 Mavropanos withVfB Stuttgart in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Konstantinos Mavropanos[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-12-11)11 December 1997 (age 27)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Athens, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | West Ham United | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2016 | Apollon Smyrnis | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | PAS Giannina | 16 | (3) |
| 2018–2022 | Arsenal | 7 | (0) |
| 2020 | →1. FC Nürnberg (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | →VfB Stuttgart (loan) | 52 | (4) |
| 2022–2023 | VfB Stuttgart | 28 | (2) |
| 2023– | West Ham United | 58 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2018 | Greece U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2021– | Greece | 40 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:07, 20 October 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:30, 12 October 2025 (UTC) | |||
Konstantinos Mavropanos (Greek:Κωνσταντίνος Μαυροπάνος; born 11 December 1997) is a Greek professionalfootballer who plays as acentre-back forPremier League clubWest Ham United and theGreece national team.
Born in Athens,[3] Mavropanos began his career with the youth side atApollon Smyrnis, where he stayed for eight years.[4] When he was released from Apollon, he joinedSuper League sidePAS Giannina in January 2016, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract.[5] The transfer was completed after actions of PAS former owner Giorgos Christovasilis. Both of them hail from the village AgnantaArtas.[6] Mavropanos made his competitive debut for PAS Giannina in theGreek Cup on 29 November 2016. He started and played the full match as they won 1–0.[7]
Mavropanos made his league debut for PAS Giannina on 5 April 2017 againstVeria. He started and played 57 minutes as PAS Giannina lost 3–0.[8] He scored his first goal for the club on 19 August 2017 during the first league match of the season againstAsteras Tripolis. His 19th-minute goal would be the winner in a 2–1 victory.[9] Mavropanos was then voted man of the match in PAS Giannina's draw againstΑΕΚ Athens a week later on 27 August.[5]
Mavropanos made 23 appearances in all competitions for PAS Giannina, scoring three goals.[citation needed]
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On 4 January 2018, Mavropanos signed forPremier League sideArsenal for a reported fee of €2.1 million.[10] On 15 January, Mavropanos helped the Arsenal U-23 team beat Manchester United's reserves 4–0 at home, playing the entire 90 minutes.[11] On 2 February, Mavropanos was added to theEuropa League squad for theknockout phase.[12] On 29 April, Mavropanos made his Premier League debut in a 2–1 defeat againstManchester United atOld Trafford.[13] His performance was praised by both fans and pundits.[14] He made his home debut in the club's next match againstBurnley. That match was also the final home game under managerArsène Wenger, with Mavropanos keeping his first clean sheet as the team won 5–0.[15]He also played in the following game away againstLeicester City, but was sent off after 15 minutes to conclude his first season at Arsenal.[16]
At the beginning of October 2018, Mavropanos suffered a groin injury and was ruled out until mid-December.[17] On 15 January 2019, he returned to competitive action after nearly four months, playing 70 minutes of the U-23s' 5–1 win over Manchester City. On 3 February 2019, he made his2018–19 season debut as a substitute forShkodran Mustafi in a 3–1 away loss against championsManchester City.[18] On 12 May 2019, on the last matchday of the season, Mavropanos was partnered withShkodran Mustafi as centre-back, but was replaced byLaurent Koscielny after half an hour due to injury in a 3–1 away win againstBurnley.[19]
On 13 January 2020, after struggling for match time at Arsenal, Mavropanos moved to2. Bundesliga club1. FC Nürnberg on loan for the remainder of the 2019–20 season,[20][21] and the Greek international picked up momentum in the heart of the Nuremberg defence with three stellar performances in a row. He won consecutive Man of the Match awards in his second and third game for the club, before making a key goalline clearance in his fourth. On 25 February 2020, Mavropanos picked up an injury playing againstDarmstadt 98; the club was unsure of how long he would be absent.[22]
On 16 July 2020, Mavropanos signed a new deal with Arsenal and joinedVfB Stuttgart on a €250,000 loan for the 2020–21 season.[23] At Stuttgart he was reunited with Sven Mislintat who had originally scouted and signed the player for Arsenal.[24] On 3 October 2020, Mavropanos made his competitive debut for Stuttgart in theBundesliga againstBayer Leverkusen; the game ended in a 1–1 draw.[25] On 15 October 2020, Mavropanos suffered an injury during a friendly withSC Freiburg and underwent an operation on his meniscus.[26]
On 24 June 2021, his loan deal was extended for a second season, with an option to make the loan permanent with a purchase option of €3.5 million at the end of the season.[27] On 7 August 2021, a week before hostingGreuther Fürth for the Bundesliga premiere, Mavropanos scored a header from a corner kick againstBFC Dynamo as he started the first round of theDFB-Pokal.[28]On 28 August 2021, Mavropanos scored his first Bundesliga goal as he battled his way through three defenders before exchanging passes withHamadi Al Ghaddioui and sent a fine finish into the top corner in a homeBundesliga game againstSC Freiburg.[29][30] On 2 October 2021, with an hour played, Mavropanos collected the ball on the right, burst through theHoffenheim defence, and unleashed a fierce left-footed drive to double Stuttgart's advantage in a 3–1 homeBundesliga win.[31] On 16 October 2021, the Greek central defender opened the scoring in the 15th minute with a shot from 30 meters and against the flow of the match, eventually sealing a 1–1 away draw againstBorussia Mönchengladbach.[32] On 11 December 2021, he opened the score with a tremendous kick in a vital away 2–0 win againstVfL Wolfsburg in the club effort to avoid relegation. This was the fourth goal of the season for the defender.[33]
After the German club avoided relegation in May 2022, a purchase option for Mavropanos with a contract until June 2025 at Stuttgart was triggered.[34]
On 22 August 2023, it was announced that Mavropanos had signed for English clubWest Ham United on a five-year contract for a €25 million fee.[35] 10% of the transfer fee was payable to Arsenal as they had inserted a sell-on clause in the player's contract when he was sold in 2022.[36] He is the firstGreek player to play for West Ham.[37] He made his debut for the club on 21 September in 3–1Europa League win overTSC Bačka Topola.[38] On 28 December, he scored his first goal for West Ham in a 2–0 away win against his former club Arsenal.[39]
On 24 March 2021, Mavropanos was called up to theGreek senior team by coachJohn van 't Schip for the forthcomingWorld Cup 2022 qualifiers againstSpain andGeorgia. On 28 March 2021, he made his debut with the national team as a substitute in afriendly againstHonduras.[40]
On 10 September 2023, Mavropanos scored a brace in aUEFA Euro 2024 qualifying 5–0 win againstGibraltar, his first goals for the national team.[41]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| PAS Giannina | 2016–17 | Super League Greece | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Super League Greece | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 3 | ||||
| Arsenal | 2017–18 | Premier League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | Premier League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Nürnberg (loan) | 2019–20 | 2. Bundesliga | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| VfB Stuttgart (loan) | 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 31 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 33 | 5 | ||||
| VfB Stuttgart | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 2[d] | 1 | 34 | 3 | ||
| Total | 80 | 6 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 89 | 8 | ||||
| West Ham United | 2023–24 | Premier League | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9[c] | 0 | — | 33 | 1 | |
| 2024–25 | Premier League | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 0 | |||
| 2025–26 | Premier League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| Total | 58 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | 75 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 172 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 204 | 12 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 2021 | 7 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 9 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | 2 | |
Scores and results list Greece's goal tally first.[43]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 11 September 2023 | Agia Sophia Stadium, Athens, Greece |  Gibraltar | 2–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying |
| 2. | 4–0 |
