| Georgios Georgiadis | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Georgios Georgiadis | |
| Date of birth | March 8, 1972 | |
| Place of birth | ||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |
| Playing position | Forward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | PAOK FC | |
| Number | 11 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| {{{years}}} | Doxa Drama Panathinaikos Newcastle PAOK FC Olympiakos Iraklis PAOK FC |
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| National team2 | ||
| Greece | 23 (8) | |
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Georgios Georgiadis (Greek: Γιώργος Χ. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Γεωργιάδης) is a former Greek football (soccer) player who last played for PAOK Thessaloniki FC. PAOK FC (ΠΑΟΚ - Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινουπολιτών - Panthessalonikios Athlitikos Omilos Konstantinoupoliton Born in Kavala, Greece, on March 8, 1972, his family, soon after his birth, left for Stuttgart, Germany, where young Giorgos first learned to play football. Kavala (Καβάλα is the second largest city in northern Greece, the principal Seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala prefecture Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stuttgart (ˈʃtʊtgaɐ̯t is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. 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. The Super League Greece (Σούπερ Λίγκα Ελλάδα founded in 2006 is the highest professional football league in Greece. Doxa Dramas FC ( Greek: Δόξα Δράμας the Glory of Drama, is a football club based in the city of Drama, Greece.
He transferred to powerhouse Panathinaikos and played for the Athens greens from the 1993 until the 1998 season. Panathinaikos Panathinaikos FC (ΠΑΕ Παναθηναϊκός also known as P Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's Alpha Ethniki 1993-94 complete season Standings Match table Alpha Ethniki 1997-98 complete season Standings Match table 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. The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs Newcastle United Football Club (also known as The Magpies or The Toon) is an English football club based in Newcastle upon Nikolaos "Nikos" Dabizas (born 3 August, 1973 in Ptolemaida) is a Greek professional footballer and former Newcastle St James' Park is an All-seater stadium in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom. During that year, Newcastle United made it to the FA Cup Final but lost out to Manchester United.
Georgiadis returned to Greece to play for PAOK Thessaloniki FC from 2000 until 2003 before transferring to Olympiakos. PAOK FC (ΠΑΟΚ - Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινουπολιτών - Panthessalonikios Athlitikos Omilos Konstantinoupoliton Alpha Ethniki 1999-00 complete season Standings Match table Final standings Olympiakos - Panathinaikos match The football game that decided the champion in Greece in 2003 See also Olympiacos CFP Olympiacos FC (ΠΑΕ Ολυμπιακός also known as simply Olympiacos, Olympiacos Piraeus or with its full name
Georgiadis was also a member of the Greece squad that won Euro 2004. The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship (or just Euro 2004) was the twelfth edition of the UEFA European Football Championship, a quadrennial football
He was released by Olympiakos after the 2005 season and was signed up by Iraklis Thessaloniki. League standings See also GS Iraklis Thessaloniki Iraklis Thessaloniki FC (also known as Iraklis or The Old one is a Greek football club from Thessaloniki, Macedonia After one and a half season with Iraklis, Georgiadis left the club as a free transfer to PAOK FC in January 2007.
So far, he has been capped 61 times and has scored 11 goals for Greece. He won two Greek First Division with Panathinaikos (1995, 1996), Olympiakos (2005) and two Greek Cups with PAOK (2001, 2003).
His cousin James, an Australian resident, is currently the assistant coach of the under 18 Sutherland Sharks football club.
He retired in the 2007-2008 season with PAOK . On the 5th of May it was announced that Georgiadis was appointed as a scout at his former club, PAOK Thessaloniki FC. PAOK FC (ΠΑΟΚ - Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινουπολιτών - Panthessalonikios Athlitikos Omilos Konstantinoupoliton
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