Pieros Sotiriou

Olympiakos Nicosia

Sotiriou was born in Nicosia, Cyprus. He is a product of Olympiakos Nicosia academies. He made his official debut with Olympiakos in the 2009–10 season, when the club was competing in the Cypriot Second Division, appearing in four matches and scoring one goal. On 19 March 2011, he made his Cypriot First Division debut, playing the last 11 minutes in a match against Doxa Katokopias and he added a further five appearances in the 2010–11 season. The next season (2011–12), he made 16 league appearances (2 at starting line-up, 14 as a substitute) and scored his first Cypriot First Division goal on 18 September 2011, in the third matchday against APOEL where Olympiakos lost by 1–4. In June 2012, it was rumoured that Sheffield Wednesday was interested in him and also on 5 August 2012, he was trialled at S.L. Benfica, but finally stayed at Olympiakos. On 16 November 2012, he renewed his contract with Olympiakos, signing a three-year contract extension. His most productive season with Olympiakos came in 2012–13, when he appeared in 29 league matches (28 at starting line-up, 1 as a substitute) and scored 8 goals. At the end of the 2012–13 season, he has been awarded the "Young player of the season" award by Cyprus Football Association.

APOEL

On 24 December 2012, it was announced that Sotiriou's transfer from Olympiakos to APOEL FC was already agreed by the two clubs (for a transfer fee of €90,000), but he stayed to Olympiakos until the end of the…

On 10 October 2012, Sotiriou was called for the first time into the Cyprus national football team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Slovenia and Norway, but he remained on the bench in both matches. He made his debut for the national team on 14 November 2012, in a friendly match against Finland at GSP Stadium, coming on as a 63rd-minute substitute in Cyprus' 0–3 defeat. He scored his first international goal on 13 November 2016, netting the second goal in Cyprus' 3–1 home victory against Gibraltar in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Club

As of the end of 2024 season

International

As of match played 15 November 2025

Scores and results list Cyprus goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sotiriou goal.

On 28 December 2019 Sotiriou married with Cypriot journalist Maria Kortzia, after eight years of relationship. They have two sons: Sophocles (born 9 December 2020) and Giorgos (born 14 June 2022).