Antonis Antoniadis

Antonis Antoniadis

Antoniadis at the 1971 European Cup Final
Personal information
Full name	Antonios Antoniadis
Date of birth	25 May 1946
Place of birth	Petrochori, Greece
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
1964-1966	Aspida Xanthi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1966–1968	Aspida Xanthi	56	(43)
1968–1978	Panathinaikos	222	(177)
1978–1979	Olympiakos	13	(7)
1979–1980	Atromitos	20	(7)
1980–1981	Panathinaikos	6	(3)
Total		317	(237)
National team
1970–1977	Greece	21	(6)
Honours Alpha Ethniki 1969 Greek Cup 1969 Alpha Ethniki 1970 European Cup 1971 Alpha Ethniki 1972 Alpha Ethniki 1977 Greek Cup 1977
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Antonis Antoniadis (Greek: Αντώνης Αντωνιάδης, born 25 May 1946) is a Greek footballer. He scored 187 goals in a career which spanned 22 years. He started his career at 1964 playing for Aspida Xanthi before moving to Panathinaikos on 31 July 1968.^[1] Antoniadis scored his first official goal for Panathinaikos on 27 October 1968 in a 1–0 victory over Apollon Athens. When he was playing in Xanthi, he was a goalkeeper because of his height. His nickname is The Tall.^[2]

Career

Antoniadis with Ferenc Puskás (1971)

Antoniadis scored 187 goals in 242 matches in the Greek Championship, and was top scorer five times: 1970 (25 goals), 1972 (39 –second in Europe- record in the Greek Championship until today), 1973 (22), 1974 (26) and 1975 (20). In 1971 when Panathinaikos reached the European Cup Final against Ajax, Antoniadis was the leading scorer in the tournament with 10 goals.^[3]

During the summer of 1978 he was transferred to Olympiakos where he stayed for one season, playing in 13 games and scoring 7 goals. He later went on to play for Atromitos Athens. In 1980 before he retired and became president of PSAP he went full circle and returned to Panathinaikos.^[4] Antoniadis was a very accomplished header of the ball and possessed a strong shot. He made 21 appearances and scored 6 goals for the Greek national team between 1970 and 1977.^[5] He is the vice-president of the football team of Panathinaikos since the summer of 2008.

Honours

Club

Aspida Xanthi

• Beta Ethniki top scorer: 2

1967, 1968

Panathinaikos

• Alpha Ethniki: 4

1969, 1970, 1972, 1977

• Greek Cup: 2

1969, 1977

• European Cup: 1971 (Second place)
• Intercontinental Cup: 1971 (Second place)
• Balkans Cup:

1977

International

Greece military national football team

• World Military Cup:

1969

Individual

• Alpha Ethniki top scorer: 5 (record)

1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975

• European Cup top scorer:

1971

• European Golden Boot: 1971 (Second Place)

References

1. http://www.xanthisports.gr/san-simera-45-chronia-prin-otan-o-antonis-antoniadis-ipegrafe-apo-tin-aspida-xanthis-ston-panathinaiko/
2. http://www.biblionet.gr/author/99630/Antonis_Antoniadis
3. http://www.sansimera.gr/articles/147
4. http://www.pao.gr/el/history/pastlegends/?itemid=f1a51b6d-6507-47ba-93ce-dc94360528b1
5. ΕΘΝΙΚΕΣ ΟΜΑΔΕΣ > Εθνική Ομάδα Ανδρών (in Greek). Hellenic Football Federation. Archived from the original on 30 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-15.