Cypriots abroad: Goals for katsantonis and piki (VIDEO)

Last year, he suffered a serious injury. He tore his cruciate ligament and missed a large part of last season.

This year, Andreas Katsantonis is healthy and getting playing time with Piast Gliwice. The Cypriot forward hadn’t managed to find the back of the net in his previous 12 games, but this past weekend, he finally broke his scoring drought. He came on as a substitute in the 89th minute and, five minutes later, sealed the 3-1 victory over Krakowia following a sustained attack.

Watch the goal at 4:01.

In Armenia, Iasonas Pikis has found his own soccer “Promised Land.” The Cypriot forward has scored eight goals for Pyunik in 15 matches, netting his team’s second goal in their 3-0 victory over Gandzasar.

Watch the goal at 4:14.

Below is a complete list of Cypriot soccer players competing abroad.

ENGLAND

Marcus Edwards (Burnley): Came on as a substitute in the 74th minute during the 4-1 away loss to Lincoln (10 appearances/1 goal/2 assists).

Hector Kyprianou (Watford): Started in the 1-0 away loss to Wolves (14 appearances/1 goal).

Nick Tsaroulla (Notts County): Started in the 1-1 home draw against Stockport. He was substituted in the 61st minute (12 appearances/4 assists).

Ruel Sotiriou (Chesterfield): He is injured and was therefore left out of the squad for the 5-1 home win over Crewe Alexandra (2 appearances).

Josh Robertson (Fleetwood): He was substituted in the 70th minute during the 2-1 away loss to Exeter City (7 appearances/1 assist).

ITALY

Grigoris Kastanos (Verona): Played the entire first half in the 1-1 home draw against Pisa (7 appearances).

GREECE

Ioannis Kostis (Levadiakos): Started in the 0-0 away draw against Asteras Tripolis (8 appearances).

Christos Sielis (OFI): Returned from injury, sitting on the bench during the impressive 2-1 home victory over PAOK (4 appearances).

Giannis Satsias (Panaitolikos): Due to injury, he was left out of the squad for the 5-0 away loss to AEK (5 appearances/1 goal/1 assist).

Ioannis Kousoulos (Kifissia): He is injured and therefore did not play in the 3-2 away win over Heraklis (1 appearance).

Andreas Makris (Larissa): Started in the 1-1 away draw against Kallithea. He was substituted in the 61st minute (11 appearances/1 goal/4 assists).

Nikos Koutsoudakis (Ellas Syros): Started in the 3-2 away loss to Panserraikos (5 appearances).

GERMANY

Antonio Foti (Ferl): Did not play in the 3-1 away loss to Victoria Cologne (9 appearances/2 goals).

PORTUGAL

Stavros Gabriel (Nacional): Started in the impressive 1-0 home victory over Braga (10 appearances).

Stelios Andreou (Estoril): He was on the roster for the 3-1 home loss to Moreirense but did not play (1 appearance).

NETHERLANDS

Nikolas Panagiotou (Utrecht): Started in the 1-1 home draw against Zwolle (6 appearances).

POLAND

Andreas Katsantonis (Piast): He broke his scoring drought, netting his team’s third goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time (he had come on as a substitute in the 89th minute) in the 3-1 home win over Krakovia (13 appearances/1 goal).

Konstantinos Sotiriou (Korona Kielce): He was not on the roster for the 1-0 home win over Katowice (5 appearances).

Herodotos Christodoulou (Slask Wroclaw): He was not on the roster for the 2-0 home win over Wieczeshta (6 appearances).

SCOTLAND

Alex Gogic (St. Mirren): Started in the 2-1 home win over Dundee (15 appearances/1 assist).

NORWAY

Nikolas Koutsakos (Start): Started in the 1-0 home win over Sandefjord. Substituted in the 61st minute (7 appearances).

ROMANIA

Marinos Tzionis (Arad): Started in the 1-0 away win over Arges. Substituted out in the 68th minute (14 appearances/2 goals).

Neofytos Michael (Universitatea Cluj): Was on the bench for the 3-0 away win over Corvinul (6 appearances/1 clean sheet).

SERBIA

Loizos Loizou (Red Star Belgrade): He provided an assist on his team’s winning goal in their 1-0 away victory over OFK Belgrade (13 appearances/3 goals/2 assists).

BULGARIA

Ioannis Pittas (CSKA Sofia): CSKA Sofia plays today (10/26) against Ludogorets (22 appearances/10 goals/4 assists).

Kyriakos Antoniou (Dunav Ruse): He remained on the bench during the 2-0 home victory over Spartak Varna (10 appearances).

BOSNIA

Rafael Mamas (Sarajevo): He is recovering from a serious injury and has not made an appearance so far.

ISRAEL

Pavlos Korea (Maccabi Petah Tikva): Came on as a substitute in the 70th minute during the 2-1 away win over Hapoel Ramat Gan (4 appearances).

GEORGIA

Paris Psaltis (Dinamo Tbilisi): Started in the 2-0 away win over Rustavi (11 appearances/1 assist).

ARMENIA

Iasonas Pikis (Pyunik): Scored his team’s second goal in a 3-0 home victory over Gandzasar (15 appearances/8 goals/3 assists).

*photo source: Piast Gliwice