Yiannis Koskiniatis

Giannis Koskiniatis

Personal information
Full name	Giannis Koskiniatis
Date of birth	29 August 1983
Place of birth	Greece
Date of death	29 October 2008 (aged 25)
Place of death	Profitis Ilias, Greece
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
–2008	Diagoras	61	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Giannis Koskiniatis (29 August 1983 – 29 October 2008) was a Greek footballer who played for Diagoras F.C. He played 61 games and scored 4 goals for the team.

Career

Koskiniatis made 61 Gamma Ethniki appearances for Diagoras, scoring four goals and helping the club win promotion to the Beta Ethniki for the 2008–09 season.^[1] However, he did not play the following season due to a leg injury was dropped for a game against Olympiakos after he returned from injury. Koskiniatis went missing around midday, he drove his motobike to the top of a cliff. He left a suicide note at the top of the cliff.The readings of the note have been kept private within his family circle. Koskiniatis then jumped off the cliff and committed suicide.^[2] Diagoras lost the game 3:2.

It is reported that the team had sent him for psychological help.^[3]

References

1. Αυτοκτόνησε ο Κοσκινιάτης [Koskiniatis committed suicide] (in Greek). Sport.gr. 29 October 2008.
2. Footballer cut from team jumps off cliff Brisbane Times
3. Greek player commits suicide after omission from squad Yahoo! Sports