Georgios Kostikos

Giorgos Kostikos

Personal information
Full name	Georgios Kostikos
Date of birth	26 April 1958
Place of birth	Tashkent, Soviet Union
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current team	PAOK FC (Scout)
Youth career
-1975	Pierikos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1975–1977	Pierikos	51	(13)
1978–1986	PAOK	233	(78)
1986–1987	Olympiacos	20	(5)
1988	Diagoras	19	(6)
National team
1977–1984	Greece	35	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Georgios Kostikos (Greek: Γιώργος Κωστίκος; born 26 April 1958) is a retired Greek footballer.

Playing Career

Club

Kostikos began playing football with Pierikos in 1976, and two years later he was acquired by PAOK F.C..^[1] He played for PAOK from 1978^[2] to 1986, before finishing his career with Olympiacos F.C. and Diagoras F.C..^[3] He was one of the players that participated in the 1985 PAOK team that took the National Championship (A Ethniki).

International

Kostikos made 35 appearances and scored three goals for the Greece national football team from 1977 to 1984.^[4] He also participated in UEFA Euro 1980.

Managerial Career

After the dismissal of the former PAOK coach, Mr. Karageorgiou, Kostikos took over the team as a temporary coach. After Kostikos successfully led PAOK to qualify to the UEFA Cup Groups, PAOK's president Yannis Goumenos, announced that Kostikos will be the coach of PAOK. For the year 2007–2008 Kostikos managed Nea Salamina of Famagusta in Cyprus.

Achievements

PAOK

• A Ethniki
  • Champion (1): 1984-85
  • Runner-up (1): 1977-78

• Greek Cup
  • Runner-up (4): 1977-78, 1980-81, 1982-83, 1984-85

References

1. Kolokotsios, Lambros (30 November 2010). Αθλητικοί Φάκελοι (ΚΩΣΤΙΚΟΣ) [Sporting Capsules (Kostikos)] (in Greek). Evrytania News.
2. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (2003-04-24). "Greece 1977/78". RSSSF.
3. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (2003-06-19). "Greece 1987/88". RSSSF.
4. Mamrud, Roberto (2009-10-29). "Greece - Record International Players". RSSSF.

External links

• Georgios Kostikos at National-Football-Teams.com