Sotirios Papagiannopoulos

Papagiannopoulos's current-season form is down 80% on last season (Season 51→10), while his Rating eased 14→10. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 51).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	AIK Stockholm · 6th	11	0	6.8	10	12
2025/26	AIK Stockholm · 7th	29	0	7.13	14	51
2024/25	AIK Stockholm · 3rd	25	0	6.98	14	36
2023/24	AIK Stockholm · 11th	25	1	7.03	16	30
2022/23	AIK Stockholm · 5th	28	1	6.95	20	32

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 13 earlier seasons in the full career.

Sweden · international

Side	Apps	G
Sweden	2	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headCentral defender

S. Papagiannopoulos is a 35-year-old central defender at AIK Stockholm, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 11 appearances, a Season grade of 10, top 84% of Allsvenskan centre-backs. On long-term scout potential he's rated 9.5, ranking 186th of 189 in the Allsvenskan. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option (47.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.97 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Papagiannopoulos.

Judged on this season alone, Papagiannopoulos graded 10 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 31st of 37 of the 37 centre-backs in the Allsvenskan, on 1 clean sheet and 2.971 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 51 → 10). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 10, 37th of 37 of the 37 centre-backs in the Allsvenskan. At 35 Papagiannopoulos is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 0.6 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2025/26 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2025/26Trending downBreakout: 2021/22

Current potential37th of 37 centre-backs · Allsvenskan · 11 apps Current season31st of 37 centre-backs · Allsvenskan · 11 apps 31st-best centre-back in the Allsvenskan 186th in the Allsvenskan · potential 37th-highest potential centre-back in the Allsvenskan

9.5

Ratingi

37th of 37 centre-backs

9.9

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

47.5%

Minutes

rotation minutes

2.97

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · AIK Stockholm finished 6th of 16 · a mid-table side

Apps

2.97

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.97 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 11 appearances.

Watch points

Game time. Only 47.5% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 35, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 9.5, Papagiannopoulos carries the 37th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Allsvenskan of 37 — though on just 11 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.97 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %47.5%

Available fixtures17 of 17

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 902.971

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Pass accuracy %88

Cards / 900.248

Foul involvement / 901.733

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~2), then tapers with age. At 35, Papagiannopoulos sits on 0.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Papagiannopoulos's projected Rating — 9.5 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Allsvenskan with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Shots1

Passing

Assists0

Chances created1

Passes383

Pass accuracy88%

Possession

Duels won20

Duels won %52.6%

Fouls won8

Defending

Tackles4

Interceptions9

Blocks11

Fouls committed6

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards0

Transfer history

AIK StockholmAug 2020 – now

FC CopenhagenJul 2018 – Aug 2020

Ostersunds FKAug 2015 – Jul 2018Free

PAOKJan 2015 – Aug 2015Free

AAssyriska FFuntil Jan 2015

About S. Papagiannopoulos

Sotirios Papagiannopoulos is a 35-year-old centre-back who plays for AIK Stockholm, born on September 5, 1990 in Stockholm, standing 190 cm tall. He is from Sweden. AIK Stockholm currently sit 6th of 16 in the Allsvenskan.

This season

In the current season, S. Papagiannopoulos has made 11 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 727 minutes, averaging a 6.8 match rating over his last 10 rated games, with 2 yellow cards.

When S. Papagiannopoulos plays, AIK Stockholm's record this season is 6W-2D-3L — and his match ratings average 6.78 at home against 6.82 on the road.

Recent matches

August 2, 2026: 0-3 loss at home vs Orgryte IS (33 minutes, 6.2 rating)
July 27, 2026: 0-0 draw away at BK Hacken (90 minutes, 6.6 rating)
July 18, 2026: 2-0 win at home vs Gais (90 minutes, 7.5 rating)
July 11, 2026: 2-1 win away at Mjallby AIF (72 minutes, 6.9 rating)
July 5, 2026: 2-1 win away at IFK Goteborg (90 minutes, 7.2 rating)
May 30, 2026: 0-3 loss at home vs Sirius (90 minutes, 6.2 rating)
May 24, 2026: 2-1 win away at Hammarby FF (70 minutes, 7 rating)
April 23, 2026: 1-2 loss away at Degerfors IF (90 minutes, 6.9 rating)
April 19, 2026: 1-0 win at home vs Kalmar FF (90 minutes, 7.2 rating)
April 13, 2026: 2-2 draw away at IF Brommapojkarna (11 minutes, 6.3 rating)

S. Papagiannopoulos's next match is on August 30, 2026, when AIK Stockholm face Hammarby FF at home in the Allsvenskan.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates S. Papagiannopoulos at 9.5 with a Season form score of 9.9, ranking 186th of 189 centre-backs in the Allsvenskan. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 4 career titles — among them the Superliga and the Svenska Cupen. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 18 recorded seasons, S. Papagiannopoulos has totalled 401 club appearances with 15 goals and 1 assist for 7 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2021/22, with 29 appearances for AIK Stockholm.

S. Papagiannopoulos's career has also included time at FC Copenhagen, Ostersunds FK, PAOK and AAssyriska FF.

On the international stage, S. Papagiannopoulos has represented Sweden — 2 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · AIK Stockholm finished 6th of 16 · a mid-table side

Watch points