Kostakis Artymatas
Cypriot footballer
Kostakis Artymatas (Greek: Κωστάκης Αρτυματάς, born 15 April 1993) is a Cypriot professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for and captains both Cypriot First Division club Anorthosis Famagusta and the Cyprus national team.
Club career
Early career
Artymatas started his playing career when he was eight years old at Enosis Neon Paralimni academies and at age sixteen he moved to Nottingham Forest academies in England where he stayed for three years. He returned to Cyprus in June 2012 and he made his professional debut with Enosis Neon Paralimni on 15 September 2012, in a league match against Anorthosis Famagusta which ended in 1–1 draw.
APOEL
On 14 June 2013, Artymatas moved from Enosis Neon Paralimni to APOEL (for a transfer fee of €120,000) and he signed a four-year contract with his new club. He made his debut on 11 November 2013, in a Cypriot First Division match against Alki Larnaca at GSP Stadium, coming on as an 80th-minute substitute in APOEL's 3–0 victory. A month later, he made his debut in European competitions, playing the full 90 minutes in APOEL's 2–0 defeat at Eintracht Frankfurt for the last matchday of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage. During his first season at APOEL, he won his first career titles, winning all the Cypriot competitions, the Cypriot First Division, the Cypriot Cup and the Cypriot Super Cup.
In the 2014–15 season, he added two more trophies to his collection, as APOEL won again both the Cypriot championship and the cup. He scored his first official goal for APOEL on 17 October 2015, netting the fifth goal in APOEL's 6–0 home victory against AEL Limassol in the Cypriot First Division.
On 19 September 2016, Artymatas signed a three-year contract extension with APOEL, running until 31 May 2020.
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