Antonis Gaitanidis
Antonis Gaitanidis (Greek: Αντώνης Γαϊτανίδης; born 18 March 2000) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a forward for Swedish Ettan-Södra club Oskarshamns AIK.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antonios Gaitanidis | ||
| Date of birth | 18 March 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Ioannina, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Oskarshamns AIK | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2018 | PAOK | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2021 | PAOK | 0 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Apollon Smyrnis (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Levadiakos (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | PAOK B | 15 | (0) |
| 2022 | Tatran Prešov | 13 | (1) |
| 2023– | Oskarshamns AIK | 16 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Greece U16 | 4 | (1) |
| 2016–2018 | Greece U17 | 10 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Greece U19 | 6 | (4) |
| 2019 | Greece U21 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 August 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 April 2019 | |||
Career
Early career
Antonis Gaitanidis came from Ioannina to PAOK in 2014 and then settled in the PAOK Academy House. In his first year at the club he was crowned champion with the Under-15s with 13 goals and five assists in 18 games. In his second season he was crowned a champion with the Under-17s with four goals and three assists. He won two championships with the Under-19s posting excellent stats in the 2018-19 season, when he scored 18 goals and provided an equal number of assists. He is of course a youth international. He is a left winger, but can also operate on the right wing. With pace and capable of beating players one-on-one, he is a player who also knows how to assist and to score. He trained with the first team in the pre-season of 2019, even scoring three goals in friendlies against Nordsjælland, Cluj and Anderlecht. In the process, he was loaned to Apollon and Levadiakos.