 Mavrias playing for Panathinaikos in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charalampos Mavrias | ||
| Date of birth | 21 February 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Zakynthos, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 91⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger/ Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Sunderland | ||
| Number | 35 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2010 | Panathinaikos | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2010–2013 | Panathinaikos | 51 | (3) |
| 2013– | Sunderland | 4 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009–2011 | Greece U17 | 7 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Greece U19 | 14 | (3) |
| 2011– | Greece U21 | 15 | (3) |
| 2012– | Greece | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 January 2014.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2013 | |||
Charalampos "Charis" Mavrias (Greek: Χαράλαμπος (Χάρης) Μαυρίας; born 21 February 1994) is a Greek footballer currently playing for English side Sunderland and the Greek national team.
Club career
Panathinaikos
Mavrias was born in Zakynthos, showed at a very young age his talent. At the age of 12 he became part of the Panathinaikos academy. On 20 July 2010, Mavrias made his debut for the senior team against German side Wolfsburg in a pre-season friendly. The young talented attacking midfielder played very well in the 29 minutes he was given, after winning a penalty for Panathinaikos. Mavrias' main attributes are his pace, dribbling skills and vision. In 2009, at the age of 15, he was a member of the Panathinaikos Reserve team, known as the Golden Team. On 20 October 2010, Nikos Nioplias handed Mavrias his debut in the Champions League against Rubin Kazan – the youngster becoming the second-youngest debutant ever in the process behindCelestine Babayaro. A week later, he made his first appearance as a substitute in the Greek Cup, winning a penalty 5 minutes after entering the field against Kozani FC.
Throughout the 2011/12 season, he got a fair amount of playing time by coach Jesualdo Ferreira, displaying features of a promising player. On the 1st of June 2012 he signed a new contract that would keep him at the club until 2016.
Mavrias scored his first European goal on July 31, 2012, against Motherwell F.C. in the first leg of the third qualifying round of the Champions League, one minute after coming onto the pitch as a substitute.[1] The goal made him the youngest ever Panathinaikos player to score in an international game. On December 9, 2012, Mavrias scored one goal and made one assist against archrivals Olympiacos F.C. in a match ending 2-2. This goal made him the youngest player ever in the history of the club to score a goal in the derby of the "Eternal Enemies". He was 18 years and 291 old. The previous record was held by the living legend of the club Mimis Domazos, who had scored his first goal in such a derby at the age of 20 years and 7 days old in a match played on 28 January 1962.
Sunderland
On 22 August 2013, Mavrias joined English Premier League side Sunderland on a three-year contract, for an undisclosed fee,[2] although he was left out of the squad to play Southampton due to lack of match fitness. He made his debut against Milton Keynes Dons in the Football League Cup, coming on as a second half substitute, in a 4-2 victory
