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Kostas Chaniotakis
Personal information
Full name	Konstantinos Chaniotakis
Date of birth	19 July 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth	Heraklion, Greece
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988–1998	OFI
1998–2000	Vitesse
2000–2001	Paniliakos
2001–2004	OFI
2004–2005	Ergotelis
2005–2006	APOEL
2006	Ergotelis
International career
1992–1993	Greece
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kostas Chaniotakis (Greek: Κώστας Χανιωτάκης; born 19 July 1968) is a retired Greek footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Chaniotakis moved to the first team at the age of 20 from OFI. After two years he became the first goalkeeper of the club, which he would also be the 8 seasons following. In 1992 and 1993 Chaniotakis came out four times for Greece.

After having played 228 matches for OFI, the keeper left for the Dutch Vitesse. On the advice of former Vitesse striker Nikos Machlas, the then 30-year-old Chaniotakis and also ex-teammate of Machlas was reached as an experienced stand-in for the first goalkeeper Sander Westerveld. On 29 September 1998, Chaniotakis made his debut for Vitesse in the UEFA Cup-match against the Greek team AEK Athens, because Westerveld was sent out of the field just before the whistle for the half time due to tackling a broken player.

After two seasons in the Netherlands, in which he would play only three games, he returned to his native country to play with the third divisionist Paniliakos. Chaniotakis returned to Crete, and OFI, where he spent another four season as a back-up goalkeeper. He then moved to fellow Heraklion-based Superleague club Ergotelis, and following their relegation, signed with the Cypriot First Division club APOEL. At age 37, Chaniotakis postponed his retirement until the end of the season, in order to rejoin Ergotelis in the Beta Ethniki in January 2006, signed as both 4th goalkeeper and goalkeepers' coach.^[1]

Statistics

season	club	competition	caps
1988/89	OFI	Alpha Ethniki	18
1989/90	OFI	Alpha Ethniki	8
1990/91	OFI	Alpha Ethniki	26
1991/92	OFI	Alpha Ethniki	29
1992/93	OFI	Alpha Ethniki	28
1993/94	OFI	Alpha Ethniki	26
1994/95	OFI	Alpha Ethniki	0
1995/96	OFI	Alpha Ethniki	32
1996/97	OFI	Alpha Ethniki	32
1997/98	OFI	Alpha Ethniki	29
1998/99	Vitesse	Eredivisie	2
1999/00	Vitesse	Eredivisie	1
2000/01	Paniliakos	Gamma Ethniki	10
2001/02	OFI	Alpha Ethniki	6
2002/03	OFI	Alpha Ethniki	6
2003/04	OFI	Alpha Ethniki	14
2004/05	Ergotelis	Alpha Ethniki	23
2005/06	APOEL	Cypriot First Division	1
2005/06	Ergotelis	Beta Ethniki	0

Personal

Chaniotakis' son Georgios is also a goalkeeper. He currently plays for Greek Football League side Ergotelis, where Chaniotakis himself played late in his career.