Christos Zafeiris

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Christos Zafiris
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-02-23) 23 February 2003 (age 23)[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)
2021Grorud (loan) 14 (1)
2023–2025 Slavia Prague 72 (9)
2025 Slavia Prague B 1 (0)
2025– PAOK 0 (0)
2025Slavia 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)
* 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

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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

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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

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As of match played on 13 December 2025[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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
  1. ^ Includes Norwegian Football Cup, Czech Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ a b Appearances in the UEFA Champions League

International

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As of match played 12 October 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Greece 2024 5 0
2025 8 0
Total 13 0

Honours

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Slavia Prague

Individual

References

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  3. ^ Christos Zafeiris at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
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