Giannis Taralidis

Giannis Taralidis (Greek: Γιάννης Ταραλίδης; born 17 May 1981) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Giannis Taralidis
Personal information
Full name Ioannis Taralidis
Date of birth (1981-05-17) 17 May 1981
Place of birth Aridaia, Greece
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
Almopos Aridea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2003 Paniliakos 87 (10)
2003–2007 Olympiacos 27 (1)
2007–2009 OFI Crete 46 (6)
2009–2011 Levadiakos 60 (6)
2011–2012 Glyfada 19 (4)
2012–2013 Doxa Drama 35 (6)
2013–2014 Nea Salamina 10 (0)
2014–2015 Ermis Aradippou 47 (4)
2015–2016 Kissamikos 11 (2)
2016–2017 Karmiotissa 25 (3)
2017–2019 Ermis Aradippou 53 (13)
2019 PO Xylotymbou
International career‡
1998 Greece U17 6 (1)
1999 Greece U19 3 (2)
2000–2001 Greece U21 3 (0)
2004 Greece U23 3 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:12, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 August 2004

Club career

Taralidis started his career by APS Almopos Arideas. In 1999, at the age of 18 started his professional career with the Paniliakos. He remained in the club until the first half of 2003–04 season. Paniliakos struggled between Super League and Football League during that period.

In January 2004, Taralidis signed with Olympiacos, in which he remained until 2007. During that period, Olympiacos had a squad of renowned players in the same position as Taralidis (Karembeu, Yaya Toure, Ieroklis Stoltidis, Pantelis Kafes) so it was not easy for a young player to get equal opportunities for playing. On 18 February 2005 he made his first appearance with the club in the UEFA Europa League in a victory 1–0 against FC Sochaux.

After 45 appearances with Olympiacos in all competitions, in the summer of 2007 he signed with OFI Crete made a total of 46 appearances with the club in the next 2 years in SuperLeague.[1] In 2007, he participated with OFI Crete in UEFA Intertoto Cup. In the summer of 2008 had significant offers to join the two leading Cypriot football clubs Omonia and Anorthosis , but he denied due to family obligations and remained with his club, promoted to 3rd team captain. In 2009, he joined Levadiakos.[2] In his first season, he participated in SuperLeague, but the next season due to relegation played in the Football League. In 2011, due to lack of offers, he signed with Glyfada, in Football League 2.[3] In 2012–2013, he played with Doxa Drama, in the Football League where he was also the team captain.[4]

The summer of 2013 he signed a contract with Nea Salamina in the First Division in Cyprus. He was elected team captain.[5] After half season in Nea Salamina, Taralidis signed a contract for six months with Ermis Aradippou,[6] and renew his contract for a year.[7]

Ermis Aradippou FC has been crowned Cypriot Super Cup champions after a 95th-minute winner from Taralidis earned them a 2–1 victory over APOEL FC – 3 minutes after the Nicosia outfit had levelled the match. The historic win, coming just two weeks after Ermis was knocked out of the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round by BSC Young Boys, marked their first-ever domestic trophy success. It also meant revenge on the big stage for Ermis, who lost to APOEL in the Cyprus Cup final last May.[8] In summer 2015, he signed a year contract with Kissamikos.On 5 April 2016, he signed a year contract with another Cypriot club Karmiotissa for an undisclosed fee.[9] On 23 June 2017, he returned to Ermis Aradippou signing a two-year contract.[10]

International career

In 2001, he participated with Greece U21 in the Mediterranean Games. Additionally, he participated with the Greek Olympic team in the 2004 Olympic Games, playing all the games in the group stage. He scored on a draw play against South Korea, and in the game against Mexico.

Honours

Club
Olympiacos
Ermis Aradippou

References
  1. Στον ΟΦΗ ο Ταραλίδης [Taralidis in OFI]. contra.gr (in Greek). 4 July 2007. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  2. Οι "γνωστοί" και ο Ταραλίδης [Taralides and the "known"]. inewsgr.com (in Greek). 11 June 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  3. Πήγα στην Γλυφάδα για να βρω την ησυχία μου... [I went to Glyfada to find my peace ...]. athlitiko.gr (in Greek). 14 September 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  4. "Πάει Δράμα ο Ταραλίδης". sportme.gr (in Greek). 26 July 2012. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015.
  5. Στη Νέα Σαλαμίνα ο Ταραλίδης [Taralidis with Nea Salamina]. xrimaonline.gr (in Greek). 1 July 2013. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  6. Στον Ερμη ο Ταραλίδης [Taralides with Hermes Giannis]. typos.com.cy (in Greek). 1 January 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  7. Ερμής: Συνεχίζει και ο Ταραλίδης. sigmalive.com (in Greek). 23 May 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  8. "Ermis beat APOEL to clinch first Cypriot Super Cup". UEFA. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  9. Ο Ταραλίδης στην Καρμιώτισσα [Taralides with Karmiotissa]. omonoianews.com (in Greek). 5 April 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  10. Τον ανακοίνωσε ο Αντώνης. kerkida.net (in Greek). 23 June 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
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