Orestis Kiomourtzoglou

Orestis Kiomourtzoglou

Kiomourtzoglou in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	(1998-05-07) 7 May 1998 (age 26)[1]
Place of birth	Munich, Germany
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Wehen Wiesbaden
Number	14
Youth career
2005–2015	SpVgg Unterhaching
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2019	SpVgg Unterhaching	110	(15)
2019–2022	Heracles Almelo	78	(4)
2022–2023	Heart of Midlothian	23	(0)
2023–2024	Greuther Fürth	7	(0)
2024–	Wehen Wiesbaden	7	(0)
International career^‡
2019	Germany U21	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2019

Orestis Kiomourtzoglou (Greek: Ορέστης Κιομουρτζόγλου; born 7 May 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 3. Liga club Wehen Wiesbaden. A SpVgg Unterhaching youth product, he made his senior debut in 2015 and remained with the club until 2019 when he moved to Dutch club Heracles Almelo. In 2022, he signed with Scottish side Heart of Midlothian.

Club career

Born in Munich,^[1] of Greek descent, he began his career in 2005 as a seven-year-old in the youth department of SpVgg Unterhaching.^[2] After playing in the various youth teams of Unterhaching, he made his senior debut on 17 July 2015, the first matchday of the 2015–16 season, in a game against FC Ingolstadt II in the Regionalliga Bayern, as an 84th-minute substitute for Maximilian Bauer.^[3] Two minutes after coming on, he scored his first senior goal to make the score 2–2. On 28 July 2017, the second matchday of the 2017–18 season, he made his professional debut, after Unterhaching had achieved promotion to the 3. Liga. He did this in a 3–2 win over Karlsruher SC.^[4] In the second match against Karlsruher SC during the season, a 3–1 loss on 20 January 2018, Kiomourtzoglou scored his first professional goal.^[5]

After playing fourteen years for Unterhaching, and making 94 first-team appearances for the team,^[6] Kiomourtzoglou signed with Dutch Eredivisie club Heracles Almelo in June 2019.^[7] Since his first league appearance for Heracles in a 1–1 draw against Fortuna Sittard on 11 August 2019, he has been a regular starter.

On 28 August 2022, Kiomourtzoglou signed a three-year contract with Heart of Midlothian in Scotland.^[8]

On 5 August 2024, Kiomourtzoglou moved to Wehen Wiesbaden in 3. Liga.^[9]

International career

Internationally, he has represented Germany at U21 level.^[6]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 September 2024^[10]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Unterhaching	2015-16	Regionalliga	17	1	1	0	—		—		18	1
	2016-17		22	6	0	0	—		—		22	6
	2017-18	3. Liga	29	2	0	0	—		—		29	2
	2018-19		27	2	—		—		—		27	2
	Total		95	11	1	0	—		—		96	11
Heracles	2019-20	Eredivisie	24	2	3	0	—		—		27	2
	2020-21		27	0	0	0	—		—		27	0
	2021-22		24	2	2	0	—		0	0	26	2
	2022-23	Eerste Divisie	3	0	—		—		—		3	0
	Total		78	4	5	0	—		0	0	83	4
Hearts	2022-23	Scottish Premiership	23	0	1	0	3[a]	0	—		27	0
Greuther Fürth	2023-24	2. Bundesliga	7	0	1	0	—		—		8	0
	2024-25		0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	Total		7	0	1	0	—		—		8	0
Wehen Wiesbaden	2024-25	3. Liga	3	0	1	0	—		—		4	0
Career Total			206	15	9	0	3	0	0	0	218	15

1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League

References

1. "Orestis Kiomourtzoglou". kicker. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
2. Werner, Andreas (13 December 2017). "Orestis Kiomourtzoglou: Toptalent mit Treuebonus" [Orestis Kiomourtzoglou: top takent with loyalty bonus]. Münchner Merkur (in German). Retrieved 2 November 2019.
3. "Direktvergleich, SpVgg Unterhaching - FC Ingolstadt 04 II". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
4. "Mutige Hachinger besiegen den KSC". kicker (in German). 28 July 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
5. "Mehlem macht es kurz vor Schluss". kicker (in German). 20 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
6. "Orestis Kiomourtzoglou". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
7. "Abschied nach 14 Jahren: Kiomourtzoglou träumt von Europa". fupa.net (in German). 21 June 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
8. "KIOMOURTZOGLOU COMPLETES JAMBOS MOVE". Heart of Midlothian. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
9. "SVWW verpflichtet Orestis Kiomourtzoglou" [SVWW signs Orestis Kiomourtzoglou] (in German). Wehen Wiesbaden. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
10. Orestis Kiomourtzoglou at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 September 2024.

External links

• Career stats & Profile - Voetbal International