Ilias Koutsoupias

Ilias Koutsoupias (Greek: Ηλίας Κουτσουπιάς; born 10 May 2001) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie B club Bari, on loan from Benevento.

For the computer scientist, see Elias Koutsoupias.
Ilias Koutsoupias
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-05-10) 10 May 2001
Place of birth Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bari
(on loan from Benevento)
Number 26
Youth career
0000–2015 OFI
2015–2017 Platanias
2017–2020 Virtus Entella
2018–2020 → Bologna (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Virtus Entella 22 (3)
2021–2022 → Ternana (loan) 22 (1)
2022–2023 → Benevento (loan) 19 (1)
2023– Benevento 0 (0)
2023– → Bari (loan) 4 (2)
International career‡
2018 Greece U18 1 (0)
2018 Greece U19 5 (0)
2022 Greece U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2022

Career

Koutsoupias moved to Italy at the age of 16.[1]

He made his Serie B debut for Virtus Entella on 3 October 2020 in a game against Reggiana. He substituted Marco Crimi in the 86th minute.[2] He made his first start for Entella on 20 October 2020 against Frosinone.

On 1 September 2021, Ternana announced the acquisition of 20-year-old central midfielder Ilias Koutsoupias on long-season loan from Virtus Entella. Although there was a lot of interest from Serie A clubs and the former Bologna midfielder was ready for the big step, it seems that this will take a year longer.[3] On 12 March 2022, he scored his first goal with the club in a 2–0 home win game against Cosenza Calcio.[4]

On 5 July 2022, Koutsoupias moved to Benevento on loan with an obligation to buy.[5]

On 19 August 2023, Koutsoupias was loaned by Benevento to Bari.[6]

Personal life

His father, Georgios Koutsoupias, is a former professional footballer.[1]

References
  1. "Η οικογένεια Κουτσουπιά, οι αποκαλύψεις για την Ιταλία και η κατάθεση ψυχής για τον ΟΦΗ" [The Koutsoupias family, the revelations about Italy and the testimony of soul for OFI] (in Greek). Neakriti. 5 July 2020.
  2. "Entella v Reggiana game report". Soccerway. 3 October 2020.
  3. "Ανακοινώθηκε από την Τερνάνα ο Κουτσουπιάς". capitano.gr. 1 September 2021.
  4. "Ternana 2 - 0 Cosenza". www.livescore.bz. 12 March 2022.
  5. "KARIC E KOUTSOUPIAS APPRODANO IN GIALLOROSSO" (in Italian). Benevento. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  6. "Benvenuto Īlias Koutsoupias" (in Italian). SSC Bari. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.


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