Elias Atmatsidis

Elias Atmatsidis

Personal information
Full name	Elias Atmatsidis
Date of birth	24 April 1969
Place of birth	Kozani, Greece
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1989–1992	Pontioi Veria	100	(0)
1992–2002	AEK Athens	251	(1)
2002–2005	PAOK	33	(0)
National team
1994–1999	Greece	47	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Elias Atmatsidis (Greek: Ηλίας Ατματσίδης) (born 24 April 1969 in Kozani) is a former Greek football goalkeeper.

Atmatsidis played most of his career for AEK Athens FC. He played with AEK as a starter achieving 251 apps in 10 years. He managed to celebrate the Greek Superleague with AEK 2 times playing in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup. His presence was important for AEK with games against big clubs such as AFC Ajax and AC Milan. He also spent the last three years in PAOK Thessaloniki. In January 2014 he came out of retirement to play for local Herakleion based club Omonia NOVA Apolimantiki.

Having debuted for the Greek national team on 23 March 1994 he played 47 matches, and was a participant at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, playing as starting goalkeeper in a 0-4 loss against Bulgaria.

Honours

AEK Athens

• Greek Championship: 1993, 1994
• Greek Cup: 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002
• Greek Super Cup: 1996

References

• (German) Weltfussball