Christos Zafeiris
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 February 2003[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Athens, Greece[1] | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Central midfielder[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | PAOK | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2011 | Panathinaikos | ||
| 2013–2014 | Fornebu | ||
| 2014 | Lillestrøm | ||
| 2015–2016 | Fjellhamar | ||
| 2017–2019 | Vålerenga | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2021 | Grorud | 33 | (1) |
| 2021–2023 | Haugesund | 29 | (4) |
| 2021 | → Grorud (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2023–2025 | Slavia Prague | 72 | (9) |
| 2025 | Slavia Prague B | 1 | (0) |
| 2025– | PAOK | 0 | (0) |
| 2025 | → Slavia Prague (loan) | 17 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Norway U15 | 7 | (0) |
| 2019 | Greece U16 | 2 | (0) |
| 2019 | Norway U16 | 8 | (2) |
| 2020 | Norway U17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2021 | Norway U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Norway U19 | 6 | (1) |
| 2022–2024 | Norway U21 | 16 | (0) |
| 2024– | Greece | 14 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 November 2025 | |||
Christos Zafeiris (Greek: Χρήστος Ζαφείρης, born 23 February 2003) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Greek Super League club PAOK, and the Greece national team.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Born in Athens, Greece, Zafeiris moved to Norway at the age of nine and started his senior career with Grorud in 2020.[citation needed] In August 2021, he signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Haugesund. He was simultaneously loaned back to Grorud for the rest of the 2021 season.[2] On 3 April 2022, he made his Eliteserien debut in a 3–1 loss against Sandefjord.[3] On 29 January 2023, Zafeiris signed for Czech First League leaders Slavia Prague on a four-and-a-half-year contract.[4] On 30 June 2025, Zafeiris signed a new contract with Slavia until 2028.[5]
On 20 August 2025, Slavia Prague director Jaroslav Tvrdík confirmed that Zafeiris was bought by PAOK, but until 31 December 2025 he will stay with Slavia Prague on a loan.[6] On 26 August 2025, Zafeiris signed a contract with Super League Greece club PAOK until 31 December 2029.[7]
International career
[edit | edit source]Zafeiris played for Norway at youth level up ranging from Norway U16 until U21. On 27 August 2024, he switched to play for the Greece national team.[8] The same year on 7 September, Zafeiris debuted in a 3–0 UEFA Nations League victory against Finland.[9]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]Club
[edit | edit source]- As of match played on 13 December 2025[10]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Grorud | 2020 | Norwegian First Division | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |
| 2021 | Norwegian First Division | 27 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 30 | 3 | ||
| Total | 47 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 50 | 3 | |||
| Haugesund | 2022 | Eliteserien | 29 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | 32 | 5 | |
| Slavia Prague | 2022–23 | Czech First League | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 18 | 1 | |
| 2023–24 | Czech First League | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11[b] | 1 | 39 | 4 | |
| 2024–25 | Czech First League | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12[c] | 1 | 43 | 6 | |
| Total | 72 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 100 | 11 | ||
| Slavia Prague B | 2024–25 | Czech National Football League | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| PAOK | 2025–26 | Super League Greece | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Slavia Prague (loan) | 2025–26 | Czech First League | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6[c] | 0 | 23 | 3 |
| Career total | 166 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 206 | 21 | ||
- ^ Includes Norwegian Football Cup, Czech Cup
- ^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
International
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 12 October 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 2024 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit | edit source]Slavia Prague
Individual
- Eliteserien Young Player of the Month: September 2022[11]
References
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- ^ Christos Zafeiris at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Christos Zafeiris at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- Christos Zafeiris at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Christos Zafeiris at the Czech First League
- 2003 births
- Living people
- Greek emigrants to Norway
- Norwegian people of Greek descent
- 21st-century Greek sportsmen
- 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen
- Greek men's footballers
- Norwegian men's footballers
- Footballers from Athens
- Greece men's international footballers
- Norway men's under-21 international footballers
- Norway men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Grorud IL players
- FK Haugesund players
- SK Slavia Prague players
- PAOK FC players
- Norwegian First Division players
- Eliteserien players
- Czech First League players
- Czech National Football League players
- Greek expatriate men's footballers
- Greek expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
- Norwegian expatriate men's footballers
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic