the club for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round.[8]
On 25 June 2021, Valerianos returned to Greece, signing a two-year contract with Ionikos.[9]
International career
[edit]On 19 March 2019, Greece head coach Angelos Anastasiadis announced the first call up of Valerianos for the match against Liechtenstein and Bosnia and Herzegovina for UEFA Euro 2020.[10] He made his debut on 30 May 2019, in a friendly against Turkey, as a starter.[11]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 30 January 2022
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Olympiacos | 2009–10 | Superleague Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Thrasyvoulos (loan) | 2010–11 | Supeleague Greece 2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Glyfada (loan) | 2011–12 | Football League 2 (Greece) | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||
| Total | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||||
| OFI | 2012–13 | Superleague Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Kavala | 2013–14 | Superleague Greece 2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Iraklis | 2014–15 | Supeleague Greece 2 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| Total | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Apollon Smyrnis | 2015–16 | Supeleague Greece 2 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||
| Total | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||||
| Platanias | 2015–16 | Superleague Greece 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Apollon Smyrnis | 2016–17 | Supeleague Greece 2 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||
| Total | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||||
| Aris | 2017–18 | Supeleague Greece 2 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Superleague Greece | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| Total | 43 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 45 | 0 | ||||
| Riga | 2019 | Latvian Higher League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Pafos | 2019–20 | Cypriot First Division | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | ||||
| Ionikos | 2021–22 | Superleague Greece | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||
| Total | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 199 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 223 | 2 | ||
Honours
[edit]- Riga
- Olympiacos
References
[edit]- ^ Πρόστιμο σε "Ντάρμπι" και Λούα Λούα (in Greek). sports.e-go.gr. 9 April 2010. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ^ Υπέγραψε ο Βαλεριάνος (in Greek). Iraklis FC. 22 July 2014. Archived from the original on 30 July 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
- ^ Θετικό ξεκίνημα με νίκη (1-0) (in Greek). bluearena.gr. 29 August 2014. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ^ "Παίκτης του Απόλλωνα και ο Βαλεριάνος" (in Greek). Apollon Smyrni FC. 12 August 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ ""Τέλος" ο Βαλεριάνος" (in Greek). sport24.gr. 29 January 2016.
- ^ "Οι πρώτες έξι μεταγραφές του Άρη". sport24.gr. 25 July 2017.
- ^ "Στην Πάφο ο Βαλεριάνος" (in Greek). sport24.gr. 1 July 2019.
- ^ "Από την Πάφο στη Λετονία ο Βαλεριάνος" (in Greek). makthes.gr. 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Ιωνικός: Ανακοίνωσε Βαλεριάνο η ομάδα της Νίκαιας" (in Greek). Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ Η λογική πίσω από τις κλήσεις Αναστασιάδη (in Greek). contra.gr. 19 March 2019.
- ^ "Turkey v Greece game report". ESPN. 30 May 2019.
External links
[edit]- Profile at Sport.gr
- Georgios Valerianos at Soccerway
- Georgios Valerianos – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Georgios Valerianos at National-Football-Teams.com
