Giorgos Koltsidas

Giorgos Koltsidas

Personal information
Full name	Georgios Koltsidas
Date of birth	23 September 1970
Place of birth	Trikala, Greece
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1988–1992	Trikala	84	(1)
1992–1996	Aris	90	(2)
1996–1997	Larissa	18	(1)
1997–2008	Aris	213	(7)
Total		405	(11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Giorgos Koltsidas (Greek: Γιώργος Κολτσίδας, born 23 September 1970) is a retired football player, who played as a defender and was known for his strong tackles.^[1] He is currently the general director of Aris.^[2]

He started his career with Trikala and joined Aris in July 1992,^[3] where he spent the majority of his career – except for a brief one-year spell at Larissa. He retired at the end of the 2007–08 season.^[4]

He was a member of the Greece national under-21 football team which won the gold medal at the 1991 Mediterranean Games.^[5][6]

References

1. Panoutsos, Antonis (8 April 2001). "Η εβδομάδα (The week in sports)" (in Greek). To Vima.
2. "Εκοψε πίτα ο Αρης (Aris cut the vasilopita)" (in Greek). novasports.gr. 12 February 2012.
3. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (21 March 2004). "Greece 1992/93". RSSSF.
4. ""Αξίζεις να σηκώσεις το Κύπελλο" ("You deserve to lift the Cup")" (in Greek). Exedra Sports. 29 April 2008.
5. "Giorgos Koltsidas" (in Greek). sport.gr. May 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
6. "Σαν σήμερα, 12/7/2010 (On this day, 12/7/2010)" (in Greek). Express. 12 July 2010. "1991: η Ελλάδα κατακτά το χρυσό στο ποδόσφαιρο στους Μεσογειακούς Αγώνες νικώντας την Τουρκία με 3-1 στο ΟΑΚΑ." ("1991: Greece wins the gold medal in football at the Mediterranean Games, beating Turkey 3-1 at OACA"

External links

• Insports.gr profile (Greek)
• Guardian.co.uk profile