 Giorgos Petridis | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Georgios Petridis | ||
| Date of birth | (1938-02-10)10 February 1938 | ||
| Place of birth | Ampelokipoi,Athens, Greece | ||
| Date of death | 2 February 2017(2017-02-02) (aged 78) | ||
| Place of death | Athens, Greece | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder,forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1957 | Pera Club | ||
| 1957–1966 | AEK Athens | 145 | (35) |
| 1966–1967 | Vyzas Megara | ||
| International career | |||
| 1963 | Greece | 1 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| Panarkadikos | |||
| Eordaikos | |||
| Levadiakos | |||
| 1976 | AEL | ||
| 1987–1988 | AEK Athens (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Giorgos Petridis (Greek:Γιώργος Πετρίδης; 10 February 1938 – 2 February 2017) was aGreek professionalfootballer who played as anattacking midfielder and a later manager.
Petridis started his career at Pera Club in the local divisions of Athens and with his impressive performances and his talent he attracted the interest of the big teams. In 1957, the doctor and vice-president ofAEK Athens, Loutsidis, who knew him, mediated his transfer to the club, which took place under the presidency of Nikos Goumas. AEK gave some sports equipment to Pera Club, as exchange for his transfer.
Petridis joined a very strong AEK with great players, such asNestoridis,Poulis,Kanakis,Emmanouilidis. He made his debut replacing Kanakis who at that time had come into conflict the coach,Vittore Martini. He impressed with his performances competing as an attacking midfielder as well as an attacker. He scored a hat-trick on 16 December 1961 a 3–6 away win againstPanelefsiniakos.[1] On 23 December 1962 he impressed with his performance in the derby againstOlympiacos atKaraiskakis Stadium where AEK won by 3–1.[2] In that season AEK, coached byJenő Csaknády and with the attacking duo of Nestoridis-Papaioannou, impressed and finally won the title after a play-off match againstPanathinaikos.[3] During his spell at AEK Athens, he won theChampionship of 1963 and 2Cups.
In the summer of 1966 Petridis left AEK and although he had a tempting offer to continue his career inAustralia, he was influenced by his mother and decided to stay inGreece and eventually move toVyzas Megara, where he played for a year before ending his career as a footballer.[4]
Petridis appeared once withGreece in 1963.[5] He did so on 16 October 1963 in a friendly home 3–1 win againstPoland, under his former manager at AEK,Tryfon Tzanetis, coming in as replacement of Giannis Cholevas at the 46th minute and scoring the last goal of the match 20 minutes later.[6]
After the end of his career as a footballer Petridis became involved in coaching. He worked atPanarkadikos,Eordaikos,Levadiakos andAEL among others, while he was also assistant toTodor Veselinović at AEK. Later he was for a number of years in the training team of theacademies of AEK.
Petridis was a good friend, best man and neighbor with the legend of AEK Athens,Kleanthis Maropoulos.[7] He died on 2 February 2017, at the age of 78, in a car accident. Coincidentally, another former player of AEK Athens and his former teammate,Miltos Papapostolou also died on the same day.[8]
AEK Athens
