Nikos Giannakopoulos
Nikos Giannakopoulos (; born 19 February 1993) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Petah Tikva. Career Giannakopoulos started his career in the youth team of Asteras Tripolis, before he joined the youth team of English club Blackburn Rovers in 2009. After a period of a year he joined the youth team of Italian club Udinese Calcio. He soon however was released and returned to his country joining Panionios. On 27 August 2012, he made his league debut against Aris. He has been the first-choice keeper for the club since the early part of 2013. There was a brief period when Kostas Peristeridis displaced him from top spot again after young Giannakapoulos oversaw a run of 3 straight defeats. But he regained his spot later in the 2013–14 season and has been the first choice ever since. Arguably his best performance came in the early part of his career when he kept a clean sheet against Greek giants, Panathanaikos. He repeated this feat the following season as Panionios beat Panathanaikos 3–0 with Giannakopoulos as a main goalie. On 29 July 2015, Giannakopoulos signed his four (three years with an option for