Giannis Mystakidis

Giannis Mystakidis (Greek: Γιάννης Μυστακίδης; born 7 December 1994) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Giannis Mystakidis
Personal information
Full name Ioannis Mystakidis
Date of birth (1994-12-07) 7 December 1994
Place of birth Thessaloniki, Greece
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
2009–2011 1899 Hoffenheim
2011–2012 Waldhof Mannheim
2012–2014 SC Freiburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2020 PAOK 35 (7)
2014–2015 → Pierikos (loan) 25 (4)
2018 → Panathinaikos (loan) 8 (0)
2018–2019 → PAS Giannina (loan) 10 (1)
2019 → Górnik Zabrze (loan) 9 (0)
2019 → Volos (loan) 8 (0)
2020–2021 De Graafschap 15 (0)
2021 Xanthi 11 (0)
2021–2022 Veria 4 (0)
2022–2023 Panserraikos 2 (0)
International career‡
2015–2016 Greece U21 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 November 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 August 2022

Career

Born in Thessaloniki, Mystakidis started his career in Germany playing for Regionalliga Südwest club SC Freiburg II. He first played professionally in the 2014–15 season with Pierikos. He can cover all three positions behind the forward, is not predictable in his playing and has good finishes in both short and long distance.[2]

Mystakidis scored his first goal for PAOK in an unofficial match against Dnipro.[3] On 16 July 2015, he made his debut with PAOK in an away loss game against Lokomotiva Zagreb for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.[4]

He scored his first goal in 2015–16 season in a 3–1 away win against Kalloni.[5] On 25 August 2016, PAOK extended the contract of the young striker till the summer 2020.[6]

On 29 January 2017, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 Superleague Greece away win against Panetolikos. Two days later, he scored another goal in a 2–0 away win against AEL and a week after he scored 2–1 Greek Cup away win against Xanthi.

The 2016–17 season was an establishment year for the young striker, as he had gradually managed to gain the trust of Vladimir Ivić. On 2 April, in the 80th minute of the match against AEL for the 26th day of the Superleague Greece, the 23-year-old ace was forced to request an immediate change after an attempt to avert a throw-out. A day later, Mystakidis had a surgery, faced a cruciate ligament rupture that probably kept him out of the team for six months.[7] On 19 December 2017, he made his return to competitive football, coming on in the 82nd minute during the club's 5–1 Greek Cup away win against Trikala. His first appearance came 260 days after the knee injury. He almost scored too, as a firm header was turned aside by the Trikala goalkeeper. Mystakidis received a cut to the right eyebrow after a collision with an opposing player.[8]

On 31 January 2018, he signed a six-month contract with rivals Panathinaikos on loan from PAOK, until the end of the 2017–18 season without a purchase option.[9]

On 20 August 2018, he signed a long season contract with PAS Giannina on loan from PAOK, until the end of the 2018–19 season without a purchase option.[10] The loan contract was terminated on 4 January 2019, six months before it was due to expire.[11] On 2 February 2019, he joined Polish club Górnik Zabrze on a six months loan from PAOK.

On 30 June 2019, it was confirmed that Mystakidis would spend the 2019–20 season on loan at Volos.[12]

On 14 January 2020, he signed a contract with Eerste Divisie club De Graafschap until July 2020.[13]

Career statistics
As of match played on 7 November 2020[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
PAOK 2014–15 Superleague Greece 0000—0000
2015–16 18441—80305
2016–17 17373—70316
2017–18 0020—0020
Total 357134001506311
Pierikos (loan) 2014–15 Football League 25420——274
Panathinaikos (loan) 2017–18 Superleague Greece 6000——60
PAS Giannina (loan) 2018–19 Superleague Greece 10100——101
Górnik Zabrze (loan) 2018–19 Ekstraklasa 9000——90
Volos (loan) 2019–20 Superleague Greece 8010——90
De Graafschap 2019–20 Eerste Divisie 6000——60
2020–21 9000——90
Career total 107121640015014116

Honours
PAOK

References
  1. "Ioannis Mystakidis" (in Greek). Panserraikos F.C. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  2. Κεφάλαιο για τον ΠΑΟΚ ο Μυστακίδης (in Greek). www.paokmania.gr. 31 July 2015.
  3. Μυστακίδης: "Εύχομαι να μείνω στο ρόστερ" (in Greek). www.sdna.gr. 10 July 2015. Archived from the original on 2 August 2016.
  4. "Giannis Mystakidis". www.uefa.com.
  5. "Athanasiadis leads PAOK to victory against Kalloni". www.sdna.gr. 30 November 2015.
  6. "PAOK extend Giannis Mystakidis' contract". www.sdna.gr.
  7. "Η "κατάρα" του χιαστού" (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 8 April 2017.
  8. "Ο Μυστακίδης φώναξε "παρών"" (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 20 December 2017.
  9. "Επίσημο: Στον Παναθηναϊκό Κάτσε και Μυστακίδης" (in Greek). www.onsports.gr. 31 January 2018.
  10. "Παρουσιάστηκε ο... Μυστακίδης στον ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα" (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 20 August 2018.
  11. "Συναινετικές λύσεις συμβολαίων (9/1)". 9 January 2019.
  12. PAOK CONFIRM STOCH TRANSFER, FERREIRA TO SIGN CONTRACT IN THE NETHERLANDS, agonasport.com, 30 June 2019
  13. GIANNIS MYSTAKIDIS VERSTERKT DE GRAAFSCHAP, www.degraafschap.nl, 14 January 2020
  14. Giannis Mystakidis at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
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