Ilias Kyriakidis

Ilias Kyriakidis
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-08-05) 5 August 1985
Place of birth Athens, Greece
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 AEK Athens (assistant manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Ionikos 9 (0)
2004–2007 AEK Athens 21 (0)
2007–2011 AEL 66 (2)
2011–2012 Ergotelis 28 (0)
2012 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0 (0)
2012–2013 CSKA Sofia 4 (0)
2013–2014 AEL 0 (0)
2014–2017 Ionikos 0 (0)
International career‡
2006 Greece U21 6 (0)
Managerial career
2025– AEK Athens (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 August 2013
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 August 2013

Ilias Kyriakidis (Greek: Ηλίας Κυριακίδης; born 5 August 1985) is a Greek football manager and a former footballer who played as a midfielder. He is an assistant manager for AEK Athens.

Club career

Kyriakidis started his professional career in 2003 at Ionikos. On 28 December 2004 he was transferred to AEK Athens for a fee of €200,000.[1] There he played for 3.5 seasons and was primarily used as a back up choice, while he also competed in the Champions League. On 16 June 2007 Kyriakidis was transdferred to AEL[2] for a fee of €225,000.[3] In his first season he earned 24 caps for the league. After 3 seasons with the Thessalian club, he decided to continue his career elsewhere, having plans to move away from Greece. His next team however, was Greek side Ergotelis. On 2 January 2011 he signed a new contract for two years and a half with the club.

In the summer of 2012, Kyriakidis dissolved his contract with Ergotelis and sign for free with the Bulgarian Lokomotiv Plovdiv.[4] During Lokomotiv pre-season preparation, the owner of the club – Konstantin Dinev decided to resign and left the team in bad financial situation.[5][6]

CSKA Sofia took advantage of the situation and on 27 July 2012 they signed Kyriakidis as a free agent.[7] On 30 September 2012 he made his debut for CSKA in 3–1 home win against Etar Veliko Tarnovo.[8] In August 2013, he returned to Greece and signed once more with AEL.

International career

Kyriakidis represented Greece U21 in 2006 making 6 appearnces.

Managerial career

On 17 July 2024 Kyriakidis returned to AEK Athens and assumed the position of Sport Development and Education Manager.[9] On 23 June 2025 he remained at the club and became the assistant manager of Marko Nikolić.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Τον 19χρονο μέσο Ηλία Κυριακίδη από τον Ιωνικό απέκτησε η ΑΕΚ". in.gr (in Greek). 28 December 2004.
  2. ↑ "Kiriakidis starts Larissa adventure". UEFA. Archived from the original on 22 June 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ "Από την ΑΕΚ στη Λάρισα για τα επόμενα τρία χρόνια ο Ηλίας Κυριακίδης". 17 June 2007.
  4. ↑ "Илиас Кириакидис разтрогна с Ерготелис - подписва с Локо до дни". Plovdiv24.bg. 11 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Коко Динев се оттегля от „Локо" – Пловдив". Novinite.bg. 23 July 2012.
  6. ↑ Пешев, Георги. "Коко Динев напусна официално Локо Пловдив - Новини от Dnes.bg". Dnes.bg.
  7. ↑ "ЦСКА не картотекира Платини и Скиорили". Gong.bg. 3 April 2012.
  8. ↑ "ВИДЕО: ЦСКА не очарова с играта си, но обърна аутсайдера Етър". Gong.bg. 3 April 2012.
  9. ↑ "Συνεργασία Ηλία Κυριακίδη με την Α Ομάδα της ΑΕΚ". aekfc.gr. 17 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "Ο Ηλίας Κυριακίδης συνεχίζει στην ΑΕΚ". neakriti.gr. 23 June 2025.
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