Valentinos Sielis was born on the 1st of March 1990 and he is a Cypriot footballer who plays as a Left back for Cypriot First Division club AEL Limassol. Sielis is considered one of the best footballers in Cyprus. He was awarded the best youth player in Cyprus in May 2012. Sielis was born in Paphos, a town in Cyprus. He began his career in England, first in Arsenal F.C. U12, then Tottenham F.C U13, and the first professional team for Doncaster Rovers. Sielis signed with local club of Enosis Neon Thoi Lakatamia FC, and after a great season he moved to Anorthosis Famagusta. Sielis made his debut as 30th-minute substitute in a 0\u20133 away victory over Othellos Athienou F.C. for Cypriot Cup on 23 September 2009. He played for the first time in a European competition on the starting squad in a 1\u20132 home defeat from CSKA Moscow in Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium for the UEFA Europa League 4th qualifying round. He made his debut at the 72nd minute in Cypus first division in a 2\u20131 home victory over Olympiakos Nicosia. At the end of the season he played for 18 matches, 10 of them as a substitution, with 875 minutes of total playing time. On 8 May 2011, Sielis played for a first time in a Derby on the basic squad in a 1\u20130 away defeat from Omonia Nicosia. For the season 2011\u201312, during the period with coach Stanimir Stoilov, Sielis was a basic player of Anorthosis in the European competitions with 3 appearance in 4 matches. After the arrival of Ronny Levy, Sielis played 4 times, once on the basic squad against Olympiakos Nicosia. For the season 2012\u201313, Sielis, began the season as the second left back of the team. After the announcement that William Boaventura end his career, Sielis became the main left back for the team. From 8th until 19th match day Sielis starts all the matches in the basic line-up. On March 2013, Sielis had a serious injury and he underwent surgery. As a result, the team lost all the other matches until the end of the season. In 2014, he moved to AEL, where he has played consistently well since joining. Sielis is a Cypriot international and made his debut on 9 February 2011, against Romania national football team in the CytaVision Cyprus Tournament 2011. Sielis was the captain of Cyprus national team under 21, with 8 appearances and 2 goals. On 3 September 2010 Sielis scored his first goal with the national team under 21 in an away victory 1\u20133 over Norway under-21 football team. On 26 March 2010, Sielis made his debut with the national team of Cyprus in the home draw 0\u20130 againsgt Iceland. in 2012\/13, Sielis played in 2 national team matches, in a home victory 1\u20130 against Iceland, and in away defeat 2\u20131 from Slovenia. Valentinos Sielis is particularly sensitive to issues related to helping our fellowmen. It is amazing that in the transmission of reckoning AEL Limassol \u2013 Anorthosis from CytaVision, Savvas Kosiaris, some time before the incident with Kaluderovic said that Sielis was a compatible bone marrow transplant donor and his altruism helped a fellow human to stay alive. At 26 April 2014, the striker of AEL Limassol, Andrija Kaluderovic claimed the ball with Paulo Jorge and seemed to hit the head of his opponent, with Kaluderovic to fall to the ground unconscious. \u03a4he broadcaster of Cytavision who was at the soccer ground, said that Kaluderovic swallowed his tongue and Sielis of Anorthosis had brought him back, when the Cypriot swiftly gave him first aid!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"