Maria Panagiotou
Cypriot footballer (born 2005)
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Maria Panagiotou (Greek: Μαρία Παναγιώτου, born 5 February 2005) is a Cypriot footballer who plays as a midfielder for Greek A Division club OFI Crete and the Cyprus women's national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 February 2005[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Agios Ioannis, Cyprus[2] | ||
| Position | Midfielder[3] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | OFI Crete W.F.C. | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2016 | Apollon | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2024 | Apollon | 126 | (30) |
| 2024–2026 | AEK | 29 | (2) |
| 2026– | OFI | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2023 | Cyprus U19 | 12 | (1) |
| 2021– | Cyprus | 29 | (1) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 January 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 November 2025.[4] | |||
Club career
Panagiotou joines the Apollon Ladies academy at the age of 10 and in 2016 she started making appearances for the first team.[2] She has played in over 150 matches for the club, helping them win 6 league titles, 5 cup titles and 3 super cup titles.[5] Maria made her UWCL debut in 2021 when she came off the bench for 3 minutes in a 2–0 win over Dinamo Minsk.[6]
On 27 July 2024, she signed with Greek club AEK Athens.[5] She made 22 appearances as the club won the 2024–25 Greek A Division and the 2025 Greek Cup.
International career
Panagiotou capped for Cyprus at senior level during the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification.[7]
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 24 October 2025 | Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus |  Albania | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League play-off matches |
Career statistics
- As of 24 January 2026[8]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | Other[b] | Europe[c] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Apollon | 2016/17 | Cypriot First Division | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 3 | ||
| 2017/18 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 2 | ||||
| 2018/19 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 19 | 7 | |||
| 2019/20 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 9 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 3 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 2 | ||
| 2022/23 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 26 | 2 | |||
| 2023/24 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 4 | ||
| Total | 126 | 30 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 161 | 32 | ||
| AEK | 2024/25 | Greek A Division | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 1 | ||
| 2025/26 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |||
| Total | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 2 | ||
| OFI | 2025/26 | Greek A Division | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career Total | 155 | 32 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 197 | 34 | ||
- Includes Cypriot Cup, Greek Cup
- Includes Cypriot Super Cup
- Includes UEFA Women's Champions League
Honours
Club
- Apollon
- Cypriot First Division (6): 2016/17, 2018/19, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24
- Cypriot Cup (5): 2016/17, 2017/18, 2021/22, 2022/23
- Cypriot Super Cup (3): 2017, 2021, 2023
- AEK
- Greek A Division (1): 2024/25
- Greek Cup (1): 2025
Individual
- PASP BEST11 Women's (4): 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24
