Nikodimos "Nikki" Papavasiliou (Greek: Νικόδημος Παπαβασιλείου; born 31 August 1970) is a Cypriot football manager and former international midfielder.
Papavasiliou began his pro football career in 1988 with Greek Alpha Ethniki club OFI, having arrived from England nd the youth teams of Oldham Athletic and Arsenal.
In August 1993, Papavasiliou was transferred to Newcastle United for £120,000 signing a two-year contract and thus becoming the first Cypriot to play in the FA Premier League.
In 2000, Papavasiliou was acquired by Anorthosis Famagusta, but after playing with them through the 2000–01 season, he was subsequently loaned out to Enosis Neon Paralimni and Olympiakos Nicosia.
He left the club in the summer of 2010 and spent the next six months managing Doxa Katokopia until January 2011, and then one year at Enosis Neon Paralimni, whom he led to an all-time best fifth-place finish in the First Division in 2011.
[8] In September 2012, Papavasiliou reached an agreement with Apollon Limassol, for whom he had played from 1996 to 2000, and mutually terminated his contract with Olympiakos to complete the move.