Kostas Mendrinos

Kostas Mendrinos
Personal information
Full name Konstantinos Mendrinos
Date of birth (1985-05-28) 28 May 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Piraeus, Greece
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
–2002 Olympiacos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2009 Olympiacos 30 (1)
2002–2003 → Atromitos (loan) 7 (1)
2003–2004 → Ionikos (loan) 10 (0)
2005–2006 → Ionikos (loan) 7 (0)
2009–2010 PAS Giannina 24 (1)
2010–2011 Aris 20 (0)
2011–2012 Panachaiki 10 (1)
2012–2014 Panionios 48 (1)
2014–2017 Platanias 83 (4)
2017–2018 Apollon Smyrnis 21 (0)
2018 Iraklis 8 (0)
2019–2020 Panargiakos
2020–2021 Vyzas Megaron
2021–2023 Keratsini
International career
2004–2006 Greece U21 6 (0)
Managerial career
2023–2024 Keratsini
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2018

Kostas Mendrinos (Greek: Κώστας Μενδρινός, born 28 May 1985) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Mendrinos started his career at the youth teams of Olympiacos, where he broke into the first team in 2002.[1] He left Olympiakos on 27 April 2009, after a disagreement with the club for renewal of his contract.[2] He joined PAS Giannina on 27 May 2009,[3] but left in May 2010, shortly after his team was relegated to next season's Football League.[4]

Mendrinos joined Aris on 15 June 2010.[5] He was released from the Thessaloniki club in late June of the following year after reports involving him in attempting to manipulate a UEFA Europa League match's kick-off against Manchester City.[6][7] In September 2011 he joined Football League side Panachaiki[8] and on 16 January 2012 he moved to Superleague side Panionios.[9] At the end of 2013, Mendrinos has announced a 1,5 year contract with Platanias. On 27 May 2015, he renewed his contract with the club till the summer of 2017.[10] On 23 May 2017 Apollon Smyrni announced that Mendrinos would join them on a free transfer after the expiry of his contract.[11] On 7 August 2018, he joined Iraklis on a two-year contract.[12]

Until the end of 2013 Mendrinos has 11 international appearances with Olympiakos and Aris in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

Honours

Club

Olympiacos

References

  1. ^ Gogoulis, Evanthis (9 August 2002). "Olympiacos 2002–03 squad". Athlitiki Echo (in Greek).[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ Christofidelis, Dimitris (28 April 2009). ""Ολα για το τρόπαιο" ("Everything for the trophy")". Eleftherotypia (in Greek).
  3. ^ "Στον ΠΑΣ ο Μενδρινός (Mendrinos to PAS)". Eleftherotypia (in Greek). Ioannina. 27 May 2009.
  4. ^ "Διαζύγιο με Μενδρινό (Break-up with Mendrinos)". Eleftherotypia (in Greek). 8 May 2010.
  5. ^ "Ανακοίνωση για μετεγγραφές στον Άρη (Aris announcement of transfers)". Eleftherotypia (in Greek). Thessaloniki. 15 June 2010.
  6. ^ "Tevez 'inadvertently' dragged into match-fixing scandal". The Times of India. 27 June 2011.[dead link‍]
  7. ^ "Στην πόρτα της εξόδου από τον Άρη ο Κώστας Μενδρινός (Kostas Mendrinos soon-to-be released from Aris)". Eleftherotypia (in Greek). Thessaloniki. 23 June 2011.
  8. ^ "Μενδρινός στη Πάτρα (Mendrinos to Patra)". Eleftherotypia (in Greek). 1 September 2011.
  9. ^ "Ανακοίνωσε την απόκτηση του Μενδρινού ο Πανιώνιος (Panionios announced Mendrinos)" (in Greek). Athens: in.gr. 16 January 2012.
  10. ^ "Διετές στον Πλατανιά ο Μενδρινός" (in Greek). sport24.gr. 27 May 2015.
  11. ^ "Συμφωνία Μενδρινού-Απόλλωνα" (in Greek). sport24.gr. 23 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Στον Ηρακλή κι ο Μενδρινός" (in Greek). Retrieved 7 August 2018.