Valentinos Sielis
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Valentinos Sielis | ||
| Date of birth | 1 March 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Paphos, Cyprus | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left Back / Centre Back / Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | AEL Limassol | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2002 | Arsenal | ||
| 2002–2007 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | Doncaster Rovers F.C. | 0 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Thoi Lakatamia | 3 | (0) |
| 2009–2014 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 61 | (0) |
| 2014– | AEL Limassol | 60 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009–2012 | Cyprus U21 | 8 | (2) |
| 2011– | Cyprus | 10 | (1) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:35, 4 December 2016 (UTC). | |||
Valentinos Sielis (born 1 March 1990), is a Cypriot footballer who played as a Left back for Cypriot First Division club Anorthosis Famagusta. In 2014 he signed with AEL. Sielis is considered one of the best footballers in Cyprus. He was awarded the best youth player in Cyprus in May 2012.[1] Sielis is a Cypriot international and made his debut on 9 February 2011, against Romania national football team in the CytaVision Cyprus Tournament 2011.[2]
Early life
Sielis was born in Paphos, a town in Cyprus. He is the second born of three siblings. Valentinos has two brothers, the eldest Giorgos Sielis a football player of AEK Kouklia and Christos Sielis the youngest brother of Valentinos who current plays for the Youth team of Arsenal Elite.
Club career
Early career
Sielis began his career in England first in Arsenal F.C. U12, Tottenham F.C U13, the first professional team for Doncaster Rovers,[3] Sielis signed with local club of Enosis Neon Thoi Lakatamia FC, and after a great season he moved to Anorthosis Famagusta. In 2014, he moved to AEL, where he has played consistently well since joining.
Anorthosis Famagusta
Valentinos Sielis joined to Anorthosis at 15 June 2009 from Enosis Neon Thoi Lakatamia FC as a Free agent.
Sielis made his team debut as 30th-minute substitute in a 0–3 away victory over Othellos Athienou F.C. for Cypriot Cup on 23 September 2009.[4] he play as a first time in a European competition on the starting squad in a 1–2 home defeat from CSKA Moscow in Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium for the UEFA Europa League 4th qualifying round.[5] He made his debut at the 72nd minute in Cypus first division in a 2–1 home victory over Olympiakos Nicosia. At the end of the season he played for 18 matches, 10 of them as a substitution, with 875 minutes of total playing time. On 8 May 2011, Sielis played for a first time in a Derby on the basic squad in a 1–0 away defeat from Omonia Nicosia. For the season 2011–12, during the period with coach Stanimir Stoilov, Sielis was a basic player of Anorthosis in the European competitions with 3 appearance in 4 matches, all as a substitution. After the arrival of Ronny Levy, Sielis played 4 times, once on the basic squad against Olympiakos Nicosia.[6] For the season 2012–13, Sielis, Began the season as the second left back of the team. After the announcement that William Boaventura end his career,[7] Sielis became the main left back for the team. From 8th until 19th match day Sielis starts all the matches in the basic line-up. On March 2013, Sielis had a serious injury and he underwent surgery. As a result, the team lost all the other matches until the end of the season.[8]
Outside football
Volunteering
Valentinos Sielis is particularly sensitive to issues related to helping our fellowmen. It is amazing that in the transmission of reckoning AEL Limassol – Anorthosis from CytaVision, Savvas Kosiaris, some time before the incident with Kaluđerović said that Sielis was a compatible bone marrow transplant donor and his altruism helped a fellow human to stay alive.[9]
Heroic act – Kaluđerović serious injury
At 26 April 2014, the striker of AEL Limassol, Andrija Kaluđerović claimed the ball with Paulo Jorge and seemed to hit the head of his opponent, with Kaluđerović to fall to the ground unconscious. Τhe broadcaster of Cytavision who was at the soccer ground, said that Kaluđerović swallowed his tongue and Sielis of Anorthosis had brought him back, when the Cypriot swiftly gave him first aid.[9][10][11][12]
Career statistics
As of 3 March 2016
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Doncaster Rovers | 2007–08 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| Total | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||
| Enosis Neon Thoi Lakatamia | 2008–09 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Anorthosis Famagusta | 2009–10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2011–12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | – | 20 | 0 | |||
| 2012–13 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | – | 19 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | – | 17 | 0 | |||
| Total | 61 | 0 | 10 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | ||
| AEL Limassol | 2014–15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | – | 18 | 1 | ||
| 2015–16 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | 1 | |||
| Total | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 86 | 2 | 13 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 2 | ||
International career
Sielis was the captain of Cyprus national team under 21,[2] with 8 appearances and 2 goals. On 3 September 2010 Sielis scored his first goal with the national team under 21 in an away victory 1–3 over Norway under-21 football team.
On 26 March 2010, Sielis made his debut with the national team of Cyprus in the home draw 0–0 againsgt Iceland. in 2012/13, Sielis played in 2 of national tema matches, in a home victory 1–0 against Iceland, and in away defeat 2–1 from Slovenia.
Honours
Individual
- Best player of the year in Cyprus
- Best youth Footballer: 2012[1]
References
- 1 2 Καλυτερος νεος ποδοσφαιριστης ο Σιελης, anorthosinews.blogspot.com, Retrieved 8 May 2012
- 1 2 Σιέλης: "Πάμε για νίκη με Γερμανία", balla.com.cy, Retrieved 14 November 2011
- ↑ Valentinos Sielis – Doncaster Rovers profile, teamtalk.com
- ↑ Καθάρισε την πρόκριση η Ανόρθωση, 3–0 τον Οθέλλο, kathimerini.com.cy, Retrieved 23 September 2009
- ↑ Ανόρθωση-ΤΣΣΚΑ 1–2 Ε όχι κι' έτσι .., sigmalive.com. Retrieved 26 August 2010
- ↑ Valentinos Sielis Appearance with Anorthosis
- ↑ «Κρεμάει» τα παπούτσια του ο Μποαβεντούρα;, onsports.gr, Retrieved 23 September 2012
- ↑ Χειρουργήθηκε με επιτυχία ο Σιέλης, sigmalive.com, Retrieved 11 March 2013
- 1 2 Θαυμασμός για τον Σιέλη που βοήθησε τον Καλουντζέροβιτς, sentragoal.philenews.com, Retrieved 26 April 2014
- ↑ "Τίποτα άλλο δεν έχει σημασία" (O Σιέλης για την κίνησή του), kerkida.net, Retrieved 26 April 2014
- ↑ Ο φετινός... πρωταθλητής, kerkida.net, Retrieved 26 April 2014
- ↑ Χίλια μπράβο στον Σιέλη για το θάρρος του, 24sports.com.cy, Retrieved 26 April 2014
External links
- Valentinos Sielis profile at Soccerway
- Valentinos Sielis at anorthosisfc.com
- Profile at uefa.com
- Valentinos Sielis at National-Football-Teams.com