Personal information | |||
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Full name | Stefanos Tzimas [1] | ||
Date of birth | 6 January 2006 | ||
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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022–2023 | PAOK B | 10 | (7) |
2023–2025 | PAOK | 20 | (4) |
2024–2025 | → 1. FC Nürnberg (loan) | 17 | (10) |
2025 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 0 | (0) |
2025– | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | (0) |
2025 | → 1. 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.
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.
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]
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]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
PAOK B | 2022–23 | Super League Greece 2 | 9 | 6 | — | — | — | 9 | 6 | |||
2023–24 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||||
Total | 10 | 7 | — | — | — | 10 | 7 | |||||
PAOK | 2022–23 | Super League Greece | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||
2023–24 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 4 [c] | 0 | 23 | 4 | |||
Total | 20 | 4 | 6 | 1 | — | 4 | 0 | 30 | 5 | |||
FC Nürnberg (loan) | 2024–25 | 2. Bundesliga | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 10 | ||
Brighton & Hove Albion | 2024–25 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
FC Nürnberg (loan) | 2024–25 | 2. Bundesliga | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | 6 | 2 | |||
Brighton & Hove Albion | 2025–26 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | |
Career total | 53 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 65 | 26 |
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