Georgios Georgiadis (footballer, born 1972)

Not to be confused with Georgios Savvas Georgiadis (his teammate at Panathinaikos) or Georgios Georgiadis (footballer, born 1987).

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

Georgios Georgiadis

Personal information
Full name	Georgios Charalambous Georgiadis[1][2]
Date of birth	(1972-03-08) 8 March 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	Kavala, Greece
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Right winger
Team information
Current team	PAOK Academy (Sporting Director)
Youth career
1987–1990	Keravnos Krinidon
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1992	Doxa Drama	77	(17)
1992–1998	Panathinaikos	176	(60)
1998–1999	Newcastle United	10	(0)
1999–2003	PAOK	105	(42)
2003–2005	Olympiacos	44	(9)
2005–2007	Iraklis	36	(6)
2007–2008	PAOK	38	(3)
Total		486	(137)
International career
1993–2004	Greece	61	(11)
Managerial career
2009–2010	Greece U19
2010–2012	Greece U21
2012–2013	PAOK (Sporting Director)
2013	PAOK (caretaker)
2013–2014	PAOK (Assistant Manager)
2014	PAOK (caretaker)
2015	PAOK (caretaker)
2015–2016	Veria
2016–2017	Trikala
2017–	PAOK Academy (Sporting Director)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Greece UEFA European Championship Winner 2004
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing 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 major club Panathinaikos and played for the Athens greens from the 1993–94 until the 1997–98 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 St 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 from 2000 until 2003 before transferring to Olympiacos. Georgiadis was also a member of the Greece squad that won the UEFA Euro 2004.

He was released by Olympiacos after the 2004–05 season and was signed up by Iraklis Thessaloniki. After one and a half seasons with Iraklis, Georgiadis left the club as a free transfer to PAOK in January 2007. On 1 July 2008, he retired from professional football as a player.

He was capped 61 times and has scored 11 goals for the Greece national team. He won three Greek First Division with Panathinaikos and Olympiacos and six Greek Cups with Panathinaikos, Olympiacos and PAOK.

Managerial career

On 5 May, it was announced that Georgiadis was appointed as a scout at his former club. Georgiadis after was called up to coach the Greece U21, after the previous coach Nikos Nioplias was named to coach Panathinaikos. In May 2013, Georgiadis was appointed caretaker manager for PAOK in place of Giorgos Donis^[4] successfully steering them to a first-place finish in the Super League playoffs. In March 2014, was appointed as caretaker manager of PAOK in place of Huub Stevens.^[5] In March 2015, he was appointed once again as caretaker manager for PAOK in place of Angelos Anastasiadis.

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

On 5 September 2016, he was appointed Trikala manager.

On 13 January 2018, he returned to PAOK after being appointed as a scout, working for Ľuboš Micheľ in finding young Greek talents.^[6]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[7]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Doxa Drama	1990–91	Alpha Ethniki	31	7			–		31	7
	1991–92		33	5			–		33	5
	1992–93		13	5			–		13	5
	Total		77	17
Panathinaikos	1992–93	Alpha Ethniki	21	4					21	4
	1993–94		31	6			4	2	35	8
	1994–95		30	10			4	0	35	10
	1995–96		31	10			8	1	39	11
	1996–97		31	9			2	1	34	10
	1997–98		32	21			–		32	21
	Total		176	60
Newcastle United	1998–99	Premier League	10	0	2	1	–		12	1
PAOK	1999–2000	Alpha Ethniki	26	5	4	2	2	2	32	9
	2000–01		26	8	11	6	2	0	39	14
	2001–02		25	15	5	2	6	0	36	17
	2002–03		28	14	9	3	6	1	43	18
	Total		105	42	29	13	16	3	150	58
Olympiacos	2003–04	Alpha Ethniki	28	6	7	3	6	0	41	9
	2004–05		16	3	0	0	5	0	21	3
	Total		44	9	7	3	11	0	62	12
Iraklis	2005–06	Alpha Ethniki	22	5	0	0	–		22	5
	2006–07		14	1	2	0	2	0	18	1
	Total		36	6	2	0	2	0	40	6
PAOK	2006–07	Alpha Ethniki	13	1	1	0	–		14	1
	2007–08		25	2	1	0	–		26	2
	Total		38	3	2	0	0	0	40	3
Career total			486	137	42	17	49	7	577	161

Managerial statistics

As of 16 January 2017

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Greece U-19	1 July 2009	30 June 2010	4	2	2	0	050.00
Greece U-21	21 January 2010	1 June 2012	19	10	2	7	052.63
PAOK	29 April 2013	14 June 2013	6	3	0	3	050.00
PAOK	3 March 2014	30 June 2014	16	8	4	4	050.00
PAOK	16 March 2015	30 June 2015	13	4	4	5	030.77
Veria	1 July 2015	19 January 2016	23	6	8	9	026.09
Trikala	5 September 2016	16 January 2017	13	5	4	4	038.46
Career totals			94	38	24	32	040.43

Honours

Panathinaikos

• Super League Greece: 1994–95, 1995–96
• Greek Cup: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95; runner-up: 1996–97, 1997–98
• Greek Super Cup: 1993, 1994

Newcastle United

• FA Cup runner-up: 1998–99

PAOK

• Greek Cup: 2000–01, 2002–03

Olympiacos

• Super League Greece: 2004–05
• Greek Cup: 2004–05; runner-up: 2003–04

Greece

• UEFA European Championship: 2004

Individual

• Greek Footballer of the Year: 1995

References

1. "Georgiadis, Georgios Charalambous". Kicker.de. Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
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". The Independent. London. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
4. "Γεωργιάδης αντί Δώνη στον ΠΑΟΚ, www.epiloges.gr". Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
5. Στον πάγκο του ΠΑΟΚ ο Γιώργος Γεωργιάδης, www.agelioforos.gr Archived 26 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
6. Η επιστροφή του Γεωργιάδη "ακουμπά" στον Μαυροπάνο, www.sport24.gr
7. "Giorgos X Georgiadis". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann.

External links

• Georgios Georgiadis coach profile at Soccerway