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Giannis Taralidis
	Taralidis with Nea Salamina
Personal information
Full name	Ioannis Taralidis
Date of birth	17 May 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Aridaia, Greece
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
	Almopos Aridea
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2003	Paniliakos
2003–2007	Olympiacos
2007–2009	OFI
2009–2011	Levadiakos
2011–2012	Glyfada
2012–2013	Doxa Drama
2013–2014	Nea Salamina
2014–2015	Ermis Aradippou
2015–2016	Kissamikos
2016–2017	Karmiotissa
2017–2019	Ermis Aradippou
2019	PO Xylotymbou
International career
1998	Greece U17
1999	Greece U19
2000–2001	Greece U21
2004	Greece U23
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giannis Taralidis (Greek: Γιάννης Ταραλίδης; born 17 May 1981) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Taralidis started his career by APS Almopos Arideas. In 1999, at the age of 18 started his professional career with the Paniliakos. He remained in the club until the first half of 2003–04 season. Paniliakos struggled between Super League and Football League during that period.

In January 2004, Taralidis signed with Olympiacos, in which he remained until 2007. During that period, Olympiacos had a squad of renowned players in the same position as Taralidis (Karembeu, Yaya Toure, Ieroklis Stoltidis, Pantelis Kafes) so it was not easy for a young player to get equal opportunities for playing. On 18 February 2005, he made his first appearance with the club in the UEFA Europa League in a victory 1–0 against Sochaux.

After 45 appearances with Olympiacos in all competitions, in the summer of 2007 he signed with OFI made a total of 46 appearances with the club in the next two years in Super League.^[1] In 2007, he participated with OFI Crete in UEFA Intertoto Cup. In the summer of 2008 had significant offers to join the two leading Cypriot football clubs Omonia and Anorthosis, but he denied due to family obligations and remained with his club, promoted to third team captain. In 2009, he joined Levadiakos.^[2] In his first season, he participated in SuperLeague, but the next season due to relegation played in the Football League. In 2011, due to lack of offers, he signed with Glyfada, in Football League 2.^[3] In 2012–13, he played with Doxa Drama, in the Football League where he was also the team captain.^[4]

The summer of 2013 he signed a contract with Nea Salamina in the First Division in Cyprus. He was elected team captain.^[5] After a half-season in Nea Salamina, Taralidis signed a contract for six months with Ermis Aradippou,^[6] and renew his contract for a year.^[7]

Ermis Aradippou were crowned Cypriot Super Cup champions after a 95th-minute winner from Taralidis earned them a 2–1 victory over APOEL FC – three minutes after the Nicosia outfit had levelled the match. The historic win, coming just two weeks after Ermis was knocked out of the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round by BSC Young Boys, marked their first-ever domestic trophy success. It also meant revenge on the big stage for Ermis, who lost to APOEL in the Cyprus Cup final last May.^[8] In summer 2015, he signed a year contract with Kissamikos. On 5 April 2016, he signed a year contract with another Cypriot club Karmiotissa for an undisclosed fee.^[9] On 23 June 2017, he returned to Ermis Aradippou signing a two-year contract.^[10]

International career

In 2001, Taralidis participated with Greece U21 in the Mediterranean Games. Additionally, he participated with the Greek Olympic team in the 2004 Olympic Games, playing all the games in the group stage. He scored on a draw play against South Korea, and in the game against Mexico.

Honours

Olympiacos

Super League Greece: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07
Greek Cup: 2004–05, 2005–06,
Greek Super Cup: 2007

Ermis Aradippou

Cypriot Super Cup: 2014

References

^ Στον ΟΦΗ ο Ταραλίδης [Taralidis in OFI]. contra.gr (in Greek). 4 July 2007. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
^ Οι "γνωστοί" και ο Ταραλίδης [Taralides and the "known"]. inewsgr.com (in Greek). 11 June 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
^ Πήγα στην Γλυφάδα για να βρω την ησυχία μου... [I went to Glyfada to find my peace ...]. athlitiko.gr (in Greek). 14 September 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
^ "Πάει Δράμα ο Ταραλίδης". sportme.gr (in Greek). 26 July 2012. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015.
^ Στη Νέα Σαλαμίνα ο Ταραλίδης [Taralidis with Nea Salamina]. xrimaonline.gr (in Greek). 1 July 2013. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
^ Στον Ερμη ο Ταραλίδης [Taralides with Hermes Giannis]. typos.com.cy (in Greek). 1 January 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
^ Ερμής: Συνεχίζει και ο Ταραλίδης. sigmalive.com (in Greek). 23 May 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
^ "Ermis beat APOEL to clinch first Cypriot Super Cup". UEFA. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
^ Ο Ταραλίδης στην Καρμιώτισσα [Taralides with Karmiotissa]. omonoianews.com (in Greek). 5 April 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
^ Τον ανακοίνωσε ο Αντώνης. kerkida.net (in Greek). 23 June 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.