Georgios Georgiadis (footballer)

Not to be confused with Georgios Savas Georgiadis (his teammate at Panathinaikos) or Giorgos Georgiadis (footballer born 1987)

Georgios Georgiadis

Personal information
Full name	Georgios Charalambous Georgiadis
Date of birth	(1972-03-08) 8 March 1972
Place of birth	Kavala, Greece
Height
Position(s)	Right Winger
Team information
Current team	Veria (Manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1993	Doxa Drama	55	(10)
1992–1998	Panathinaikos	176	(60)
1998–1999	Newcastle United	10	(1)
1999–2003	PAOK	105	(42)
2003–2005	Olympiacos	44	(9)
2005–2006	Iraklis	36	(6)
2007–2008	PAOK	38	(3)
Total		464	(132)
International career
1993–2004	Greece	61	(11)
Managerial career
2009–2011	Greece U21
2013	PAOK (Ιnterim)
2013–2014	PAOK (Assistant Manager)
2014	PAOK (Ιnterim)
2015	PAOK (Ιnterim)
2015–	Veria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Georgios Georgiadis (Greek: Γιώργος Χ. Γεωργιάδης, born 8 March 1972) is a former Greek footballer, now a football coach. He made 61 appearances for the Greek national team, and played for several Greek clubs including Panathinaikos FC and two spells at PAOK Thessaloniki FC. He was also signed by the English club Newcastle for a season. After retiring in 2008 he coached the Greece U21 side, and is now manager of Veria.

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 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. It was in the FA Cup that Georgiadis scored his only Newcastle goal, in the 4–1 win over Everton.

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 the UEFA 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.He retired in the 2007–08 season with PAOK.

He has been capped 61 times and has scored 11 goals for Greece. He won three Greek First Division with Panathinaikos and Olympiakos and six Greek Cups with Panathinaikos, Olympiakos and PAOK.

Coaching career

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 successfully steering them to a 1st-place finish in the Super League playoffs. On March 2014, was appointed, for once more, caretaker manager for PAOK in place of Huub Stevens.

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

Career statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Greece			League		Greek Cup		Europe		Total
1990-91	Doxa Drama	Alpha Ethniki	10	5	-	-	-	-	10	5
1991-92			31	5	-	-	-	-	31	5
1992-93			13	4	-	-	-	-	13	4
1992-93	Panathinaikos	Alpha Ethniki	21	4	-	-	-	-	21	4
1992-93			31	6	-	-	4	2	35	8
1994-95			31	10	-	-	4	0	35	10
1995-96			31	10	-	-	8	1	39	11
1996-97			32	9	-	-	2	1	34	10
1997-98			32	21	-	-	-	-	32	21
England			League		FA Cup		Europe		Total
1998-99	Newcastle	Premier League	10	0	2	1	-	-	12	1
Greece			League		Greek Cup		Europe		Total
1999-2000	PAOK	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
2003-04	Olympiakos	Alpha Ethniki	28	6	7	3	6	0	41	9
2004-05			-	-	-	-	5	0	-	-
2005-06	Iraklis	Alpha Ethniki	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006-07			14	1	-	-	2	0	16	1
2006-07	PAOK	Alpha Ethniki	13	1	-	-	-	-	13	1
2007-08			25	2	-	-	-	-	25	2
Country	Greece		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	England		10	0	2	1	-	-	12	1
	Career total		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Honours

Panathinaikos

• Greek Championship: 1995, 1996
• Greek Cup: 1994, 1995, 1996
• Greek Super Cup: 1993, 1994

PAOK Thessaloniki FC

• Greek Cup: 2001, 2003

Olympiacos

• Greek Championship: 2005
• Greek Cup: 2005
• Greek Cup: 2004 Silver medal

Greece

• European Championship: 2004

Individual

• Greek Footballer of the Year: 1995

Panathinaikos

• Greek Cup: Runners up 1996–97

Panathinaikos

• Greek Cup: Runners up 1997–98

Newcastle United

• FA Cup Runners up 1998–99