Luigi Cennamo

He started his career in Olympiakos as part of the first team in 1997. He was brought to Burnley by Stan Ternent as one of three Greeks to sign for the Clarets along with goalkeeper Nikolaos Michopoulos and centre-forward Dimitrios Papadopoulos. Cennamo is half Greek/half Italian, but just to confuse matters even further he'd been born in 1980 in Munich in Southern Germany. He signed from Olympiakos on an initial six-month deal, the 21-year-old would be understudy to Nikolaos Michopoulos but was expected to offer genuine competition for the first team role. On first team days he was always named on the bench as the substitute keeper, and in December was almost called upon at Preston when it looked as though Michopoulos would be sent off. At the beginning of 2001, there were big changes for Cennamo. Firstly the club announced they had signed him from Olympiakos. The fact that the Clarets were keen to make it permanent suggested he might have a long-term future with the club but just under two weeks later his world came crashing down, as did Burnley's hopes in the FA Cup. His club was a favourite to beat Cheltenham at Whaddon Road but after twenty minutes in the game gone, Michopoulos suffered a serious injury and Cennamo got his big chance. Five minutes after coming on he was picking the ball out of the net, and he was repeating that after another five minutes as Burnley went on to lose 2–1. His manager Stan Ternent didn't trust him to replace Michopoulos and before the next…

Individual

Greek Best Goalkeeper of the Beta Division: 2011