Lefteris Lyratzis

Lefteris Lyratzis
	Lyratzis with Greece in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	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
2018–	PAOK
2019–2020	→ Volos (loan)
2024	→ Asteras Tripolis (loan)
2024–	→ NEC (loan)
International career‡
2015–2016	Greece U17
2018	Greece U18
2017–2019	Greece U19
2019–2022	Greece U21
2022	Greece
	*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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5]

On 2 September 2024, Lyratzis was loaned by NEC in the Netherlands.^[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 February 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	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

[1] "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.

[2] "Ανακοίνωσε Λύρατζη ο Βόλος". www.sport24.gr. 28 June 2019.

[3] "ΟΦΗ - Βόλος 1-2: Φοβερό "διπλό" με ήρωα τον Γκαραβέλη". www.sport24.gr. 4 January 2020.

[4] "ΠΑΟΚ - Λαμία 2-1: Παυσίπονο από Κούρτιτς και VAR". www.gazzetta.gr. 12 December 2021.

[5] "Ο Λύρατζης αναδείχθηκε καλύτερος νέος παίκτης της σεζόν από τους συμπαίκτες του". www.sport24.gr. 31 May 2022.

[6] "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.

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