Maria Kapnisi

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Maria Kapnisi
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-06-03) 3 June 1999 (age 25) [1]
Place of birth Missolonghi, Greece
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) [2]
Position(s) Defender [2]
Team information
Current team
 AEK
Number 10
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2018 Messolonghi 2008
2018–2023 Odysseas Moschatou
2023– AEK
International career‡
2014–2016 Greece U17 4 (0)
2016–2018 Greece U19 5 (0)
2021– Greece 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 February 2024 [2] [3] [4]
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 February 2024 [1] [5]

Maria Kapnisi (born 3 June 1999) is a Greek footballer currently playing as a defender for AEK in the Greek A Division and the Greek national team. [2]

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Club career

Messolonghi 2008

In 2011, Maria Kapnisi started training with Messolonghi 2008, her hometown's first women's football club. [4] She made few appearances for the first team as they were promoted from the Greek second and third tier. In 2017/18, she made 13 appearances and scored 2 goals in her first season in the Greek A Division.

Odysseas Moschatou

On September 8, 2018, Kapnisi joined A Division club AE Glyfadas, [6] which later moved and changed its name to Odysseas Moschatou. [7] She stayed for the next 5 seasons, helping the team reach 3rd place in their group in the 2020/21 season and avoid relegation in 2021/22, when she contributed 4 goals. [3] In 2022/23, she was the top scorer of Odysseas with 8 goals, [8] but they were ultimately relegated to the Greek B Division during the play-out round.

AEK

On August 16, 2023, Kapnisi joined newly promoted AEK.

International career

Maria Kapnisi made her debut for the Greek U17 team on 27 September 2014 against Italy at the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualifying round. She also made appearances off the bench in the 2016 and 2017 editions.

She made her debut for the Greek U19 team on 8 September 2016 against Slovenia at the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualifying round. She also made appearances off the bench in the 2018 and 2019 editions.

She was called up by the senior team for the first time in 2021 for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, [9] but she did not make her first appearance until 22 June 2022 during a friendly match against Portugal, when she came on as a substitute for Eirini Nefrou. [10] Maria played her first full game for the national team a few months later in an 1–0 friendly win over Cyprus. She also made appearances off the bench in the 2023 World Cup qualifiers and the 2023/24 Nations League.

Honours

Messolonghi 2008

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References

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  3. 1 2 "Ποδόσφαιρο Γυναικών: Συνεχίζουν στον Οδυσσέα Μοσχάτου Μαρία Παπακώστα και Μαρία Καπνίση". kingsport.gr. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Το κορίτσι από το Μεσολόγγι που αγάπησε το ποδόσφαιρο". agrinioculture.gr. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  5. ↑ "M. KAPNISI". soccerway.com. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  6. ↑ "Mεσολόγγι: Πήρε μεταγραφή για την ΑΕ Γλυφάδας η ταλαντούχα Μαρία Καπνίση". sinidisi.gr. 8 September 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  7. ↑ "Οδυσσέας Μοσχάτου: Κράτησε τον Οδυσσέα και αντάλλαξε Γλυφάδα με Μοσχάτο". wsl.gr. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  8. ↑ "Ο Τελικός πίνακας των σκορερ της Α' Εθνικής 2022-2023". womensfootball.gr. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  9. ↑ "Κλήσεις Εθνικής Γυναικών". epo.gr. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  10. ↑ "#PORGRE (W) 4-0". epo.gr. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
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