Panagiotis Glikos

Panagiotis Glykos was born on the 3rd of June 1986 in Volos. The Keeper began his career at Olympiakos Volou, playing in their youth and reserve teams before signing for PAOK in 2007 as PAOK’s manager Fernando Santos needed an extra goalkeeper for the upcoming season. He made his official debοut for the club in a cup fixture in 2008. He was then shipped out on loan, making a handful of appearances, before establishing himself in the first team fold in the 2011/12 season. From then, he has regularly battled with the other keepers in the squad to secure the No1 spot. In fact, at the start of the 2013/14 season, he began the league campaign on the bench, with Spaniard Jacobo preferred, before being handed the first team reins in November. Glykos grabbed the opportunity with both hands, starting all but two of the remaining fixtures and forcing his way into Fernando Santos’s squad for Brazil. PAOK’s keeper comes into the tournament in solid form, keeping a clean sheet once every three Greek Super League games during the 2013/14 season. Fernando Santos gave Glykos his debut back on 5 March 2014 in a friendly match against South Korea and was impressed enough to include him among his final 23 in Brazil. After first-choice keeper Orestis Karnezis injured his back, Glikos came on as a substitute in the 24th minute for Greece in their World Cup match against the Ivory Coast in Brazil. Panagiotis touched by the story of Pantelis Kyriakidis volunteered to help the long course of  his rehabilitation