Giannis Skondras

Giannis Skondras

Personal information
Full name	Giannis Skondras
Date of birth	21 February 1990
Place of birth	Trikala, Greece
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Full back
Club information
Current team	PAOK
Number	2
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2008–2013	Atromitos	93	(3)
2013–	PAOK	56	(2)
National team^‡
2006–2007	Greece U17	3	(0)
2008–2009	Greece U19	4	(0)
2009–2012	Greece U21	13	(0)
2011–	Greece	0	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 February 2016 (UTC). † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 August 2013(UTC)

Giannis Skondras (Greek: Γιάννης Σκόνδρας; born 21 February 1990) is a Greek professional footballer who plays for PAOK FC as a right back.

Club career

Atromitos

Skondras began his career in 2004 with Asklipios Trikalon and joined after only one year in July 2005 with Atromitos F.C..^[1] In July 2008 was promoted to the senior team who played in the Beta Ethniki here earned his first professional match on 30 November 2009 against Diagoras F.C..^[2]

Skondras gave a solid performance for Atromitos in 2011/12 Greek Cup where he virtually kept then top-scorer Kevin Mirallas quiet for most of the evening; a display that prompted plenty of interest from the Olympiakos brass. The Greece U-21 international was rumored to be on his way to the Giorgos Karaiskakis Stadium this past summer as doubt over Vasilis Torosidis’ future at the club circled the port city. When speculation regarding Torosidis’ departure for AS Roma died down, the pursuit of Skondras was abandoned for a while.^[3]

PAOK

On 21 June 2013, Skondras, left Atromitos to sign a four-year contract with PAOK F.C. for the sum of 300.000 euros .^[4][5]

He made his debut with the club on 17 August 2013 in a 3-0 home win against Xanthi. On 16 April 2014 in a semi-final for the Greek Cup against Olympiakos where the game is held up for over an hour after fans throw hundreds of flares onto the pitch and set fire to a dug outs has a key role in a 1-0 win following a 2-1 defeat in the first leg in Athens helping PAOK eventually went through the final.^[6] Giannis Skondras experienced two defeats in Greek Cup finals during his spell at Atromitos. His third attempt to silverware –with the black-and-white kit this time round- is nearing and he believes that he will be lucky that time.^[7][8] Unfortunately, Skondras did not manage to win the Greek Cup in his third presence on it as his club lost 1-4 against Panathinaikos.^[9] In a mediocre 2014-15 season with the club, he had his best professional year so far with 37 appearances (2 goals, 7 assists) in all competitions.

On 8 October 2015, rumour transfers for a possible move of the player in the rivals Panathinaikos, are rejected by the club as the Greens do not intend to make a move for the 25-year-old right back since they want to support the players that are already chosen (Jens Wemmer, Nikos Marinakis and Christos Bourbos) for the teams' roster.^[10]

International career

Skondras was a member of the Greece U17/U19/U21, and has been called for the Greece national football team (not raced yet) by manager Fernando Santos for the match against Georgia national football team on 11, October 2011.

Career statistics

As of 14 February 2016^[11][12]

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Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Atromitos	2008–09	14	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
	2009–10	7	0	2	0	0	0	9	0
	2010–11	12	0	5	0	0	0	17	0
	2011–12	27	1	5	0	0	0	32	1
	2012–13	33	2	1	0	2	0	36	2
Total		93	3	13	0	2	0	108	3
PAOK	2013–14	22	0	6	0	3	0	31	0
	2014–15	28	2	2	0	7	0	37	2
	2015–16	6	0	5	0	7	0	18	0
Total		56	2	13	0	17	0	86	2
Career total		149	5	26	0	19	0	194	5

References

1. Atromitos Profile
2. "PAOK squad". soccerway.com.
3. "Skondras, Samaris set for winter moves to Piraeus!". footballhellas.com. 18 October 2012.
4. Στον ΠΑΟΚ ο Γιάννης Σκόνδρας (Ioannis Skondras moved to PAOK); PAOK's official website, 21 July 2013 (Greek)
5. "Giannis Skondras transferred from Atromitos to PAOK". soccerfame.com.
6. "PAOK vs Olympiakos". mirror.co.uk. 17 April 2014.
7. "Third time lucky for Skondras?". paokfc.gr. 20 April 2014.
8. Σκόνδρας: "Θα τα καταφέρουμε"! (in Greek). sport-fm.gr. 19 April 2014.
9. ΠΑΟΚ - Παναθηναϊκός 1-4 (in Greek). sport-fm.gr. 26 April 2014.
10. "Panathinaikos reject Skondras reports". www.sdna.gr. 8 October 2015.
11. "Giannis Skondras profile". Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
12. "Ioannis Skondras profile". Soccerway.

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