Michalis Konstantinou

Early

Born in Paralimni, he got his start in professional football playing for hometown side Enosis Neon Paralimni, for whom he scored 17 goals in 25 games in the 1996/97 season and became top goal scorer of Cypriot Championship.

Iraklis

He was signed by Iraklis in 1997. In his four seasons he scored a total of 61 goals in 119 appearances and he also played in the UEFA Cup.

Panathinaikos

In 2001, in a deal which took three Panathinaikos players to Iraklis, Konstantinou was transferred to Panathinaikos for €8 million. It was a successful purchase, but many believed that the young Cypriot striker was worth less than the expenditure of €8million made by Panathinaikos – the highest figure ever paid for a player in the Greek Super League. With Panathinaikos, he had the opportunity to play in the Champions League, earning praise for his performances in attack. There he found with the Portuguese players Paulo Sousa and later Robert Jarni, taking Panathinakos a long way in the competition. He scored a beautiful 45m goal in the Camp Nou return in the quarter-final against Barcelona in the 2001–02 Champions League. Panathinaikos seemed to ensure its marking the semi-finals, as they were needed 3 goals to go to the Spaniards. Barça, however, came back and won 3–1, qualifying for the semi-finals. In 2004–05 he had 15 goals. Konstantinou scored against the champions in a 1–0 home win, at the end of the season Konstantinou did not renew with Panathinaikos,…

He made his international debut against Albania in August 1998 and subsequently averaged almost a goal every other game in his first 35 caps. His first two goals came 10 February 1999 against San Marino at Tsirion Stadium (final score 4–0).

International goals

Club

Panathinaikos

Super League Greece: 2003–04 Greek Cup: 2003–04 Olympiacos

Super League Greece: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08 Greek Cup: 2005–06, 2007–08 Greek Super Cup: 2007 Omonia

Cypriot First Division: 2009–10 Cypriot Cup: 2010–11 Cypriot Super Cup: 2010

Individual

Cypriot First Division Top scorer: 1996–97 Greek Cup MVP: 2003–04, 2005–06