Minas Stavridis

Minas Stavridis
Personal information
Date of birth (1945-04-13)April 13, 1945[1]
Place of birth Nikaia, Athens, Greece[1]
Date of death 26 May 2025(2025-05-26) (aged 80)[1]
Place of death Athens, Greece[1]
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1965 Aris Piraeus
1965–1968 Ionikos
1968–1970 AEK Athens 2 (0)
1970–1973 Vyzas Megara
1973–1976 Ionikos
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Minas Stavridis (Greek: Μηνάς Σταυρίδης; 13 April 1945 – 26 May 2025) was a Greek former professional footballer who played as midfielder and a later manager.

Club career

Stavridis started football at the age of 16 at the local Aris Piraeus, where he competed in the second division.[2] In 1965 with the merger of Aris with AE Nikaia he moved to the newly founded club, Ionikos, where he became a key member and distinguished himself.[3] The defender of AEK Athens, Tasos Vasiliou who was also a former player of Ionikos, indicated to the administration of the club the acquisition of Stavridis. After the transfer deal between the two clubs was completed, the advisοr of Ionikos, Dasmanoglou made a last-ditch effort to scuttle the transfer by acting on behalf of Olympiacos, who were also interested in the player. Stavridis, being a supporter of AEK Athens and coming from a family who were also supporters of the club, refused any step backs and was transferred to the yellow-blacks in the summer of 1968 for a fee of 200,000 drachmas.[4] He played there for two seasons, failing to establish himself in the squad, mainly due to a bad relationship with the manager Branko Stanković[3] and competed mainly in friendly matches.[5] Nevertheless, with AEK he reached the quarter-finals of the European Cup in 1969.[6]

In the summer of 1970, Stavridis was released from AEK[7] and moved to Vyzas Megara,[8] where he played for 3 seasons in the second division.[3] In the summer of 1973 he returned to Ionikos,[9] playing for 3 seasons before his retirement as a footballer.

Managerial career

After his retirement as a football player, Stavridis was involved in coaching. He served as a manager in various clubs of Piraeus, while for years he also worked at the academy of Ionikos.[10]

Death

Stavridis died on 26 May 2025.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Μηνάς Σταυρίδης". football.aek.com.
  2. ↑ Θ. Χαραλαμπίδης (9 September 1969). "Ο Σταυρίδης: Η Α.Ε.Κ. θα βαδίση σε φωτεινούς δρόμους". Omada (in Greek). p. 15.
  3. 1 2 3 Αργύρης Κοκκινάκης (18 July 1973). "Μηνάς Σταυρίδης: Πήρα την «ελευθέρα» στα χέρια μου". Athletic Echo (in Greek). p. 2.
  4. ↑ Αργύρης Κοκκινάκης (1 August 1968). "Ο έξοχος Σταυρίδης στην ΑΕΚ". Athletic Echo (in Greek). pp. 1, 5.
  5. ↑ "Μηνάς Σταυρίδης". aekpedia.com.
  6. ↑ Καζαντζόγλου, Σταύρος (15 June 2019). "1968/69: Η πρώτη ελληνική ομάδα σε ευρωπαϊκή οκτάδα, η απογοήτευση εντός συνόρων". enwsi.gr.
  7. ↑ Αργύρης Κοκκινάκης (1 August 1970). "Ο Μπαλλόπουλος μένει εις την ΑΕΚ. - Βεβαία η μεταγραφή του Αβραμίδη". Athletic Echo (in Greek). p. 5.
  8. ↑ Δημ. Κολοβέτσιος (4 August 1970). "...συνέχεια μεταγραφών". Athletic Echo (in Greek). p. 4.
  9. ↑ newsp. Athletic Voice, 13 August 1973, p. 5
  10. ↑ "Ηλ. Κυριακίδης: "Ολοκλήρωσα όπως ήθελα την καριέρα μου"". matchnews.gr.
  11. ↑ "Ο Μηνάς Σταυρίδης δεν είναι πια εδώ – Οι Βετεράνοι του Ιωνικού πενθούν". 26 May 2025.
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