Georgios Valerianos

Georgios Valerianos (Greek: Γεώργιος Βαλεριάνος; born 13 February 1992) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Kategoria Superiore club Tirana.

Georgios Valerianos

Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-02-13) 13 February 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth	Athens, Greece
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Tirana
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2012	Olympiacos	1	(0)
2010–2011	→ Thrasyvoulos (loan)	17	(0)
2012	→ Glyfada (loan)	9	(1)
2012–2013	OFI	1	(0)
2013–2014	Kavala	17	(0)
2014–2015	Iraklis	13	(0)
2015–2016	Apollon Smyrnis	14	(0)
2016	Platanias	2	(0)
2016–2017	Apollon Smyrnis	26	(0)
2017–2019	Aris	43	(0)
2019–2021	Pafos	31	(0)
2019	→ Riga (loan)	2	(0)
2021–2023	Ionikos	59	(1)
2023–2025	Kalamata	50	(0)
2025–	Tirana	0	(0)
International career‡
2010–2011	Greece U19	8	(0)
2019	Greece	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 May 2019

Club career

Valerianos began playing football with Olympiacos. He is a very talented player and one of the best young players who were playing in Olympiacos U-21. He made 44 appearances for the youth team with four goals. Valerianos was first included in Olympiacos' first team in a league match against Panthrakikos on 11 April 2010, where he appeared as a second-half substitute.^[1] On 22 July 2014 he signed for Iraklis in the Greek Football League.^[2] Valerianos debuted for Iraklis in a cup match against Lamia.^[3] On 12 August 2015, he signed a contract with second-tier club Apollon Smyrnis.^[4] On 29 January 2016, he solved his contract with the club.^[5]

The 27-year-old left back can be considered as somewhat of a journeyman despite his age as in July 2017, signed with Aris that officially announced his acquisition.^[6] His path to the top has been chequered and he has had to do it the hard way, meaning a lot of resilience was needed. Even this season at Aris, he has been a squad player that has been rotated in and out of the team.

On 1 July 2019, after two years with Aris, Valerianos signed a three years' contract with Cypriot club Pafos for an undisclosed fee.^[7] On 4 July 2019, the international back will have an intermediary station in his career after being loaned to Riga, a Latvian football club, which owns the same property status as Pafos. According to sources the borrowing will take just a month for the international left back in order to help the club for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round.^[8]

On 25 June 2021, Valerianos returned to Greece, signing a two-year contract with Ionikos.^[9]

International career

On 19 March 2019, Greece head coach Angelos Anastasiadis announced the first call up of Valerianos for the match against Liechtenstein and Bosnia and Herzegovina for UEFA Euro 2020.^[10] He made his debut on 30 May 2019, in a friendly against Turkey, as a starter.^[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of 30 January 2022

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Olympiacos	2009–10	Superleague Greece	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	2011–12		0	0	1	0	—		—		1	0
	Total		1	0	1	0	—		—		2	0
Thrasyvoulos (loan)	2010–11	Supeleague Greece 2	17	0	1	0	—		—		18	0
	Total		17	0	1	0	—		—		18	0
Glyfada (loan)	2011–12	Football League 2 (Greece)	9	1	0	0	—		—		9	1
	Total		9	1	0	0	—		—		9	1
OFI	2012–13	Superleague Greece	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
Kavala	2013–14	Superleague Greece 2	17	0	1	0	—		—		18	0
	Total		17	0	1	0	—		—		18	0
Iraklis	2014–15	Supeleague Greece 2	13	0	5	0	—		—		18	0
	Total		13	0	5	0	—		—		18	0
Apollon Smyrnis	2015–16	Supeleague Greece 2	14	0	2	1	—		—		16	1
	Total		14	0	2	1	—		—		16	1
Platanias	2015–16	Superleague Greece 2	2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
	Total		2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
Apollon Smyrnis	2016–17	Supeleague Greece 2	26	0	3	0	—		—		29	0
	Total		26	0	3	0	—		—		29	0
Aris	2017–18	Supeleague Greece 2	25	0	2	0	—		—		27	0
	2018–19	Superleague Greece	18	0	0	0	—		—		18	0
	Total		43	0	2	0	—		—		45	0
Riga	2019	Latvian Higher League	2	0	1	0	5	0	—		8	0
	Total		2	0	1	0	5	0	—		8	0
Pafos	2019–20	Cypriot First Division	13	0	1	0	—		—		14	0
	2020–21		18	0	1	0	—		—		19	0
	Total		31	0	2	0	—		—		33	0
Ionikos	2021–22	Superleague Greece	19	0	3	0	—		—		22	0
	Total		19	0	3	0	—		—		22	0
Career total			199	1	21	1	5	0	0	0	223	2

Honours

Riga

• Latvian Higher League: 2019

Olympiacos

• Greek Cup: 2011–12