Floriana announced their latest signing on Tuesday when they confirmed Greek-Albanian defender Alexandros Kouros.
Kouros, a natural left-back, joins the Greens after stints in Greece, Cyprus, and most recently Teuta Durres in Albania. Floriana, who made the announcement on their socials on Tuesday said their new signing would also be available to play at the centre-back position.
“Floriana Football Club is pleased to announce the second new foreign signing ahead of the upcoming 2023/24 season, Alexandros Kouros,” the statement read.
“Alexandros Kouros, 29, is an experienced and versatile left footed defender that can play both as a left central back and left back. Kouros also holds a dual citizenship, Greek / Albanian, and has already played in various high level and competitive leagues during his career namely in Greece (Panionios F.C, Iraklis F.C, Atromitos F.C, Apollon Smyrnis F.C and AOK Kerkyra), Cyprus (PAEEK Kyrenia F.C and Doxa Katokopias F.C) and most recently Albania, winning all domestic competitions with KF Teuta Durres.
“We welcome Alexandros Kouros to Floriana and we wish him the best of luck in Green and White!”
Kouros made 33 appearances for the Albanian club and eight in Cup competition as part of his second stint at the club he had joined from Greek side AOK Kerkyra back in 2019.
The Greece Under-19, Under-20, and Under-21 representative is Floriana’s second import player signing so far this summer with fellow defender Maksim Volodko, a Belarusian international who was announced by the club on Monday.
