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My Take
Panagiotis Kone is a fascinating border-crosser to me: born in Tirana, Albania, yet a Greek midfielder who came up through Olympiacos' academy before a Lens detour and a real start at AEK Athens. That dual-nation thread shapes how I read him, a player who carried two identities onto the pitch. At 183cm he was built to dictate the middle, and the move from Iraklis to Serie A's Brescia tells me he had the technical credibility to thrive abroad. Players like Kone rarely make highlight reels, but they are the connective tissue that makes a midfield actually function.
Overview
Panagiotis Kone (Greek: Παναγιώτης Κονέ, born 26 July 1987) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Kone started playing football in the youth ranks of Olympiacos, from where he moved to Lens' youth team. He started professional football in AEK Athens before moving to Iraklis in 2008. After two seasons with the club, Kone moved to Serie A club Brescia.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Panagiotis Kone
- Name (Japanese)
- パナギオティス・コネ
- Reading
- ぱなぎおてぃす・こね
- Born
- July 26, 1987 (age 38)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Rabbit
- Origin
- Tirana, Tirana County, Albania
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 183 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.