Georgios Georgiadis (footballer, born 1972)

Georgios Georgiadis
Personal information
Full name	Georgios Charalambous Georgiadis
Date of birth	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
1990–1992	Doxa Drama
1992–1998	Panathinaikos
1998–1999	Newcastle United
1999–2003	PAOK
2003–2005	Olympiacos
2005–2007	Iraklis
2007–2008	PAOK
Total
International career
1993–2004	Greece
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
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

Playing career edit

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 FC 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 season with Iraklis, Georgiadis left the club as a free transfer to PAOK FC 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 edit

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. In March 2014, was appointed, for once more, caretaker manager for PAOK in place of Huub Stevens.^[5] In March 2015, was appointed, for once more, caretaker manager for PAOK in place of Angelos Anastasiadis.

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

On 5 September 2016, he was appointed Trikala F.C. manager.

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

Career statistics edit

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[7]
Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	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	Alpha Ethniki	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	Alpha Ethniki	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	Alpha Ethniki	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 edit

As of 16 January 2017

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	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