[2] He graduated from the 8th high school of Heraklion and since he lives in Athens studying[4] at the National and Kapodistrian University, at the faculty of sciences of physical activities and sports.

At 14 years old he was promoted to the first team, playing at the 1st regional division of Heraklion (at the time representing the 5th tier in Greek football) for 2 seasons.

For his first season (2010-2011) he had played every match of the first round but in 5/1/2011 he injured his right knee (anterior cruciate ligament lesion with medial meniscus partial rupture) which cost him his absence for the rest of the championship with the exception of a few matches at the end.

He came in contact with a big number of clubs including professional ones and decided to compete for Moschato playing at the 1st regional division of Piraeus (actually 4th tier of Greek football).

[8] He played for the Heraklion XI team[1][9][10] from age 12 until he became 16 without missing a game, with an average of 4 goals and 5 assists per season.