Konstantinos Mavropanos

Mini


Maybe he had been driving this rather interesting Mini Cooper through the Greek countryside, but we expect that nowadays he has a slightly fancier ride.

If you thought that Sokratis 'Papa' was the guy with the most difficult name in the Arsenal squad, we just might think that you are wrong there. Meet Konstantinos Mavropanos, this Greek defender is one of Arsenal's main talents at the back. He was born in Athens, Greece and he started his career at the Greek side PAS Giannina. He played only 20 games for the first team of that squad before Arsenal became heavily interested in his services in the winter of 2018. On the 4th of January he signed a deal with Arsenal. Since then he has played in a handful of games, most noticably he played at Old Trafford against Manchester United. That was his Premier League Debut, quite remarkable. In fact he played really well and he convinced the fans and the manager at the time (Arsene Wenger) that Arsenal made the right decision by signing him. He has not yet made his debut for the Greek Senior national team but he did manage to get several caps for the Greek U21 squad. We definitely expect that this robust defender can take the place of Sokratis or Kostas Manolas over the next few years.