Georgios Theodoridis (footballer, born 1973)

Giorgos Theodoridis
Personal information
Full name Georgios Theodoridis
Date of birth (1973-07-08) 8 July 1973[1]
Place of birth Naousa, Greece[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position Defender
Youth career
–1991 Doxa Markochori
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1997 AEK Athens 2 (0)
1992–1993Pierikos (loan) 9[a] (0[a])
1993–1995Edessaikos (loan) 43 (2)
1996–1997Edessaikos (loan) 19 (0)
1997–1998 Doxa Vyronas
1998–1999 Aris 3 (0)
1999 Panelefsiniakos 13 (0)
1999–2000 Nafpaktiakos Asteras
2000–2001 Veria
International career
1990–1991 Greece U19 (1)
1994–1995 Greece U21 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Georgios Theodoridis (Greek: Γεώργιος Θεοδωρίδης; born 8 July 1973) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as defender.

Club career

Theodoridis grew up in Veria and began his involvement with football at Doxa Markochori, that competed in the fourth division. In the summer of 1991 he was transferred to AEK Athens[2] for a fee of 5.7 million drachmas.[3] He was used as a substitute, since it was very difficult to earn a regular spot to the starting line up at the time. At the end of the season AEK won the Championship.[4] In the middle of the following season he was loaned for a year to Pierikos.[5] After his loan ended in December 1993, he was immediately re-loaned to Edessaikos, until the end of the season.[6] There, he became a regular and in the summer of 1994 he renewed his loan for another season.[7] He returned to AEK in the following season staying with the team for another year, but again was not able to establish himself in the main squad. He was part of the team the won the Cup in 1996.[8] In the following season he was loaned again to Edessaikos for another year and in the summer of 1997 left the yellow-blacks and was transferred to Doxa Vyronas.[9] He stayed for a season at the club of Vyronas, before moving to Aris. In December 1999 he left the club of Thessaloniki and moved to Panelefsiniakos, where he spent the rest of the season. In the summer of 1999 he joined Nafpaktiakos Asteras, where he played for season. Afterwards he joined Veria, where he ended his professional career in 2001.[10][11]

International career

Theodoridis was member of the squad of Greece U19 that played in the qualifiers of the 1992 UEFA European Under-18 Championship. He also earned two caps with Greece U21, between 1994 and 1995.[12]

After football

Theodoridis lives in Veria, where he has an OPAP agency.[10]

a. ^ Does not include 2nd division stats.

Honours

AEK Athens[4][8]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Γιώργος Θεοδωρίδης". football.aek.com.
  2. ^ Κώστας Πιτσιδόπουλος (7 July 1991). "Ο Δημητριάδης". Athletic Echo (in Greek). p. 8.
  3. ^ Μ. Καραμολέγκος (20 July 1991). "Η ΑΕΚ ξόδεψε 464 εκ. στις μεταγραφές...". Athletic Echo (in Greek). p. 8.
  4. ^ a b "Greece 1991/92". RSSSF.
  5. ^ "Πήρε Θεοδωρίδη μετά τον Αδάμου ο Πιερικός". Athletic Echo (in Greek). 28 November 1992. p. 10.
  6. ^ "Ο Θεοδωρίδης στην Έδεσσα". Athletic Echo (in Greek). 3 December 1993. p. 10.
  7. ^ "Έμεινε ο Θεοδωρίδης". Athletic Echo (in Greek). 26 July 1994. p. 5.
  8. ^ a b "Greece 1995/96". RSSSF.
  9. ^ Ε. Γκ. (1 August 1997). "Ο Θεοδωρίδης στη Δόξα Βύρ". Athletic Echo (in Greek). p. 29.
  10. ^ a b "Γιώργος Θεοδωρίδης". aekpedia.com.
  11. ^ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΥ, ΑΚΗΣ (9 October 2014). "Από το γκαζόν στα κάγκελα της εξέδρας". contra.gr.
  12. ^ "Greece - Germany 1:0 (U21 Friendlies 1994, May)". worldfootball.net.