Georgios Georgiadis (footballer)

Not to be confused with Georgios Savas Georgiadis (his teammate at Panathinaikos) or Giorgos Georgiadis (footballer born 1987)
Georgios Georgiadis
Personal information
Full name Georgios Charalambous Georgiadis[1][2]
Date of birth (1972-03-08) 8 March 1972
Place of birth Kavala, Greece
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Right Winger
Club information
Current team
Veria (Manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1993 Doxa Drama 55 (10)
1993–1998 Panathinaikos 176 (60)
1998–1999 Newcastle United 10 (0)
1999–2003 PAOK 105 (42)
2003–2005 Olympiacos 44 (9)
2005–2007 Iraklis 36 (6)
2006–2008 PAOK 38 (3)
Total 464 (132)
National team
1993–2004 Greece 61 (11)
Teams managed
2009–2011 Greece U21
2013 PAOK (Ιnterim)
2013–2014 PAOK (Assistant Manager)
2014 PAOK (Ιnterim)
2015 PAOK (Ιnterim)
2015–2016 Veria
2016– Trikala

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Georgios Georgiadis (Greek: Γιώργος Χ. Γεωργιάδης,[2] born 8 March 1972) is a former Greek footballer, now a football coach. He made 61 appearances for the Greek national team, and played for several Greek clubs including Panathinaikos FC and two spells at PAOK Thessaloniki FC. He was also signed by the English club Newcastle for a season. After retiring in 2008 he coached the Greece U21 side, and is now manager of Trikala.

Career

Born in Kavala, Greece, Georgiadis' family, soon after his birth, left for Stuttgart, Germany, where young Giorgos first learned to play football. He returned to Greece, as a teenager and signed up for amateur side Keravnos Krinides. Soon he was discovered by Alpha Ethniki club Doxa Drama who signed him at age 17.

He transferred to powerhouse Panathinaikos and played for the Athens greens from the 1993 until the 1998 season. He was member of the squad who reached the Champions League semi finals in 1995–96. His exposure to European football brought an offer from English Premiership side, Newcastle United, for £420,000 and Georgiadis joined fellow Greek Nikos Dabizas at Saint James Park in the 1999 season. During that year, Newcastle United made it to the FA Cup Final but lost out to Manchester United. It was in the FA Cup that Georgiadis scored his only Newcastle goal, in the 4–1 win over Everton.[3]

Georgiadis returned to Greece to play for PAOK Thessaloniki FC from 2000 until 2003 before transferring to Olympiakos. Georgiadis was also a member of the Greece squad that won the UEFA Euro 2004. He was released by Olympiakos after the 2005 season and was signed up by Iraklis Thessaloniki. After one and a half season with Iraklis, Georgiadis left the club as a free transfer to PAOK FC in January 2007.He retired in the 2007–08 season with PAOK.

He has been capped 61 times and has scored 11 goals for Greece. He won three Greek First Division with Panathinaikos and Olympiakos and six Greek Cups with Panathinaikos, Olympiakos and PAOK.

Coaching career

On 5 May it was announced that Georgiadis was appointed as a scout at his former club. Georgios Georgiadis after was called up to coach the Greece U21, after the previous coach Nikos Nioplias was named to coach Panathinaikos FC. In May 2013, Georgiadis was appointed caretaker manager for PAOK in place of Giorgos Donis [4] successfully steering them to a 1st-place finish in the Super League playoffs. On March 2014, was appointed, for once more, caretaker manager for PAOK in place of Huub Stevens.[5]

On 18 June 2015, he was appointed as Veria F.C. manager.

Career statistics

[6]

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Greece League Greek Cup Europe Total
1990-91Doxa DramaAlpha Ethniki105----105
1991-92315----315
1992-93134----134
1992-93PanathinaikosAlpha Ethniki214----214
1992-93316--42358
1994-953110--403510
1995-963110--813911
1996-97329--213410
1997-983221----3221
England League FA Cup Europe Total
1998-99NewcastlePremier League10021--121
Greece League Greek Cup Europe Total
1999-2000PAOKAlpha Ethniki2654222329
2000-01268116203914
2001-02251552603617
2002-03281493614318
2003-04OlympiakosAlpha Ethniki2867360419
2004-05----50--
2005-06IraklisAlpha Ethniki--------
2006-07141--20161
2006-07PAOKAlpha Ethniki131----131
2007-08252----252
Country Greece --------
England 10021--121
Career total --------

Honours

Panathinaikos

PAOK Thessaloniki FC

Olympiacos

Greece

Individual

Panathinaikos

Panathinaikos

Newcastle United

References

  1. "Georgiadis, Georgios Charalambous". Kicker.de. Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 Also known as Georgios Georgiadis of Charalambous (Γιώργος Γεωργιάδης του Χαραλάμπους).
    In English his name has been written as either Georgios H Geordiadis or Georgios C Geordiadis, to differentiate him from a different player, Georgios S (Savas) Geordiadis, who played from 1993 to 2005. The two players were teammates at Panathinaikos from 1993 to 1998.
  3. Turnbull, Simon (7 March 1999). "Geordie hero has Georgia in mind". London: The Independent. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
  4. Γεωργιάδης αντί Δώνη στον ΠΑΟΚ, www.epiloges.gr
  5. Στον πάγκο του ΠΑΟΚ ο Γιώργος Γεωργιάδης, www.agelioforos.gr
  6. Georgios Georgiadis at National-Football-Teams.com
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