Leonardo Koutris

Ergotelis

Born in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, Koutris moved to Greece at the age of 6. He started his career with an amateur team, Niki Rodos, where he was spotted by Super League club Ergotelis scouts in 2011. On 28 January 2013, he signed his first professional contract with the club and made his debut as a substitute in a match against Greek champions Olympiacos on 1 December 2013. Already an international with the Greek U19 and U21 squads, and considered one of the greatest talents at Ergotelis, he renewed his contract with the club on 5 June 2014. After Ergotelis' relegation to the Football League in the summer of 2015, and despite reported interest from Greek club Panathinaikos, Koutris was one of the 17 players to hold out as part of the club's roster until the very end, which came in January 2016, when Ergotelis officially withdrew from professional competitions, and released all players from their contracts.

PAS Giannina

As a free agent, Koutris signed a three-year contract with Greek Super League club PAS Giannina on 26 January 2016. He scored his first goal for the club on 21 July 2016, during his European debut, netting an extra time away goal against Norwegian club Odd during the third qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. This goal helped his club advance to the next round for the first time in its history, after winning the two-legged tie 4–3 on aggregate. On 28 April 2017, he signed a contract with champions Olympiacos for an…

On 9 November 2018, Greece's new coach Angelos Anastasiadis called up Koutris for the UEFA Nations League matches against Finland and Estonia. On 15 November 2018, he made his debut in a 1–0 home win against Estonia.

Club

As of match played 23 May 2026

International

Koutris holds both Greek as well as Brazilian citizenship, being born to a Greek father and a Brazilian mother.

Stretcher bearer incident

On 17 October 2015, during a Football League match against AEL at the AEL FC Arena, Koutris was involuntarily involved in a comical incident after having gone down injured by a challenge just outside the penalty area. Unable to stand up, he was roughly loaded onto a stretcher by two stretcher bearers, who proceeded to drop him twice while carrying him outside, before unceremoniously dumping him at the side of the pitch. Ergotelis issued a formal complaint a few hours after the match had ended. The incident video went viral worldwide, and received coverage from major networks, such as BBC and the Telegraph, as well as being shown on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.