Aris Tsachouridis

Aris Tsachouridis (Greek: Άρης Τσαχουρίδης; born 10 December 1940) is a former Greek professional footballer who played as a forward.

Aris Tsachouridis
Personal information
Full name Aris Tsachouridis
Date of birth (1940-12-10) 10 December 1940
Place of birth Greece
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
–1959 PAO Diikitirio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1960 Makedonikos
1960–1964 AEK Athens 47 (12)
1964–1968 Proodeftiki
1968–1970 AO Koropi
1970–1971 Leonidas Sparta
International career
1962–1963 Greece military 7 (5)
1963 Greece 1 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Greece
World Military Cup
Winner1962
Winner1963
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Tsachouridis started football at PAO Diikitirio and in 1959 he joined Makedonikos in Thessaloniki, where he played for a season before singing for AEK Athens in the summer of 1960.

With the yellow–blacks, he played for four seasons winning a championship in 1963 and a Greek Cup in 1964.[1] He scored his first goal with the club on 27 November 1960 in a 4–2 home win over Ethnikos Piraeus, while on 26 April 1961 he scored his team's only goal in the 5–1 away defeat in the hands of Fenerbahçe.[2] In the summer of 1964, Tsachouridis was transferred to Proodeftiki as an exchange for the acquisition of the defender, Fotis Balopoulos.[3]

At Proodeftiki, he competed for 4 another four seasons in the first division He then played for two years at AO Koropi,[4] winning the promotion in the second division in his first season and in the summer of 1970 he was released. He continued at Leonidas Sparta,[5] where he ended his football career in the summer of 1971.

International career

Tsachouridis was an executive of the Greek military team and he won the World Military Cup in 1962 and 1963.

Tsachouridis appeared once with Greece in 1963.[6] He did so on 22 May 1963 in a friendly 4–0 away defeat against Poland, under his former manager at AEK, Tryfon Tzanetis, he started the match being replaced by Leandros at half-time.[7]

After football

Tsachouridis was the main scout and the opponent's tactical analyst for AEK Athens in the staff of Dušan Bajević in the late 80's and in the 90's.[8] He is one of the founding members of the Veterans Association of AEK Athens and continuously participates in its events.[9][10]

Honours

AEK Athens

Greece military

References
  1. "Ημιτελικός Παναθηναϊκός-Ολυμπιακός (διακοπή),ΑΕΚ Κυπελλούχος άνευ Τελικού αγώνα". sansimera.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  2. "Οι «τζέντλεμεν της ΑΕΚ» και το μπλακ άουτ ενός ημιχρόνου". aek365.org.
  3. "Άρης Τσαχουρίδης". kitrinomavro.gr.
  4. "WHO WAS TAKEN BY A.O. KOROPIOU", ef. Athletic Echo, 1 August 1970, p. 5
  5. "TSACHOURIDIS, KREMMYDAS, CHRISTOPOULOS IN SPARTA", ef. Athletic Echo, 23 August 1970, p. 6
  6. "Συμμετοχές και γκολ όλων των διεθνών (Τ-Φ)". 31 December 2009. Archived from the original on 2010-03-04.
  7. "Greece matches 1961–1965" (PDF). epo.gr.
  8. "Οι ευχές της ΑΕΚ στον Τσαχουρίδη". enwsi.gr (in Greek). Online. 10 December 2020.
  9. "Ποντιακή γιορτή και με τους παλαίμαχους της ΑΕΚ στη Νέα Σινώπη Πρέβεζας" (in Greek). Online. 2 July 2015.
  10. "Ερασιτεχνική ΑΕΚ: Νεστορίδης για πρόεδρος!". rodiaki.gr (in Greek). Online. 19 June 2011.
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