Giannis Arabatzis

Giannis Arabatzis
Personal information
Full name Ioannis Arabatzis
Date of birth (1984-05-28) 28 May 1984[1]
Place of birth Makrochori, Veria, Greece
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position Goalkeeper
Youth career
Enosi Apostolou Pavlou
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2013 AEK Athens 49 (0)
2013–2014 Ermis Aradippou 31 (0)
2014–2015 Astra Giurgiu 0 (0)
2015–2017 Kerkyra 10 (0)
2017–2019 Ermis Aradippou 46 (0)
2019–2020 Agios Nikolaos
2020–2021 Kalamata 1 (0)
2021–2022 Nea Artaki
2022 Charavgiakos
2022–2024 Agia Paraskevi
International career
2001–2003 Greece U19 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 November 2024

Giannis Arabatzis (Greek: Γιάννης Αραμπατζής; born 28 May 1984) is a Greek professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

AEK Athens

Arabatzis began his professional career at AEK Athens. He made his debut under Dušan Bajević in the derby against Panathinaikos. After his impressive performances, Arabatzis has earned himself a spot in the AEK starting line-up after five years on the bench forcing Sebastian Saja as second choice. In 2011, he was the first choice for the position of goalkeeper, leaving Dimitrios Konstantopoulos out of the first eleven. Moreover, he was given the MVP award for his performance against Ergotelis. After the departure of Nikolaos Georgeas, Arabatzis became the eldest player of the team having completed ten years in the team.[3]

In 2013 AEK Athens were relegated to the third division and thus his contract with the club was terminated.

Ermis Aradippou

On 21 August 2013 Arabatzis signed one-year deal with the Cypriot First Division side, Ermis Aradippou.[4] With his performances he helped the team to participate in the next season's UEFA Europa League Play-Offs.

Astra Giurgiu

On 23 July 2014 Arabatzis signed a one-year contract with Astra Giurgiu.[5]

Kerkyra

After an unstable season in Romania, Arabatzis returned to Greece and signed one-year contract with Kerkyra in Football League (Greece Second Division). After some attractive performances he helped Kerkyra to get the promotion in the Super League Greece and thus the club renewed his contract for another year.

Second Spell to Ermis Aradippou

On 15 September 2017, he returned to his former club Ermis Aradippou.[6]

Agios Nikolaos

On 29 October 2019, Arabatzis joined Agios Nikolaos.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 March 2019
Club Season League Cup Continental[A] Others[B] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
AEK Athens 2007–08 1 0 0 0 0 0 – – 1 0
2008–09 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
2009–10 10 0 0 0 0 0 – – 10 0
2010–11 9 0 1 0 2 0 – – 12 0
2011–12 21 0 2 0 4 0 – – 27 0
2012–13 8 0 2 0 – – – – 10 0
Total 49 0 5 0 6 0 0 0 60 0
Ermis Aradippou 2013–14 31 0 5 0 - - - - 36 0
Total 31 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 36 0
Astra Giurgiu 2014–15 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Kerkyra 2015–16 7 0 3 0 - - - - 10 0
2016–17 3 0 3 0 - - - - 6 0
Total 10 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
Ermis Aradippou 2017–18 31 0 2 0 - - – – 33 0
2018–19 16 0 1 0 - - – – 17 0
Total 47 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 50 0
Career total 137 0 20 0 6 0 0 0 163 0

Honours

AEK Athens

References

  1. ^ "Giannis Arabatzis". UEFA. Archived from the original on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Giannis Arabatzis". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  3. ^ ""MVP Supporters Club", 18/09/2011 - Giannis Arabatzis". Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Στον Ερμη ο Αραμπατζής". ant1.com.cy (in Greek). Online. 20 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Grecii Giannis Arabatzis si Vasileios Pliatsikas au semnat cu Astra Giurgiu". romaniansoccer.ro. 23 July 2014.
  6. ^ "Επέστρεψε στον Ερμή Αραδίππου ο Γιάννης Αραμπατζής". sdna.gr. 15 September 2017.
  7. ^ Επιστρέφει στην Ελλάδα για λογαριασμό του ΑΟΑΝ ο Γιάννης ..., sportsup.gr, 29 October 2019
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