Apostolos "Paul" Giannou^[2] (born 25 January 1990 in Naousa, Greece) is an Australian-Greek footballer who is on loan to Ethnikos Piräus from AO Kavala until July, 2010^[3].

Giannou played football in the junior divisions of Oakleigh Cannons and South Melbourne. He went on to represent his State, Victoria, at the ages of 14 and 15 and eventually earned a position in the Victorian Institute of Sport's Football Academy. He played for Melbourne Victory in pre-season matches prior to the 2006/07 A-League season with a view to be taken on in an apprenticeship capacity. However he was invited on a 2 week trial with PSV Eindhoven with the Academy and Reserve team, but was alerted that if thing's did not work out in Holland he would have a place in Melbourne's first team.^[4][5] Ultimately the stint at PSV proved unsuccessful and he returned to Australia and signed for six months with Victorian Premier League side Oakleigh Cannons.

On June 2, 2007, Giannou debuted for Oakleigh when he was substituted onto the field in the 62nd minute in a 3-1 against Springvale White Eagles. He would only feature in a handful of games, scoring one goal in a 6-0 thrashing of Heidleberg United on July 13, 2007, before transferring to Greece^[6].

On August 29, 2007 he signed his first professional contract with Greece's Second Division side, Apollon Kalamarias, on a two-year deal.^[7] He played along side fellow Australian Andreas Govas. On December 21, 2008, Giannou scored his first goal for Apollon Kalamarias in a 3-1 loss against PAE AO Kerkyra^[8]. On March 2, Giannou scored in the 90th minute in a 1-0 win against ASK Olympiakos Volos^[9].

On July 24, 2009, Giannou signed a five-year contract for Greek Super League side AO Kavala for a transfer fee of £35.600^[10], along side fellow Australians, Robert Stambolziev and Zeljko Kalac^[11][12]. On Saturday November 21, 2009 Giannou debuted for Kavala when he was substituted on in the 79th minute and scored in the 88th minute to win the game 2-1 against AEK Athens^[13][14]. Giannou would feature in two more games, a 1-0 loss against Larissa on November 29 and a 1-0 loss against Ergotelis on December 7, before the end of 2009^[15][16]. By January, 2010, two other Australian's had signed to Kavala; Giannou would once again play with Andreas Govas, and also Australian International Craig Moore.

In January, 2010, he was loaned out to Greek Second Division side Ethnikos Piräus until July, 2010.

In 2006, Giannou represented Australia's Un-17 team at the team's unsuccessful AFC U-17 Championship 2006 Qualification, the qualifying tournament for AFC U-17 Championship 2006 and then the eventual 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Giannou scored once in Australia's last game against Indonesia.^[17] Giannou was in named in that squad along side Dean Bouzanis. Giannou was included in the Australua U-23 squad for a 2008 Olympic qualifier against Iran on May 16, 2007.

In 2008, Giannou represented Greece at the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, again with Dean Bouzanis. Under coach Alexis Alexiou, Giannou appeared twice in the tournament, being a substitute in a 1-1 draw against Italy and starting in a 3-0 loss against England, as Greece finished at the bottom of their group^{[18][19][20][21]}.

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