Early career Efrem was born in
Limassol and began his career as a 15-year-old with
Arsenal in 2004; he was a regular in their
reserve and youth sides. However, he was unable to break into the first team, and so moved to
Rangers in May 2007. He soon became a regular in the reserve team and was loaned out to
Scottish First Division side
Dundee to gain some first team experience on 1 February 2009. Efrem scored on his debut against
Livingston a week later. He was released on 1 June 2009 by Rangers and signed with
Omonia.
Omonia Efrem had an excellent start with his new club in season 2009–10, leading Omonia to its
20th championship. In the same year,
Cyprus Football Association awarded Efrem the
Best Youth Player Award for the 2009–10 season. During his five-year spell with Omonia, he managed to win one
championship, two
Cups and two
Super Cups. He also appeared in 134
league matches and scored 25 goals.
APOEL On 6 June 2014, Efrem signed a three-year contract with
APOEL. He made his APOEL debut against
HJK Helsinki at
Sonera Stadium on 30 July 2014, in a 2–2 first leg draw for the
third qualifying round of the
2014–15 UEFA Champions League. He scored his first official goal with APOEL on 30 November 2014, netting the only goal in APOEL's 1–0 win against his former team
Omonia for the
Cypriot First Division. Efrem also appeared in five
group stage matches in APOEL's
2014–15 UEFA Champions League campaign. On 20 May 2015, Efrem scored two goals in APOEL's 4–2
Cypriot Cup final triumph over
AEL Limassol to win his first trophy with APOEL. Four days later, Efrem celebrated the
double with APOEL, as his team beat 4–2
Ermis Aradippou and secured their third consecutive
championship title. Efrem received the best player of the
2015–16 Cypriot First Division Award by
Cyprus Football Association, as he appeared in 24 league matches and scored 11 goals during 2015–16 season, breaking his previous personal scoring record in a single season. The next season, he scored three times in APOEL's impressive run to the
last 16 of the
2016–17 UEFA Europa League, opening the score in the away matches against
Young Boys and
FC Astana for the
group stage and against
Athletic Bilbao at
San Mamés for the
round of 32 of the competition. On 17 January 2017, Efrem signed a four-year contract extension with APOEL, running until 31 May 2021. ==International career==