A graduate of the Athenian club's youth system, Giannou was loaned to Olympiakos Volou in summer 2000 until the end of the year, and spent the rest the campaign at Halkidona FC. Promoted to the senior Olympiacos squad on his return, he made his top-flight debut on 4 January 2002, but was mainly a reserve. However, although by the start of 2003/04 he was still fourth-choice, a combination of Theofanis Katergiannakis's injury, Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos's departure and Juraj Bucek's loss of form saw Giannou promoted to play in the final 12 games of the league season.
Olympiacos, however, were pipped to the title by Panathinaikos FC. The arrival of Antonios Nikopolidis from Panathinaikos relegated Giannou back to the bench. He played in just one league match, when Nikopolidis was suspended, and three Greek Cup encounters as his club completed the domestic double. In 2005/06, understudy to Nikopolidis, he played in one league encounter and made his UEFA Champions League debut against Olympique Lyonnais.
He won approximately €1m in the Greek national lottery in 2002.
On 29 August 2007 Olympiacos decided to release Giannou from his contract after he refused to be loaned out again. He spent time on trial at Championship side Cardiff City but failed to earn a full contract. From August 2007 to January 2008 he was playing for AEL FC in Cyprus and since then he is currently playing in Panionios.
^. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
January 01, 1970
kleopas, giannou, greek, Κλέοπας, Γιάννου, born, 1982, greek, former, professional, footballer, played, goalkeeper, personal, informationfull, namedate, birth, 1982, 1982, place, birthathens, greeceheight1, position, goalkeeperyouth, career, 1999olympiacos, 21. Kleopas Giannou Greek Kleopas Giannoy born 4 May 1982 is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper Kleopas GiannouPersonal informationFull nameKleopas GiannouDate of birth 1982 05 04 4 May 1982 age 42 Place of birthAthens GreeceHeight1 90 m 6 ft 3 in Position s GoalkeeperYouth career 1999Olympiacos U 21Senior career YearsTeamApps Gls 1999 2007Olympiacos18 0 2006 2007 Egaleo loan 11 0 2007 2008AEL Limassol12 0 2008Panionios4 0 2008 2009AEL Limassol2013 2014Nea IoniaInternational career2004Greece Olympic1 0 Club domestic league appearances and goals correct as of 10 September 2012 Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 Honours 3 1 Club 4 ReferencesClub career editA graduate of the Athenian club s youth system Giannou was loaned to Olympiakos Volou in summer 2000 until the end of the year and spent the rest the campaign at Halkidona FC Promoted to the senior Olympiacos squad on his return he made his top flight debut on 4 January 2002 but was mainly a reserve However although by the start of 2003 04 he was still fourth choice a combination of Theofanis Katergiannakis s injury Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos s departure and Juraj Bucek s loss of form saw Giannou promoted to play in the final 12 games of the league season Olympiacos however were pipped to the title by Panathinaikos FC The arrival of Antonios Nikopolidis from Panathinaikos relegated Giannou back to the bench He played in just one league match when Nikopolidis was suspended and three Greek Cup encounters as his club completed the domestic double In 2005 06 understudy to Nikopolidis he played in one league encounter and made his UEFA Champions League debut against Olympique Lyonnais He won approximately 1m in the Greek national lottery in 2002 On 29 August 2007 Olympiacos decided to release Giannou from his contract after he refused to be loaned out again He spent time on trial at Championship side Cardiff City but failed to earn a full contract From August 2007 to January 2008 he was playing for AEL FC in Cyprus and since then he is currently playing in Panionios International career editAn Under 21 international he was part of the Greek squad in the 2004 Olympic Games 1 Honours editClub edit Olympiacos Greek Championship 1999 2000 2000 2001 2001 2002 2002 2003 2004 2005 2005 2006 Greek Cup 2004 2005 2005 2006References edit Kleopas Giannouthesi Biography and Statistics Sports Reference Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 27 October 2009 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kleopas Giannou amp oldid 1164454243, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
