George Koumantarakis
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| George Koumantarakis | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Georgios Koumantarakis | |
| Date of birth | March 27, 1974 | |
| Place of birth | Athens, Greece | |
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1992-1994 1994-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2002 2002-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 |
AmaZulu Manning Rangers Supersport Utd Luzern Basel Preston Rot-Weiß Erfurt Greuther Fürth Career Totals |
0 (0) 28 (12) 14 (6) 28 (9) 84 (26) 17 (4) 6 (2) 0 (0) 177 (59) |
| National team | ||
| 1997-2004 |  South Africa |
13 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Georgios "George" Koumantarakis (born March 27, 1974 in Athens, Greece) is a retired South African football player of Greek descent. He was born in Athens, Greece but grew up in Durban, South Africa.
He played for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League and UEFA Champions League and for the South Africa national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
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[edit] Club career
George Koumantarakis started out at South African team AmaZulu F.C. in 1992. He left the club two years later, however, to join Manning Rangers where he won the South African title. Again, he spent only a short time at the club and joined one of South Africa's most successful teams, Supersport United FC, in 1996. He was a success at Supersport and his big move to Europe came in 1998 when he signed for Swiss club FC Luzern. He didn't score an amazing amount of goals during his time at Luzern but still did enough to impress Christian Gross, manager of Swiss giants FC Basel. He spent the next three seasons at Basel, playing over 80 games and scoring 26 goals. His period at Basel was undoubtably the best of his career, winning national titles and playing in European competitions. A move to England was on the cards next for Koumantarakis, signing for Championship outfit Preston North End in 2002. He was a big signing for Preston but failed to live up to expectations and was sometimes booed by his own fans. He left Preston for German club Rot-Weiß Erfurt in the 2004/05 season but his time there was plagued by injury and he only played a handful of games. Erfurt released Koumantarakis at the end of the season and he signed for SpVgg Greuther Fürth. He retired without playing a game for Fürth after failing to overcome his persistent knee injury.
[edit] International career
George Koumantarakis played for the South Africa national football team from 1997 until injury started to plague his career in 2004. He made his international debut against DR Congo on the 6th April 1997. The high point of his international career was playing at the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea & Japan where he made a substitute appearance in all three of South Africa's group matches.
[edit] Honours and Awards
[edit] Team Awards
- Premier Soccer League: 1995
Swiss Cup: 2002- Swiss Super League: 2002
[edit] Individual Awards
- Premier Soccer League Top Goal-Scorer: 1997
- Premier Soccer League Best 11: 1997
[edit] References
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