Georgios Vaitsis

Georgios Vaitsis
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-08-01) 1 August 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Arta, Greece
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1985 Anagennisi Arta 53 (10)
1985–1987 Olympiacos 34 (8)
1988–1991 Panachaiki 109 (41)
1991–1994 Olympiacos 55 (9)
1994–1999 Panachaiki 151 (26)
1999–2000 Panelefsiniakos 22 (5)
2000–2002 Ethnikos Piraeus 41 (14)
2002 Agios Dimitrios 4 (0)
Total 469 (113)
International career
1992 Greece 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Georgios Vaitsis (Greek: Γεώργιος Βαΐτσης; born 1 August 1967) is a Greek former professional footballer. A powerful forward, he is mostly remembered for his headers and his shooting skills. Vaitsis played for Anagennisi Artas, Panachaiki and Olympiacos.

Statistics

Vaitsis had 139 First Division appearances for Panachaiki and scored 29 goals. He had one cap for the Greece national team.

His most celebrated and remembered goal was in the second round of the 1992–93 European Cup Winners Cup, when he scored the winner for Olympiacos Piraeus FC with a header, against AS Monaco in France.

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