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 | 16 | (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 | 17 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 June 2026 | |||
Christos Zafeiris (Greek: Χρήστος Ζαφείρης, born 23 February 2003) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Super League club PAOK and the Greece national team.
Club career
Born in Athens, Greece, Zafeiris moved to Norway at the age of nine and started his senior career with Grorud in 2020. 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
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
Club
- As of match played on 22 May 2026[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 | 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 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11[b] | 1 | 39 | 4 | ||
| 2024–25 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12[c] | 1 | 43 | 6 | ||
| Slavia Prague (loan) | 2025–26 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6[c] | 0 | 23 | 3 | |
| Total | 89 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 123 | 14 | ||
| Slavia Prague B | 2024–25 | Czech National Football League | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| PAOK | 2025–26 | Super League Greece | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Career total | 182 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 228 | 21 | ||
- ↑ Includes Norwegian Football Cup, Czech Cup
- ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- 1 2 Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
International
- As of match played 12 October 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 2024 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 0 | |
Honours
Slavia Prague
Individual
- Eliteserien Young Player of the Month: September 2022[11]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Christos Zafeiris at WorldFootball.net
- ↑ "Velkommen, Christos". FK Haugesund (in Norwegian). 20 August 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ↑ Christos Zafeiris at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ↑ "Norwegian talent Christos Zafeiris joins Slavia". SK Slavia Prague. 29 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ↑ Novák, Miloslav (30 June 2025). "Zafeiris podepsal se Slavií na další dva roky. Klub pro mě hodně znamená, říká" [Zafeiris signs with Slavia for another two years. The club means a lot to me, he says]. iDNES.cz (in Czech). Mafra. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ↑ Nussbauer, Michal (20 August 2025). "Zafeiris odchází do Řecka, na podzim bude hostovat ve Slavii" [Zafeiris is leaving for Greece, will be a guest at Slavia in the fall]. Sport.cz (in Czech). Borgis. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ↑ "Παίκτης του ΠΑΟΚ ο Χρήστος Ζαφείρης" [Christos Zafeiris je hráčem PAOK]. paokfc.gr (in Greek). PAOK FC. 26 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
- ↑ Brandsnes, Håkon; Baardsen, Joachim; Haugen, Eivind (27 August 2024). "Christos Zafeiris vraker Norge | fortsetter for Hellas". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian).
- ↑ Balatsos, Vassilis (7 September 2024). Ελλάδα–Φινλανδία: Ο Ζαφείρης έκανε το ντεμπούτο του με την Εθνική [Zafeiris made his debut with the National Team]. Gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ↑ Christos Zafeiris at Soccerway
- ↑ "Det er FK Haugesunds juvel Chrisos Zafeiris som stikker av med prisen for månedens unge spiller i september". Facebook (in Norwegian). Eliteserien. 8 October 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
External links
- Christos Zafeiris at Soccerway.com
- Christos Zafeiris at WorldFootball.net
- Christos Zafeiris at Kicker (in German)
- Christos Zafeiris at the Norway Football Association (in Norwegian)
- 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