Kostas Konstantinidis

Kostas Konstantinidis (Greek: Κώστας Κωνσταντινίδης; born 31 August 1972) is a former professional footballer who works as technical director of Greece national team. A defender, he spent most of his career in Greece and Germany. Born in Germany, he represented Greece internationally.[1]

Kostas Konstantinidis
Personal information
Full name Konstantinos Konstantinidis
Date of birth (1972-08-31) 31 August 1972
Place of birth Schorndorf, West Germany
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1979–1983 VfL Schorndorf
1983–1985 VfB Stuttgart
1985–1991 Omonia Sindos Thessaloniki
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1994 Pierikos Katerini 84 (5)
1994–1997 OFI Crete 65 (7)
1997–1999 Panathinaikos 60 (7)
1999–2002 Hertha BSC 48 (2)
2002 → Bolton Wanderers (loan) 3 (0)
2002–2004 Hannover 96 43 (3)
2004–2005 1. FC Köln 14 (1)
2006–2007 OFI Crete 35 (1)
2007–2008 Nea Salamis Famagusta 6 (0)
Total 358 (26)
International career
1995–2003 Greece 38 (1)
Managerial career
2009–2012 Skoda Xanthi (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Konstantinidis was born in Schorndorf, West Germany. As a youth he played for VfB Stuttgart before his family moved to Greece in 1985. Having established himself as a professional player with Pierikos Katerini, OFI Crete and Hertha BSC he went on to play in Germany for Hertha BSC, Hannover 96 and 1. FC Köln.

In March 2002 he was loaned to English Premier League side Bolton Wanderers.[2] He made three appearances for the club and was sent off in his second appearance against Everton.[3]

Coaching career

On 10 March 2009, it was announced by Greek Superleague club Skoda Xanthi that Konstantinidis would be their next assistant coach, starting from 1 July.

As of 2011 he was still with Xanthi, as their head of scouting.

In August 2019 he was appointed technical director of the Greece national team.

Honours

Hertha Berlin

References
  1. "Konstantinidis, Kostas" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  2. "Bolton sign Greek defender". BBC. 26 March 2002. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  3. "Everton leave Bolton struggling". BBC. 1 April 2002. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  4. "Ligapokal, 2001, Finale". dfb.de. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  5. "Ligapokal, 2002, Finale". dfb.de. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
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