# Vasilios Papafotis

Vasilios Papafotis (Greek: Βασίλειος Παπαφώτης; born 10 August 1995) is a Cypriot professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for AEL Limassol.

## Career
### APOEL

Papafotis is a product of APOEL Academies. He signed his first professional contract with APOEL on 3 December 2013 and made his official debut on 19 December 2013, playing for 60 minutes in a Cypriot Cup match against Digenis Oroklinis. Three days later, on 22 December 2013, he made his league debut, coming on as a substitute in APOEL's 3–0 away win against Enosis Neon Paralimni.
During his first two seasons at APOEL, Papafotis celebrated two consecutive doubles, as the club won both the 2013–14 and 2014–15 season's championship and cup. After the end of the 2015–16 season, in which he crowned champion for a third time in the row, Papafotis signed a new two-year contract extension with APOEL.

### AEL

On 17 July 2018, Superleague club AEL officially announced the signing of Papafotis on a three-year deal. Papafotis left the club after just 10 days of being with the team, after a mutual contract dissolvement agreement.

### Doxa Katokopias

Papafotis joined Doxa on 27 July 2018 as a free transfer and stayed with the club for 3 years before moving to AEL Limassol.

### AEL Limassol

On 20 July 2020, Papafotis signed a three-year contract with AEL Limassol. Vasilis renewed with AEL Limassol for another 2 years on 20 June 2023, with his contract expiring in the summer of 2025.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of 20 May 2017
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| APOEL | 2013–14 | Cypriot First Division | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| APOEL | 2014–15 | Cypriot First Division | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| APOEL | 2015–16 | Cypriot First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| APOEL | 2016–17 | Cypriot First Division | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| APOEL | Total | Total | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Doxa | 2017–18 | Cypriot First Division | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 |
| Doxa | 2018–19 | Cypriot First Division | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 |
| Doxa | 2019–20 | Cypriot First Division | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 |
| Doxa | Total | Total | 75 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 11 |
| AEL | 2020–21 | Cypriot First Division | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
| AEL | 2021–22 | Cypriot First Division | 23 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| AEL | 2022–23 | Cypriot First Division | 31 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 |
| AEL | 2023–24 | Cypriot First Division | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| AEL | Total | Total | 85 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 7 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 171 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 192 | 18 |
* ↑ Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches.
* ↑ Includes Cypriot Super Cup matches.

## Honours
### APOEL

* Cypriot First Division (4): 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
* Cypriot Cup (2): 2013–14, 2014–15