| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Georgios Charalambous Georgiadis[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1972-03-08)8 March 1972 (age 53) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kavala, Greece | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right winger | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1990 | Keravnos Krinidon | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–1992 | Doxa Drama | 77 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–1998 | Panathinaikos | 176 | (60) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Newcastle United | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2003 | PAOK | 105 | (42) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Olympiacos | 44 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Iraklis | 36 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | PAOK | 38 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 486 | (137) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1993–2004 | Greece | 61 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Greece U19 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Greece U21 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | PAOK (Sporting Director) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | PAOK (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | PAOK (Assistant Manager) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | PAOK (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | PAOK (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Veria | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Trikala | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2024 | PAOK Academy (Sporting Director) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Georgios Charalambous Georgiadis (Greek:Γεώργιος Γεωργιάδης,[2] born 8 March 1972) is a Greek former professionalfootballer, now a football coach. A formerright winger, he made 61 appearances for theGreece national football team, and played for several Greek clubs includingPanathinaikos and two spells atPAOK. He was also signed by the English clubNewcastle for a season, where he quickly became known by the nicknameGeordie Geordiadis. After retiring in 2008 he coached theGreece U21 side.
Born inKavala, Greece, Georgiadis' family, soon after his birth, left forStuttgart, Germany, where young Giorgos first learned to play football. He returned to Greece, as a teenager and signed up for amateur side Keravnos Krinides. Soon he was discovered byAlpha Ethniki clubDoxa Drama who signed him at age 17.
He transferred to major clubPanathinaikos and played for theAthens greens from the1993–94 until the1997–98 season. He was member of the squad who reached the Champions League semi finals in1995–96. His exposure to European football brought an offer fromEnglish Premiership side,Newcastle United, for £420,000 and Georgiadis joined fellow GreekNikos Dabizas atSt James' Park in the1999 season. During that year, Newcastle United made it to theFA Cup Final but lost out toManchester United. It was in the FA Cup that Georgiadis scored his only Newcastle goal, in the 4–1 win over Everton.[3]
Georgiadis returned to Greece to play forPAOK from2000 until2003 before transferring toOlympiacos.
He was released by Olympiacos after the2004–05 season and was signed up byIraklis Thessaloniki. After one and a half seasons with Iraklis, Georgiadis left the club as a free transfer to PAOK in January 2007. On 1 July 2008, he retired from professional football as a player. Throughout his career, he won three Greek First Division with Panathinaikos and Olympiacos and six Greek Cups with Panathinaikos, Olympiacos and PAOK.
Georgiadis was capped 61 times and has scored 11 goals forGreece. Georgiadis was also a member of theGreece squad that won theUEFA Euro 2004.
On 5 May, it was announced that Georgiadis was appointed as a scout at his former club. Georgiadis after was called up to coach theGreece U21, after the previous coachNikos Nioplias was named to coachPanathinaikos. In May 2013, Georgiadis was appointed caretaker manager for PAOK in place ofGiorgos Donis[4] successfully steering them to a first-place finish in the Super League playoffs. In March 2014, was appointed as caretaker manager of PAOK in place ofHuub Stevens.[5] In March 2015, he was appointed once again as caretaker manager for PAOK in place ofAngelos Anastasiadis.
On 18 June 2015, he was appointed asVeria manager.
On 5 September 2016, he was appointedTrikala manager.
On 13 January 2018, he returned toPAOK after being appointed as a scout, working forĽuboš Micheľ in finding young Greek talents.[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Doxa Drama | 1990–91 | Alpha Ethniki | 31 | 7 | – | 31 | 7 | |||
| 1991–92 | 33 | 5 | – | 33 | 5 | |||||
| 1992–93 | 13 | 5 | – | 13 | 5 | |||||
| Total | 77 | 17 | ||||||||
| Panathinaikos | 1992–93 | Alpha Ethniki | 21 | 4 | 21 | 4 | ||||
| 1993–94 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 8 | ||||
| 1994–95 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 10 | ||||
| 1995–96 | 31 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 39 | 11 | ||||
| 1996–97 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 10 | ||||
| 1997–98 | 32 | 21 | – | 32 | 21 | |||||
| Total | 176 | 60 | ||||||||
| Newcastle United | 1998–99 | Premier League | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 12 | 1 | |
| PAOK | 1999–2000 | Alpha Ethniki | 26 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 9 |
| 2000–01 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 14 | ||
| 2001–02 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 17 | ||
| 2002–03 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 18 | ||
| Total | 105 | 42 | 29 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 150 | 58 | ||
| Olympiacos | 2003–04 | Alpha Ethniki | 28 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 9 |
| 2004–05 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 3 | ||
| Total | 44 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 62 | 12 | ||
| Iraklis | 2005–06 | Alpha Ethniki | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | 22 | 5 | |
| 2006–07 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | ||
| Total | 36 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 6 | ||
| PAOK | 2006–07 | Alpha Ethniki | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 14 | 1 | |
| 2007–08 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 26 | 2 | |||
| Total | 38 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 486 | 137 | 42 | 17 | 49 | 7 | 577 | 161 | ||
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||||
| Greece U-19 | 1 July 2009 | 30 June 2010 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 050.00 | |||
| Greece U-21 | 21 January 2010 | 1 June 2012 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 052.63 | |||
| PAOK | 29 April 2013 | 14 June 2013 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 050.00 | |||
| PAOK | 3 March 2014 | 30 June 2014 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 050.00 | |||
| PAOK | 16 March 2015 | 30 June 2015 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 030.77 | |||
| Veria | 1 July 2015 | 19 January 2016 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 026.09 | |||
| Trikala | 5 September 2016 | 16 January 2017 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 038.46 | |||
| Career totals | 94 | 38 | 24 | 32 | 040.43 | |||||
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