Nikolaos Karelis
Nikolaos Karelis
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Bio
Nikolaos Karelis is a Mumbai City FC attacker who has played in the vast majority of their Indian Super League games in 2024/2025, making 17 appearances overall and accumulating 1,343 minutes of playing time. He has been selected in the starting XI in all 17 of these appearances across their 20 fixtures. The last Indian Super League appearance that Karelis made came on January 31 for Mumbai City FC against East Bengal FC; a meeting that he played only six minutes in during a 0-0 stalemate. The 32-year-old is ranked joint fourth in the Indian Super League goalscoring charts with a tally of nine goals this season, as well as being the team's top league scorer. Karelis has also provided one assist as well. He has been booked once. Karelis last scored in the league in the 1-1 draw against Punjab FC on January 16, netting in the 58th minute. He opened his account for the campaign against Jamshedpur FC on September 21, scoring during a 3-2 loss. A trip to Hyderabad FC on February 19 is the next Indian Super League match for Mumbai City FC. Last season for Panaitolikos, Karelis made 22 Super League 1 appearances, scored two goals and provided one assist. Before linking up with Mumbai City FC in July 2024, Karelis made 93 league appearances in total at Panaitolikos, scoring 22 goals and providing four assists.

