List of Famous people born in Cyprus
Kostas Kaiafas
Kostas Kaiafas is Cypriot former football player and manager.
Liasos Louka
Liasos Louka is a Cypriot footballer who worked for Karmiotissa Polemidion both as defensive midfielder and manager. His former teams are AEP Paphos, Nea Salamina, PAOK FC and AEL FC. Liasos Louka graduated from B' Technical School of Lemesos in 1999.
Erato Kozakou Marcoullis
Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis is a Cypriot politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus from July 2007 to March 2008 and from 5 August 2011 - 27 February 2013, as well as Minister of Communications and Works (Cyprus) from March 2010 to August 2011.
Giorgos Merkis
Giorgos Merkis is a Cypriot international footballer who plays for APOEL in the Cypriot First Division as a centre back.
Nikodimos Papavasiliou
Nikodimos "Nikki" Papavasiliou is a Cypriot football manager and former international midfielder. He was the manager of Greek Super League club Panionios. Aside from playing and managing, Papavasiliou's background includes scouting and Academy management. He was the first Cypriot to play in the FA Premier League.
Valentinos Sielis
Valentinos Sielis, is a Cypriot footballer who recently played as a centre back for Jeju United. In 2014, he signed with AEL. Sielis is a Cypriot international and made his debut on 9 February 2011, against Romania national football team in the CytaVision Cyprus Tournament 2011.
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Sofronis Avgousti
Sofronis Avgousti, is a retired Cypriot footballer (goalkeeper) and current manager, who had represented the Cypriot national team.
Evdokia Kadi
Evdokia Kadi is a Cypriot singer who represented Cyprus at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, with the song "Femme Fatale". She was eliminated in the second semi-final on May 22 and therefore did not make it to the final.
Yannis Okkas
Ioannis "Giannis" Okkas, born 11 February 1977 in Larnaca) is a retired Cypriot Striker and a football manager. He was also the captain of the National Team of Cyprus for many years and he is the 2nd leading scorer of all time just behind Michalis Konstantinou, scoring in total 27 goals for Cyprus. With 106 national caps since 1997, Okkas has made more appearances for Cyprus than any other player in history.