The young midfielder who won last year's Youth League with Olympiakos started in the 3-0 win over Braga for the 2nd matchday of the League Phase of the UEFA Europa League, after the Basque, Jose Luis Mendilibar trusts in him and proved it in practice.

The little guy fought from start to finish. Only he didn't have a track and he did great. Everyone counts him (and rightfully so) among the leaders of the match against the Portuguese team, since despite his young age he took several initiatives and executions of statics (including 3 corners).

That's how he "stole" with "good morning" the... heart of the platform and it is no coincidence that around the 89th minute of the match the whole "G. Karaiskakis" began to rhythmically call out his name, thus recognizing his effort.

The finale of the match found him with 35/40 correct transfers (s.b. 87.5% success rate), 5 ball recoveries, 1 tackle and the whole future looking auspicious in front of him. Thus, for the second game in a row, Christos Mouzakitis was the starter.

Mouzakitis had a lot of action above midfield. He moved mainly on the left side, with his average area of ​​action being slightly above the center.

He was extremely active, finishing the match with 51 actions with the ball. He was extremely accurate, with 34 out of 39 passes (87% accuracy). In fact, in the first half he had just one failed pass. In addition, it also created an opportunity.

Offensively, he had one successful tackle, one clearance, and was also among the leaders in steals, with three.

Mouzakitis' performances:

• Actions: 51

• Passes: 34/39 (87%)

• Key Pass: 1

• Centers: 1/3

• Long transfers: 3/3

• Removal: 1

• Steals: 3

• Tackle: 1

• From the age of 9...

The fact is, however, that Mouzakitis played in the first team of the club where he has been training systematically since he was 9 years old. It was Christmas 2015 when he passed through the main entrance to the Rentis facilities for the first time, together with his one year older brother, Vassilis who also competed for Olympiakos up to the U17 age group.

Christos had started playing football as a goalkeeper, but an eye injury was to change everything, creating something like a butterfly effect for him and Olympiakos! His parents, Dionysis and Varvara, did not even discuss the possibility of him continuing in this position.

"If you want to play football, forget the goal" his father told him, because he knew that there was no way that Christos would put his hands (and... his head) on fire to catch the ball.

So, at the age of 7, he was forced to change positions! His very good left foot immediately made the difference (even if his shot was not as powerful as Vassilis!). In 2014, he was spotted in Heraklion, Attica by Stelios Orphanidis, for many years a coach in the small divisions of AEK, so he went to Union, always with his brother.

A year later he switched to Olympiakos, which was the team he supported. He gradually developed in the "red and white" academies and was considered a project mainly thanks to his very high football IQ. Mouzakitis belongs to the age group of 2006 that received perhaps the strongest of all the consequences of the pandemic. He did not have the opportunity to compete at the Super League K15 level, as the 2020/21 season championship was postponed and during that time he was training alone at the Kymi Avenue stadium in Neo Heraklion.

The resumption of all competitive activities in the Fall of 2021 coincided with the launch of Christos Mouzakitis, who in less than three years competed in four different Olympiakos groups (K17, K19, B team, first team), became an international with three national teams and won 4 titles with the top of all of course the Youth League of 2024.

The 13 stations of his journey so far

04/12/2021: First professional contract with Olympiakos at the age of 14 years and 11 months. The youngest professional in the history of the club.

06/12/2021: Debut with the U19 at the age of 14 years and 345 days with coach Sotiris Syllaidopoulos

13/09/2022: Debut in the national K17

12/04/2023: OSFP B debut in the match with Episkopi

29/04/2023: U19 Champion

15/11/2023: Debut in the national U19 team

11/06/2023: U17 Champion

07/01/2023: New contract with Olympiakos, valid until 2026.

22/ 04/2024: European Champion (Youth League)

25/05/2024: U19 Champion

10/09/2024: Debut in the U21 national team at the age of 17 years and 8 months

29/09/2024: Debut in the first team of Olympiakos in the match against Atromitos, at the age of 17 years, 9 months and 4 days.

3/10/2024: Debut in European competition (Europa League) in the game against Braga (3-0)