Nick Salapatas

Nikos Salapatas (born 17 November 1989) is a British-Greek footballer who plays for Bishop's Stortford in the Conference South in England.

Education

Salapatas obtained his BSc in Sports Science in October 2012 at Brunel University in London.

Early career

He spent his early years from U12s - U16s at Chelsea Academy. Then he was transferred to Olympiacos on a 3-year contract where he was a regular for the Reserve team. After spending a year there he decided to play for Luton Town where he featured in their Youth/Reserve teams.

Playing career

He started playing First team football for Wealdstone and later on Harrow Borough. During his University time he signed with Conference Premier side Stevenage in January 2010, which was the year Stevenage won the League. After spending two seasons training with Danny Bailey's Elite Academy and playing for his team Interwood, he joined Greek Football League 2 giants Paniliakos, under Greek manager Stelios Giannakopoulos. He was a regular in the team and with mainly his assists helped his team to get promoted to the Greek Football League. Next season he joined Athens-based Greek Football League 2 side Doxa Vyronas. After spending a year with Doxa, he moved to England and joined Harrow Borough, where he stayed for the first half of the season 2014–2015. In January 2015, he signed with Conference South side, Bishop's Stortford.

Honours

Paniliakos Promotion to Greek Football League: 2013

Bishop's Stortford Herts Charity Cup Winners: 2015