Grigoris Kastanos
Kastanos with Cyprus in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-01-30) 30 January 1998
Place of birth Paralimni, Cyprus
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, right winger
Team information
Current team
 Salernitana
Number 20
Youth career
2010–2014 Enosis Neon Paralimni
2014–2016 Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2021 Juventus 1 (0)
2017 → Pescara (loan) 8 (0)
2017–2018 → Zulte Waregem (loan) 1 (0)
2018–2019 → Juventus U23 29 (3)
2019–2020 → Pescara (loan) 24 (0)
2020–2021 → Frosinone (loan) 34 (2)
2021–2022 → Salernitana (loan) 39 (3)
2022– Salernitana 34 (2)
International career‡
2013 Cyprus U16 2 (0)
2013–2014 Cyprus U17 6 (1)
2015 Cyprus U21 2 (0)
2015– Cyprus 45 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:04, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2020

Grigoris Kastanos (Greek: Γρηγόρης Κάστανος; born 30 January 1998) is a Cypriot professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or right winger for Serie A club Salernitana and the Cyprus national team.

Club career

Kastanos was an Enosis Neon Paralimni youth player. In January 2014 he joined the Juventus academy.[1][2]

On 25 November 2015, he scored both of the team's goals in a 2–1 win against Manchester City in the UEFA Youth League group stage.[3]

On 20 January 2017, Kastanos joined Pescara on loan until the end of season.[4]

On 23 June 2017, Kastanos joined Belgian Pro League side Zulte Waregem on a one-year loan.[5]

On 13 April 2019, Kastanos made his Juventus debut in a 2–1 away loss against S.P.A.L. in Serie A.[6]

On 22 August 2019, he returned to Pescara on another loan.[7]

On 12 September 2020, Kastanos joined Serie B side Frosinone on loan until 30 June 2021.[8]

On 14 August 2021, Kastanos joined Serie A side Salernitana on loan.[9] On 2 August 2022, he returned to Salernitana on a permanent basis and signed a four-year contract with the club.[10]

International career

In September 2013, Kastanos made three appearances for Cyprus at under-17 level.[11]

He made his debut for the Cyprus national football team on 28 March 2015, replacing captain Konstantinos Makridis for the final six minutes of a 5–0 defeat to Belgium at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying.[12]

Honours

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 September 2023[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Pescara (loan) 2016–17 Serie A 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Zulte Waregem (loan) 2017–18 Belgian Pro League 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 0
Juventus 2018–19 Serie A 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Juventus U23 2018–19 Serie C 29 3 0 0 0 0 29 3
Pescara (loan) 2019–20 Serie B 26 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
Frosinone (loan) 2020–21 Serie B 34 2 0 0 0 0 34 2
Salernitana (loan) 2021–22 Serie A 27 1 2 0 0 0 29 1
Salernitana 2022–23 Serie A 28 2 1 0 0 0 29 2
2023–24 Serie A 11 1 2 0 0 0 13 1
Total 66 4 5 0 0 0 71 4
Career total 165 9 5 0 3 0 173 9

International

Scores and results list Cyprus' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kastanos goal.[14]
List of international goals scored by Grigoris Kastanos
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
113 October 2018Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria Bulgaria1–01–22018–19 UEFA Nations League C
214 November 2020GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus Luxembourg1–12–12020–21 UEFA Nations League C
32–1

References

  1. ↑ De Magistris, Raimondo (31 January 2014). "UFFICIALE: Juventus, preso il giovane Kastanos" [Official: Juventus sign youngster Kastanos] (in Italian). tuttomercatoweb. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Vitiello, Antonio. "Juventus, Kastanos: "Il mio sogno? Giocare accanto a Pirlo"" [Juventus, Kastanos: "My dream? To play alongside Pirlo"] (in Italian). tuttomercatoweb. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Youth League, la Juventus c'è: Grosso batte Vieira, e ringrazia il Gladbach" [Youth League, Juventus are there: Grosso beats Vieira, and thanks to Gladbach]. La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 25 November 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Grīgorīs Kastanos è biancazzurro!" (in Italian). Delfino Pescara 1936. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Marzio, Gianluca Di (23 June 2017). "Juventus send Kastanos on loan to Zulte Waregem". Gianluca Di Marzio. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Spal Juve 2-1: gol e highlights. Floccari rinvia la festa scudetto bianconera" (in Italian). Sport.Sky.it. 13 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  7. ↑ "Grigoris Kastanos è un nuovo giocatore #BiancAzzurro" (Press release) (in Italian). Pescara. 22 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Frosinone, dalla Juventus arriva il prestito di Kastanos".
  9. ↑ JuventusNews24, Redazione (14 August 2021). "Kastanos alla Salernitana, è ufficiale: i dettagli sul prestito dalla Juve Under 23". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 14 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ "GRIGORIS KASTANOS È UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DELLA SALERNITANA" (in Italian). Salernitana. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  11. ↑ "Grigoris Kastanos". UEFA. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  12. ↑ Scholten, Berend (28 March 2015). "Classy Belgium too strong for Cyprus". UEFA. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  13. ↑ Grigoris Kastanos at Soccerway
  14. ↑ "Kastanos, Grigoris". National Football Teams. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
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