Georgios Koltsidas

Georgios Koltsidas
Personal information
Full name Georgios Koltsidas
Date of birth (1970-09-23) 23 September 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Trikala, Greece
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1986–1988 PO Fiki
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1992 Trikala 84 (1)
1992–1996 Aris 90 (2)
1996–1997 AEL 18 (1)
1997–2008 Aris 213 (7)
Total 405 (11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Georgios Koltsidas (Greek: Γεώργιος Κολτσίδας; born 23 September 1970) is a retired football player, who played as a defender and was known for his strong tackles.[1] He is currently the general director of Aris.[2]

He started his career with Trikala and joined Aris in July 1992,[3] where he spent the majority of his career – except for a brief one-year spell at Larissa. He retired at the end of the 2007–08 season.[4]

He was a member of the Greece national under-21 football team which won the gold medal at the 1991 Mediterranean Games.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Panoutsos, Antonis (8 April 2001). "Η εβδομάδα (The week in sports)". To Vima (in Greek).
  2. ^ "Εκοψε πίτα ο Αρης (Aris cut the vasilopita)" (in Greek). novasports.gr. 12 February 2012.
  3. ^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (21 March 2004). "Greece 1992/93". RSSSF.
  4. ^ ""Αξίζεις να σηκώσεις το Κύπελλο" ("You deserve to lift the Cup")" (in Greek). Exedra Sports. 29 April 2008.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Giorgos Koltsidas" (in Greek). sport.gr. May 2003. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  6. ^ "Σαν σήμερα, 12/7/2010 (On this day, 12/7/2010)" (in Greek). Express. 12 July 2010. "1991: η Ελλάδα κατακτά το χρυσό στο ποδόσφαιρο στους Μεσογειακούς Αγώνες νικώντας την Τουρκία με 3-1 στο ΟΑΚΑ." ("1991: Greece wins the gold medal in football at the Mediterranean Games, beating Turkey 3-1 at OACA"