Ioannis Pittas

Ioannis Pittas (Ιωάννης Πίττας; born 10 July 1996) is a Cypriot footballer who plays as a forward for Swedish Allsvenskan club AIK and the Cyprus national team.

AIK
On 30 June 2023, Pittas was signed by AIK, where he signed a contract until 30 November 2025. According to some information, AIK paid 800,000 euros for the player's signature.

Pittas scored his first goal for the club in his debut when the team played 1–1 away against Kalmar FF. On 24 September 2023, Pittas became a big derby hero for AIK when he scored both goals in a 2–0 win against arch-rivals Djurgårdens IF at Friends Arena. In the final round of Allsvenskan 2023, Pittas scored a hat-trick in 14 minutes against IFK Värnamo, securing AIK's contract in the league for the 2024 season. Pittas ended the season as internal top scorer with 9 goals in 13 Allsvenskan matches, despite the fact that he played fewer matches then the runner-up Rui Modesto with 6 goals.



On 5 May 2024, Pittas recorded 2 goals and 2 assists in a 6–2 win over IFK Norrköping at Friends Arena.

International career
He made his Cyprus national football team debut on 8 June 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Scotland, as an 80th-minute substitute for Andreas Makris.

International goals

 * Scores and results list Cyprus's goal tally first.

Honours

 * Apollon Limassol
 * Cypriot First Division: 2021–22
 * Cypriot Cup: (2) 2015–16, 2016–17
 * Cypriot Super Cup: (3) 2016, 2017, 2022

Individual

 * Cypriot First Division Top scorer: 2022–23

Personal life
He is the son of former Apollon Limassol and Cyprus international defender Pambos Pittas.