Stefanos Tzimas

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Stefanos Tzimas
Personal information
Full name Stefanos Tzimas [1]
Date of birth (2006-01-06) 6 January 2006 (age 19)
Place of birth Thessaloniki, Greece
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Brighton & Hove Albion
Number 9
Youth career
2013–2022 PAOK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2023 PAOK B 10 (7)
2023–2025 PAOK 20 (4)
2024–20251. FC Nürnberg (loan) 17 (10)
2025 1. FC Nürnberg 0 (0)
2025– Brighton & Hove Albion 0 (0)
20251. FC Nürnberg (loan) 6 (2)
International career
2022 Greece U16 3 (3)
2021–2023 Greece U17 13 (6)
2023 Greece U19 11 (7)
2024– Greece U21 5 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 February 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 May 2025

Stefanos Tzimas (Greek : Στέφανος Τζίμας; born 6 January 2006) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Greece U-21 national team.

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Career

PAOK

Tzimas joined the PAOK Academy in 2013, aged seven. [2] On 10 January 2023, Tzimas made his PAOK debut, against Kalamata in the Greek Cup coming on for Diego Biseswar. [3] On 25 February 2023, he made his league debut, against PAS Giannina coming on for Brandon Thomas. [4] On 5 March 2023, he became PAOK record youngest goalscorer in the 6–0 win against Ionikos. [5]

On 11 October 2023, he was named by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best players born in 2006 worldwide. [6] On 19 May 2024, Tzimas won the Greek Superleague with PAOK, totalling 23 apps (16 league apps) and 4 goals (3 league goals) in the 2023–24 season.

1. FC Nürnberg

On 27 June 2024, Tzimas joined German 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Nürnberg on a season-long loan deal. [7]

On 3 February 2025, Nürnberg exercised their option to buy Tzimas' rights from PAOK, and transferred him to the English club Brighton & Hove Albion for £20.8m until 30 June 2030 , while Brighton loaned him back to Nürnberg until the end of the 2024–25 season. [8] [9]

Brighton & Hove Albion

Tzimas joined Brighton ahead of the 2025–26 season, scoring a brace on his debut in a 6–0 away win over Oxford United in the EFL Cup. [10]

Career statistics

As of match played 27 August 2025 [11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
PAOK B 2022–23 Super League Greece 2 9696
2023–24 1111
Total107107
PAOK 2022–23 Super League Greece 413071
2023–24 163314 [c] 0234
Total2046140305
FC Nürnberg (loan) 2024–25 2. Bundesliga 1710101810
Brighton & Hove Albion 2024–25 Premier League 000000
FC Nürnberg (loan)2024–252. Bundesliga6262
Brighton & Hove Albion 2025–26 Premier League00001212
Career total53237112406526

Honours

PAOK

Individual

References

  1. "2024/25 Updated Premier League squad lists". Premier League. 7 February 2025. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  2. "Stefanos Tzimas". paokfc.gr. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  3. Vangelis Panos (11 January 2023). "Στέφανος Τζίμας: Μία βραδιά που θα θυμάται πάντα" [Stefanos Tzimas: A night he will always remember]. paok24.com (in Greek). Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  4. Dimitra Ntouvartzi (25 February 2023). "ΠΑΟΚ: Ντεμπούτο στο Πρωτάθλημα για τον 17χρονο Τζίμα" [17-year old Tzimas makes his league debut with PAOK]. sdna.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Tzimas' record". paokfc.gr. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  6. Christenson, Marcus; Bloor, Steven; Blight, Garry (11 October 2023). "Next Generation 2023: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  7. "Griechischer Neuner: Club leiht Tzimas aus" [Greek number nine: Club loans Tzimas]. www.fcn.de (in German). 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  8. "Stefanos Tzimas wechselt im Sommer zu Brighton & Hove Albion" [Stefanos Tzimas will move to Brighton & Hove Albion in the summer] (in German). 1. FC Nürnberg. 3 February 2025. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  9. "Albion sign Stefanos Tzimas from Nuremburg". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 3 February 2025.
  10. Begley, Emlyn (27 August 2025). "Oxford United 0–6 Brighton & Hove Albion". BBC Sport.
  11. Stefanos Tzimas at Soccerway