Georgios Georgiadis

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Georgios Georgiadis
Personal information
Full name	Georgios Georgiadis
Date of birth	March 8, 1972 (1972-03-08) (age 36)
Place of birth	Kavala, Greece
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
National team2
	Greece	23 (8)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of October 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Georgios Georgiadis (Greek: Γιώργος Χ. Γεωργιάδης) is a former Greek football (soccer) player who last played for PAOK Thessaloniki FC. 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. 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 powerhouse Panathinaikos and played for the Athens greens from the 1993 until the 1998 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 Saint James Park in the 1999 season. 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.

Georgiadis was also a member of the Greece squad that won Euro 2004.

He was released by Olympiakos after the 2005 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.

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.

[edit] Clubs

• 1992-1998 : Panathinaikos
• 1998-1999 : Newcastle United F.C.
• 1999-2003 : PAOK Thessaloniki FC
• 2003-2005 : Olympiacos
• 2005-2006 : Iraklis
• 2007-2008 : PAOK Thessaloniki FC

[edit] Honours

Panathinaikos

• Greek Championship: 1995, 1996
• Greek Cup: 1994, 1995

PAOK Thessaloniki FC

• Greek Cup: 2001, 2003

Olympiacos

• Greek Championship: 2005

Greece

• European Championship: 2004

Individual

• Greek Footballer of the Year: 1995

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