Giorgos Giakoumakis, an accomplished footballing forward born in Greece on the 9th of December, 1994, currently plies his trade at PAOK. Standing at 6 ft tall (1.85m) and weighing in at 13 st 3 lb (84 kg), Giakoumakis manages a critical role within the team as a striker donning the number 7 jersey. He is also a proud member of his national team, Greece.
The footballer boasts an impressive market value of around £6m, as per Transfermarkt.
Platanias, in the Greek Football League, is where Giakoumakis began his professional journey in July 2012. His first season saw him take nine appearances on the field, which slowly built up over subsequent seasons to 26 appearances with 11 goals by 2016-2017.
A brief stint at Episkopi started in January 2014, only for Giakoumakis to return to Platanias in July of the same year to eventually make his career-best goal tally. AEK Athens was his next port of call in July 2017, where he clocked up 30 appearances across close to three seasons.
Greek club OFI Crete benefited from the loaning of Giakoumakis in January 2019, where he scored a pair of goals in ten appearances. However, a short sojourn in Poland with Gornik Zabrze in March 2020 saw him striking the back of the net three times in 12 matches.
August 2020 saw Giakoumakis shifting to VVV-Venlo in The Netherlands, which proved to be a blazing season for the striker scoring a staggering 26 goals over 30 appearances. Such a formidable performance paved the way for his transfer to Celtic in the Scottish Premiership in August 2021.
Giakoumakis' tenure at Celtic spanning two seasons was marked by robust performances, netting a total of 19 goals in 40 appearances. He joined the club for a fee of around £2.5m and later transferred to the Atlanta United in the MLS in the USA, in a deal worth approximately £4.3m in February 2023. He had a prolific time stateside, pumping in 22 goals over two seasons.
A series of transfers ensued from there, a move to Cruz Azul in Liga MX in Mexico for around £7.9m, and then a loan transfer to his current club PAOK, after a couple of successful seasons at Cruz Azul scoring eight goals.
Internationally, at the Euro Qualifiers 2022-2024, Giakoumakis clocked in a noteworthy performance, hitting the net once in his nine appearances, and also managing to score in his freshman Europa League appearance for PAOK this season.
