Charalambos Lykogiannis, born on 22 October 1993 (age 32), is a Greek left-back now with Bologna. The early part of his career was shaped by loan spells, the useful kind rather than the glamorous kind, giving him the senior minutes and defensive habits that young full-backs rarely get by waiting around.
His most productive league season came at Cagliari in 2020-2021, when he scored four goals in 31 appearances. That return tells part of the story: not a winger masquerading as a defender, but a full-back capable of contributing at the far end without making that the whole point of his game.
At Bologna, Lykogiannis has remained part of the first-team picture. In 2025-2026 he has made 18 appearances in all competitions, with 10 in Serie A, one in the Coppa Italia and seven in the Europa League, without scoring. His current market value is around £1.5m, according to Transfermarkt.
His career has settled into the shape of a reliable senior defender: developed through early loans, productive at Cagliari, and still involved at Bologna across domestic and European football.
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