 Retsos withLeverkusen, 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Panagiotis Retsos[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-08-09)9 August 1998 (age 27)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Johannesburg,South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[3] | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Olympiacos | ||
| Number | 45 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2016 | Olympiacos | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Olympiacos | 20 | (0) |
| 2017–2022 | Bayer Leverkusen | 31 | (1) |
| 2020 | →Sheffield United (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | →Saint-Étienne (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Hellas Verona | 7 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | →Olympiacos (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2023– | Olympiacos | 54 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Greece U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Greece U17 | 10 | (0) |
| 2015 | Greece U18 | 3 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Greece U19 | 10 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Greece U21 | 5 | (0) |
| 2017– | Greece | 19 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 November 2025 | |||
Panagiotis Retsos (Greek:Παναγιώτης Ρέτσος, born 9 August 1998) is a Greek professionalfootballer who plays as acentre-back for andcaptainsSuper League 1 clubOlympiacos. Born in South Africa, he plays for theGreece national team.
In the summer of 2016, at age 18, he was promoted from Olympiacos' youth team by first managerVíctor Sánchez, who was impressed by his stamina.[4] On 25 August 2016, he made his debut with the club in aEuropa League playoffs home match againstArouca.[citation needed]
On 8 February 2017, Retsos was appointed captain of the club in aGreek Cup goalless home draw againstAtromitos.[5] Retsos became the youngest captain of Olympiacos aged only 18, five months and 30 days.[citation needed]
On 30 August 2017, Retsos was sold toBayer Leverkusen for a fee of £15.75 million. The 19-year-old centre-back signed a five-year deal with Leverkusen.[6][7] On 17 September 2017, he made hisBundesliga debut in a 4–0 home win againstSC Freiburg as a starter. On the club's Twitter account, Retsos was voted the Man of the Match.[8]
On 9 April 2018, Retsos scored his first goal inBundesliga in a 4–1 away win againstRB Leipzig. Retsos made a total of 20 appearances in his debut Bundesliga campaign.[9][10]
On 2 August 2018, Retsos suffered a heavy blow to the quadriceps during pre-season training with Bayer Leverkusen and was diagnosed with tendonitis in the right thigh. The injury is expected to sideline the defender for at least six weeks.
On 29 November 2018, Retsos returned to action in aUEFA Europa League home game againstLudogorets,[11] but suffered a new injury in his left thigh.[12] On 29 October 2019, after almost a year out with injury, Retsos played in aDFB-Pokal game as a substitute in a 1–0 home win againstPaderborn SC.[13]
On 1 February 2020, Retsos signed forPremier League clubSheffield United onloan from Bayer Leverkusen until the end of the2019–20 season with an option to buy. The breakout ofCOVID-19 across the UK, however, which lead to the temporary suspension of football in England meant Retsos failed to make an appearance. Retsos declined an offer to extend his loan to comply with the extended Premier League season, returning to his parent club.[14]
On 4 October 2020, Retsos joinedSaint-Étienne on loan with a purchase option of €6.5 million in the summer of 2021, becoming an obligation if he makes 20 appearances. On 25 October 2020, Retsos suffered a muscular injury at the beginning of the second half vsFC Metz, keeping him out for 2½ months.[15] He returned on 6 January 2021 playing 90 minutes againstPSG. However, three days later in the away match againstReims he went off injured at the end of the first half with another injury.[16] Retsos did not appear again for the club.
On 25 January 2022, Retsos joinedHellas Verona on a free transfer signing an 18-month contract.
On 31 August 2022, Retsos returned toOlympiacos.[17]
Retsos made his debut for Greece on 31 August 2017, in a 0–0 home draw againstEstonia in the2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.
Retsos was born inJohannesburg, South Africa[18] to Hungarian-Greek parents Christos and Eleni. He and his family returned to their native Greece a year after his birth.[19] He has a younger cousin,Christos, who is also a footballer.His paternal family hails fromSkortsinos.[20]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Olympiacos | 2016–17 | Super League Greece | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | 34 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | Super League Greece | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | – | 40 | 0 | |||
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 28 | 1 | |
| 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total | 31 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 44 | 1 | |||
| Sheffield United (loan) | 2019–20 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| Saint-Étienne (loan) | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hellas Verona | 2021–22 | Serie A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Olympiacos (loan) | 2022–23 | Super League Greece | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | – | 14 | 0 | |
| Olympiacos | 2023–24 | Super League Greece | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17[d] | 1 | – | 45 | 1 | |
| 2024–25 | Super League Greece | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9[c] | 0 | – | 31 | 1 | ||
| 2025–26 | Super League Greece | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | |
| Total | 54 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 123 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 201 | 5 | ||
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