 He began playing football for APOEL youth team in 1949 and one year later he became a member of the senior squad.Scoring two goals for his team in the Cypriot Cup final in 1951 against EPA Larnaca, APOEL won the final 7-0 (a record in a Cypriot Cup final until today) and he won the first trophy in his career.In 1952, he helped his team to win the Cypriot Championship and then, as the first professional Cypriot player he played football in England with Bristol City for one year and he also played for the representative team of London.