an undisclosed fee. Al-Fayha On 18 July 2021, he moved to Saudi Professional League side Al-Fayha, on a free transfer from NK Lokomotiva, for a two-years' contract for an undisclosed fee, increasing the parish of the Greeks in the club after the signing of Panagiotis Tachtsidis. On 28 August 2021, Kyriakos Papadopoulos is looking for the next club of his career, as he is solved his contract with Al-Fayha, after a month of his presence in Saudi Arabia. The 29-year-old defender recorded just one participation, and that was for only 16 minutes. Atromitos On 9 September 2021, Papadopoulos returned to Super League Greece, by signing a season-long contract with Atromitos F.C. for an undisclosed fee. FC U Craiova 1948 On 23 July 2022, Papadopoulos joined FC U Craiova 1948 a Romanian professional football club based in Craiova, Dolj County, which competes in the Liga I on a two years contract for an undisclosed fee. On 21 January 2023, he mutually solved his contarct with the club, as his last official game was in October 2022. Lamia FC On 15 February 2023, Papadopoulos returned to Super League Greece, by signing a season-long contract with Lamia FC for an undisclosed fee. International career Papadopoulos was called up to the under-19 Greece national team for the Elite round of the 2007 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. He appeared in all three group games against Moldova, Netherlands and Russia, helping Greece finish top and qualify for the finals. Papadopoulos later featured at the heart of the Greek defence in the finals tournament and was partners with teammate Konstantinos Lambropoulos. He was instrumental in keeping a clean sheet against the Czech Republic, as well as strong performances against England and Italy. His performances attracted attention from scouts of elite teams such as Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea. He was the youngest player in the tournament by 13 months and the teams were impressed with the defender's maturity while in a competition. Also, he was one of the ten most talented players in Europe as considered by UEFA in their UEFA Under-19 Team of the Tournament. He finished an excellent season with Schalke when, on 4 June 2011, the then-Greece head coach, Fernando Santos, called up Papadopoulos for a rookie spot on the team for a match against Malta. Due to an injured Avraam Papadopoulos and Sokratis Papastathopoulos being unable play, he took their place in