Orestis Karnezis

Quick Facts

Full Name	Orestis Karnezis
Occupation	Soccer Player
Date Of Birth	Jul 11, 1985(1985-07-11)
Age	39
Birthplace	Athens
Country	Greece
Birth City	Attica
Horoscope	Cancer

Orestis Karnezis Biography

Orestis Karnezis is one of the most popular and richest Soccer Player who was born on July 11, 1985 in Athens, Attica, Greece. Goalkeeper who was signed by Udinese at the end of 2013 before he later became an official member of the Greek national team in the year 2012.

He as well as He and Georgios Samaras became teammates on the Greek national team. became teammates of the Greek national team.

Born in Athens, but grew up in Corfu, Karnezis started his professional football career at Panathinaikos in 2007. He made only a few appearances for the club until the 2011–12 season, when he got more chances and impressed. After a few months, his coach, Jesualdo Ferreira, made him the regular goalkeeper of Panathinaikos. He had great performances and saved his team at crucial moments. Reports from Greece indicate that Karnezis was the subject of transfer speculation, as the Greek international attracted suitors from around Europe, following a solid campaign in the Superleague Greece 2012–13 season. Reports from Greece indicated that Udinese Calcio emerged as front-runners to sign Karnezis, after the Italian club reportedly offered €800,000 to bring Karnezis to the Serie A that summer. Karnezis took over as Panathinaikos’ number one choice in goal that season and played admirably for the Athens giants. Karnezis’ exploits for the Trifylli earned him consistent call-ups to the Greek national football team.

Karnezis’s good performances led Greece national football team coach Fernando Santos to call him for a friendly match on 29 February 2012 against Belgium, in which he made his international debut, playing the entire game. Unfortunately for Karnezis, Fernando Santos didn’t call him for UEFA Euro 2012 to be one of the three goalkeepers of the Greek national team. Fernando Santos said: “If Karnezis keeps going that way, he will be without a doubt in the squad of the Greek national team for the qualifying matches of Mundial 2014.” And, indeed, he was called to be part of Greek national team both for a friendly game with Norway and for the qualifying matches after that. Karnezis was called by Greek national manager Fernando Santos to the 30 man provisional World Cup squad, and also to the final 23-man squad for 2014 FIFA World Cup.

The place he was raised was Athens, Greece.

Orestis Karnezis Net Worth

Orestis Karnezis is one of the richest Soccer Player from Greece. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Orestis Karnezis 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He made his professional debut for OFI in 2005.

He played 53 times for Panathinaikos from 2007 until 2013.

Orestis-Spyridon Karnezis (Greek: Ορέστης-Σπυρίδων Καρνέζης ; born 11 July 1985) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian club Napoli and the Greece national team.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Orestis Karnezis height 6 ft 3 in Orestis weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Orestis Karnezis Dating?

According to our records, Orestis Karnezis is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Orestis Karnezis’s is not dating anyone.

Relationships Record : We have no records of past relationships for Orestis Karnezis. You may help us to build the dating records for Orestis Karnezis!

Karnezis made his Spanish La Liga debut for Granada in a 3–0 away loss to Almeria on 4 January 2014. Karnezis had earlier in the season played in both legs of the Copa del Rey (Spanish Cup) against AD Alcorcón on 8 December 2013 and 18 December 2013.

Facts & Trivia

Orestis Ranked on the list of most popular Soccer Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Greece. Orestis Karnezis celebrates birthday on July 11 of every year.

On 24 May 2015, in a home game against Sassuolo, Karnezis was injured. The hosts were forced to make their first substitution in the 29th minute, with Scuffet replacing Karnezis. According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, discussions over a new agreement had begun and the 29-year-old goalkeeper was ready to put pen to paper, to extend his stay until 2020. Udinese Calcio had turned down offers from Roma, Inter, Napoli, Benfica and other European clubs.