Giorgos Chatziioannidis Explained

Giorgos Chatziioannidis
Fullname:Georgios Chatziioannidis
Height:1.86 m[1]
Birth Date:1 June 1960
Birth Place:Petrea, Pella, Greece
Death Place:Skydra, Greece
Position:Striker
Youthyears1:–1978
Youthclubs1:Aetos Skydra
Youthyears2:1978–1979
Youthclubs2:AEK Athens
Years1:1979–1984
Clubs1:AEK Athens
Caps1:38
Goals1:3
Years2:1980–1981
Clubs2:PAS Giannina (loan)
Years3:1984–1986
Clubs3:PAS Giannina

Giorgios Chatziioannidis (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Γιώργος Χατζηιωαννίδης; 1 June 1960 – 22 July 2012) was a Greek professional footballer who played as striker.

Club career

Chatziioannidis started football from playing from a young age at Aetos Skydra. In 1978, the youth team of AEK Athens, as the champion of the southern group in the amateur championship, competed in Trikala against PAOK, the champion of the northern group, to win the league title. The team got the victory and with it the title and then moved to Skydra for a friendly match with the local team so that the people of the club can check Chatziioannidis who was then playing there.The tall forward left an excellent impression and in the summer of 1978 he transferred to AEK. He began to compete with the youth team of the club with which he won the championship by defeating the youth team of Panathinaikos in the final. In the meantime, František Fadrhonc who has in charge of the infrastructure departments of AEK prepared a group of players, including Chatziioannidis, who signed a professional contract in the summer of 1979 and join the men's team.

Although he performed very well scoring in the friendly matches of the summer of 1979, he did not manage to establish himself in the attacking line of the team, which at that time included the "stars" of Thomas Mavros and Dušan Bajević.[2] Thus, he was loaned to the PAS Giannina in 1980 to have more games on his feet.[3] He returned to AEK the following summer, having had a good year with the team from Ioannina, but he again failed to establish himself after, among other things, he ran into Mojaš Radonjić, who had been acquired as a replacement for Bajević. With the "yellow-blacks" he won the Greek Cup in 1983.[4] He left the club in the summer of 1984 and joined PAS Giannina.[5]

After football

After the end of his football career he served as deputy mayor of Skydra. He died on 22 July 2012, at the age of 52, after a long-term health problem.[6]

Honours

AEK Athens

1982–83

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Γιώργος Χατζηϊωαννίδης. football.aek.com.
  2. Web site: Ο αείμνηστος Γιώργος Χατζηϊωάννιδης της ΑΕΚ. 27 December 2019. aekpassion.gr.
  3. Web site: Ο αδικοχαμένος Γιώργος Χατζηϊωάννιδης της ΑΕΚ. Σταύρος. Καζαντζόγλου. 27 December 2019. enwsi.gr.
  4. Web site: Γιώργος Χατζηιωαννίδης. aekpedia.com.
  5. newspaper Atheltic Echo 17/7/1984 page 3
  6. Web site: Αντίο Γιώργο Χατζηιωαννίδη.... inewsgr.com.