| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Spyridon Risvanis | ||
| Date of birth | (1994-01-03)3 January 1994 (age 32) | ||
| Place of birth | Kalamata, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Enosis Neon Paralimni | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2013 | Panathinaikos | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Panathinaikos | 18 | (0) |
| 2015 | →Panionios (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Panionios | 61 | (4) |
| 2017–2018 | Olympiacos | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | →Atromitos (loan) | 26 | (0) |
| 2018–2021 | Atromitos | 64 | (3) |
| 2021–2022 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 32 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 26 | (0) |
| 2024 | Slovan Bratislava | 2 | (0) |
| 2025 | Michalovce | 5 | (0) |
| 2025– | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 6 | (0[1]) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015–2016 | Greece U21 | 11 | (0) |
| 2018 | Greece | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19/12/25 @ 15:55(AEST) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 May 2018 | |||
Spyros Risvanis (Greek: Σπύρος Ρισβάνης; born 3 January 1994) is a Greek professionalfootballer who plays as acentre-back.
On 30 July 2013, Risvanis signed his first professional contract withPanathinaikos along with two other players.[2] On 15 September 2013, he made his professional debut in a draw in a match againstPlatanias. On 2 January 2015, he signed a contract for six months withPanionios, on loan fromPanathinaikos.
On 19 July 2015,Panathinaikos released the player who signed a two years' contract toPanionios,[3] but in order to be certain of the benefits received in a possible future transfer to a bigger club, put a 25% resale percentage for the next three transfer periods, and up to December 31, 2016, reserves the right to "tie" any proposal that would acceptPanionios. Moreover if his club sell him to eitherOlympiacos orAEK Athens orPAOK within the next two transfer periods,Panathinaikos will receive €1 million.[4] On 3 January 2016, he scored his first goal in theSuper League in the second half helping his club to temporarily equalizing the score in a 3–1 home loss against championsOlympiacos.[5]
He started the2016–17 season as the undisputed leader of the club's defense. He scored his first goal of the season in a 2–0 away win against rivalsXanthi. On 10 April 2017, Nikos Zamanis, the Athletic Manager ofPanionios has announced that the player had signed a contract with championsOlympiacos.[6] On 4 July 2017, after the first stage of preparation, Risvanis was not in the plans ofOlympiacos' coachBesnik Hasi, with the Greek defender looking abroad as the next step in his career, on a loan season basis.[7]
On 16 July 2017, the talented central defender is expected to continue his career elsewhere, on loan until the end of2017–18 season. The 23-year-old player is not in the season plans of Albanian manager of the Reds,Besnik Hasi, and will probably have to leave the club and his motherland for the first time in his career, in order to have more playing time.[8] On 26 August 2017, Risvanis joinedAtromitos on a season-long loan. Atromitos signed him permanently on 29 May 2018 as part of an exchange deal withOlympiacos for the transfer of goalkeeperAndreas Gianniotis to the Reds.[9]
On 11 November 2018, he scored his first goal with the club in a 2–0 away win against reigningSuper League championsAEK Athens at a desertedOlympic Stadium. Two minutes before the final whistle, Risvanis rose highest to connect with a pinpoint corner, heading beyond the strickenVasilis Barkas and opened the score.[10]On 1 August 2019, Risvanis scored his first European goal with the head the qualifying goal after an assist from Argentinian midfielderJavier Umbides, helping his club reach theUEFA Europa League third qualifying round thanks to a thrilling 3–2 home win overDunajská Streda at thePeristeri Stadium which gave the Athens club a 5–3 aggregate success.[11] On 21 September 2019, he scored the only goal after anAlexandros Katranis assist in an away 2–1 loss againstAsteras Tripolis.[12]
On 5 January 2021, Spyros Risvanis after 3.5 years and 107 appearances in all competitions solved his contract withAtromitos and is immediately expected to sign for Cypriot clubAnortosis Famagustra.[13]
On 15 May 2018 he made his debut in theGreece national team in a 2–0friendly match againstSaudi Arabia. On 16 November 2018, in the last game for theUEFA Nations League againstEstonia, Risvanis was called up to takeKostas Manolas' place in the roster, as the latter suffered two days earlier an injury during Nations League match at home toFinland and was subbed off in the first half.[14]
As of 12 May 2022
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Panathinaikos | 2013–14 | Super League Greece | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Panionios (loan) | 2014–15 | Super League Greece | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |
| Panionios | 2015–16 | Super League Greece | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 35 | 1 | |
| 2016–17 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 30 | 3 | |||
| Total | 61 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | 65 | 4 | |||
| Atromitos (loan) | 2017–18 | Super League Greece | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | |
| Atromitos | 2018–19 | Super League Greece | 28 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| 2019–20 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 3 | ||
| 2020–21 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 90 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 107 | 4 | ||
| Anorthosis | 2020–21 | Cypriot First Division | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Total | 32 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 49 | 0 | ||
| DAC Dunajská Streda | 2022–23 | Slovak First Football League | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 2023–24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 230 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 282 | 8 | ||