“Olympiacos FC officially announces the signing of Cypriot international player Konstantinos Laifis”.
Moments after signing, our club’s transfer said www.olympiacos.org: “When Olympiacos makes a move, there is nothing else in a player’s mind. It was the best thing for my career. I didn’t even have to think twice. I am joining Greece’s greatest club. My wish is to earn my position in Olympiacos as a result of my performance”.
KONSTANTINOS LAIFIS “WHO IS WHO”
Konstantinos Laifis was born on 19/5/1993 at Paralimni, Cyprus. A defender, he can also play as a defensive midfielder. His journey into football started from Paralimni “Enosi Neon” (Youth Association) Academies; before even reaching 16, he gave it a try in England and joined Nottingham Forest’s Academies.
He stayed there for 2.5 years and made it up to the U-18 team. In the 2011/12 season, he made his return to Cyprus for Anorthosis. To date, he has played for Larnaca’s Alki on loan from Anorthosis.
His talents helped him stood out and, consequently, he was called to join Cyprus National U-teams. Now, he is an important asset of the country’s National Men Team.
As an Anorthosis player, he was picked as the league’s Best New Cypriot player for the 2014/15 season in a voting organized by KOP (Cyprus Football Association) and voted by all league’s managers.
His personal titles are far from over since, in both 2014/15 and last season (2015/16), he was a member of Cyprus League’s top XI as nominated by PASP (Cyprus Association of Football Players).
