Georgios Vrakas

Georgios Vrakas
Personal information
Date of birth	28 April 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Ioannina, Greece
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Atromitos
Number	29
Youth career
2014–2017	PAOK
2018–2020	Napoli
Senior career*
Years	Team
2020–2024	PAOK
2021–2023	→ Levadiakos (loan)
2023	PAOK B
2024–	Atromitos
International career‡
2017	Greece U16
2017–2018	Greece U17
2018–2019	Greece U18
2018–2019	Greece U19
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2019

Georgios Vrakas (Greek: Γεώργιος Βρακάς; born 28 April 2001) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Super League club Atromitos.

Career

Early career

Giorgos Vrakas was born on April 28, 2001, in Ioannina and from an early age joined the Academies of AO Ioannina. In 2014, he took the big step and became a member of the PAOK Academy. With the black and white, he impressed in all age groups – he was of course a constant preference in the calls of the federal technicians – and in 2017 he made his debut with the first team in a game against Aiginiakos for the Greek Cup.^[1] In fact, he became the second youngest player to debut with PAOK.

Napoli

In August 2018, he left and joined Napoli's second team for a five-year deal. In two years in Italy, Vrakas participated in 20 matches, scoring three goals and providing three assists. In the summer of 2020, he decided to return to Greece, with PAOK not missing the opportunity and signing the young attacking midfielder for the next three years".^[2]

PAOK

An old ... acquaintance, trained with the philosophy of the PAOK Academy, Giorgos Vrakas returned to PAOK, signing a cooperation contract with Dikefalos until 2023.^[3] Giorgos Vrakas will continue his career at Levadiakos. The 20-year-old midfielder returned to PAOK from Napoli last year, making just three appearances (two in the league and one in the Cup) for the Northern Doubleheader last season. Vrakas agreed with Levadeiakos, who announced his acquisition.^[4] "Despite the fact that there were proposals from Dutch teams, it was preferred for the footballer to continue with the team that gave him an important role in the attempt to rise to the Super League", it is emphasized by PAOK regarding Vrakas, who the previous year was one of its pioneers promotion on behalf of Levadeaikos, counting 34 appearances and 5 goals.^[5]

Honours

PAOK

Greek Cup: 2017–18, 2020–21

Levadiakos

Super League 2: 2021–22

References

^ "AIGINIAKOS VS. PAOK 0 - 5 match report". uk.soccerway.com. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
^ "Γιώργος Βράκας: Έκανε τη Νάπολι να "παραμιλάει" με γκολάρα". pagenews.gr. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
^ "Επέστρεψε ο νεαρός Βρακάς!". onsports.gr. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
^ "Από τον ΠΑΟΚ στον Λεβαδειακό ο Βρακάς". gazzetta.gr. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
^ "Ανακοίνωσε παραμονή σε Λεβαδειακό για Βρακά ο ΠΑΟΚ". athlitiko.gr. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.

External links

Georgios Vrakas at Soccerway
Georgios Vrakas – UEFA competition record (archive)
Georgios Vrakas at ESPN FC

[1] "AIGINIAKOS VS. PAOK 0 - 5 match report". uk.soccerway.com. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2018.

[2] "Γιώργος Βράκας: Έκανε τη Νάπολι να "παραμιλάει" με γκολάρα". pagenews.gr. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.

[3] "Επέστρεψε ο νεαρός Βρακάς!". onsports.gr. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

[4] "Από τον ΠΑΟΚ στον Λεβαδειακό ο Βρακάς". gazzetta.gr. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.

[5] "Ανακοίνωσε παραμονή σε Λεβαδειακό για Βρακά ο ΠΑΟΚ". athlitiko.gr. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.

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