Lampros Georgiadis

Lampros Georgiadis
Personal information
Full name Charalampos Georgiadis
Date of birth (1963-06-11) 11 June 1963
Place of birth Nea Sampsounta, Greece
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Positions
Youth career
1976–1980 AE Nea Sampsounta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1984 PAS Preveza
1984–1986 Anagennisi Arta
1986–1993 AEK Athens 102 (8)
1994–1998 Kalamata
International career
1986–1988 Greece U21
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lampros Georgiadis (Greek: Λάμπρος Γεωργιάδης; born 11 January 1963) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as midfielder. He is one of the youngest players in the history of Greek football to score a hat-trick.

Club career

Georgiadis initially competed in the village team, AE Nea Sampsounta debuting at the age of 13. In 1980, he was signed by PAS Preveza where he played for 4 years at Gamma Ethniki. In 1984 he was transferred to another Gamma Ethniki side, Anagennisi Arta for 5 million drachmas.[1]

On 14 July 1986 Georgiadis made the big step of his career and was transferred to AEK Athens for a fee of 11 million drachmas,[2] while he was serving in the Army.[3] He played as am attacking midfielder and left midfielder, but many times he also played as a left back.[4] A footballer with a long stride and a strong shot, he was an important player of the team for the seven years he wore its jersey, having appearances sometimes as a starter and sometimes as a substitute. He did not impress with his performances, while also having several injuries, but he was a player who won the trust of his coaches. He had a fairly large participation in the championship of 1989, while on the contrary in his last 2 seasons in the team when they won the respective titles, his participation was very little. In addition to these 3 championships, he won the one Super Cup and one League Cup with AEK.

On 15 July 1993 Georgiadis was released from AEK[5] and signed for Kalamata alongside his teammates Pavlos Papaioannou and Christos Vasilopoulos.[6] He stayed at the club until 1998, when he retired as a footballer.[7]

International career

From 1986 to 1988 Georgiadis was a member of Greece U21, winning 2nd place in the 1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, under Andreas Stamatiadis.[8][9]

After football

After the end of his football career, he did not work professionally in the field of football. However, he has a strong participation in events and matches of the association of veteran football players of AEK Athens.[10] In 2018 he was hired as a coach in the football academies of Kostas Nestoridis, Nestoras FC.[11]

Honours

AEK Athens

References

  1. ↑ "Συνέντευξη Λάμπρος Γεωργιάδης: "Στη δική μας ΑΕΚ έτρεχα πίσω από κολοσσούς με σακίδιο στην πλάτη"". sportday.gr. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  2. ↑ Γιώργος Πάστρας (15 July 1986). "Η ΑΕΚ πήρε 2 ταλέντα με 20 εκατομμύρια". Athletic Echo (in Greek). pp. 1, 6.
  3. ↑ "ΛΑΜΠΡΟΣ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΑΔΗΣ ΑΕΚ 1986 συνεντευξη". youtube.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Λάμπρος Γεωργιάδης: Πρώτα γνώρισα τον ΠΑΣ και μετά την ΑΕΚ - Ηπειρωτικός Αγών". Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  5. ↑ Βασίλης Σαμπράκος (16 July 1993). "«Θα παίρναμε τον Κολτσιδάκη μόνο αν η ΑΕΚ έπεφτε με μικρή ομάδα»". Athletic Echo (in Greek). p. 3.
  6. ↑ "Και ο Λ. Γεωργιάδης στην Καλαμάτα". Athletic Echo (in Greek). 16 July 1993. pp. 1, 7.
  7. ↑ "Λάμπρος Γεωργιάδης". aekpedia.com. 26 May 2015. Archived from the original on 20 January 2020.
  8. ↑ "Η χαμένη γενιά του 88 και η κερδισμένη του 98". kathimerini.gr.
  9. ↑ "Europe U-23/U-21 Tournaments". rsssf.org.
  10. ↑ "Η…γαζέλα της ΑΕΚ". enwsi.gr. 3 February 2015. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  11. ↑ Academies, Football (16 July 2018). "Προπονητής στην Ακαδημία NESTORAS F.C. ο Γεωργιάδης".