Ilias Koutsoupias

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

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
Club information
Current team
 Ternana
(on loan from Virtus Entella)
Number 80
Youth career
0000–2015 OFI
2015–2017 Platanias
2017–2020 Virtus Entella
2018–2020 → Bologna (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Virtus Entella 22 (3)
2021– → Ternana (loan) 18 (1)
National team‡
2018 Greece U18 1 (0)
2018 Greece U19 5 (0)
2022– Greece U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:41, 19 March 2022 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 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]

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.


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