London Greek Radio

Leyton Orient are pleased to confirm Under-18 defender Alex Solomon has been called-up by Cyprus U17’s.

The defender, who has made five appearances for their U18 team this season, will link up with the national team on September 16, facing Armenia in a warm-up game before undertaking their UEFA Under-17 European Championship qualifying campaign in late October.

Solomon looks to follow in the footsteps of O’s forward Ruel Sotiriou who has progressed through the Cyprus youth-team ranks, scoring for the U21 side against Netherlands this week and Hector Kyprianou.

Alex has been playing for various academies since 5 years old.

Alex who plays as a Centre back is the son of Dino and Christalla Solomon who are London born and his Paternal grandparents are from Ayios Athanassi, Limassol and his maternal grandparents from Famagusta.