Charalampos “Charis” Mavrias was born on the 21st of February 1994 and plays as a winger for Fortuna D\u00fcsseldorf, on loan from Sunderland, and the Greek national team. Mavrias joined Panathinaikos’ youth academy in 2007, aged 13, and was promoted to the first-team squad in 2010, after signing a professional contract in the previous year. On 20 October 2010 he made his first-team \u2013 and UEFA Champions League \u2013 debut, playing the last 12 minutes of a 0\u20130 home draw against Rubin Kazan, thus becoming the youngest Greek ever to appear in the competition, and the second youngest overall (only behind Celestine Babayaro, being surpassed later by Alen Halilovi\u0107 and Youri Tielemans). Four days later he made his league debut, again as a substitute in a 0\u20131 loss at AEK. Mavrias scored his first professional goal on 18 February 2012, netting his side’s last of a 2\u20130 success at Ergotellis. He scored his first European goal on 31 July 2012, again netted the last of a 2\u20130 win at Motherwell in the first leg of the third qualifying round of the Champions League, one minute after coming onto the pitch as a substitute. On 22 August 2013, Mavrias joined English Premier League side Sunderland on a three-year contract. However, he was left out of the squad to play Southampton due to lack of match fitness. Mavrias made his debut five days later, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 4\u20132 home success over Milton Keynes Dons, for the campaign’s Football League Cup. He scored his first goal on 25 January of the following year, netting the winner against Kidderminster Harriers in the fourth round of the FA Cup. On 2 February 2015, it was confirmed Mavrias had joined his former club Panathinaikos on loan until the end of the 2014-15 season. Mavrias returned to Sunderland where he has been training and playing for the Black Cats Under -21s \u2013 and is understood to have impressed the club\u2019s coaching staff with his attitude and contribution. But Mavrias has not come close to being included in the first-team squad, however is not bitter over seeing his career stall on Wearside. \u201cI took the decision to leave Panathinaikos and go to Sunderland, and I think anyone in my position would take this decision,\u201d he told the Greek press. On 9 January 2016, almost two years after his last match with the first team, Mavrias entered the game in second half as a substitute in a 3-1 away loss against Arsenal for FA Cup. He was loaned to Fortuna D\u00fcsseldorf on 27 January 2016. Mavrias – who has 18 months remaining on his Sunderland contract – now has a chance to play regular first-team football after joining Dusseldorf until the end of the campaign, with a view to a permanent switch next summer. On 6 February 2016, he made his debut with a club, in a 0-1 home loss against Heidenheim. On 19 March 2016, he opened the score in just 30 seconds early header in a Fortuna D\u00fcsseldorf triumph in seven-goal thriller against FC Kaiserslautern. It was his first goal with the club. Mavrias has played in all national Greek teams, and played an important role in 2012, when the youth team of Greece went all the way to the final, where they lost 1-0 to Spain, thus getting the second place<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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