Nikos Georgeas

Personal information
Full name	Nikolaos Georgeas
Date of birth	(1976-12-27)27 December 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Kalamata, Greece
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Right back,Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–2000	Kalamata	65	(1)
1996	→PAS Giannina (loan)	19	(0)
2000–2012	AEK Athens	188	(1)
2012–2013	Veria	18	(0)
2013–2015	AEK Athens	37	(0)
Total		326	(2)
Medal record Greek Cup 2002 Greek Cup 2011
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nikolaos "Nikos" Georgeas (Greek:Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Γεωργέας, born 27 December 1976) is a Greek former professionalfootballer who played as aright-back. He was most recently administrative director ofAEK Athens Academy.

Georgeas started his football career at the Mani Platsa club. At the age of 19 he joined the team of Black Storm.^[1] Georgeas spent almost his entire career playing forAEK Athens. Fans have a lot of respect on him, because of his passion and love in AEK Athens' badge after spending 12 years at the club. On 26 May 2008 Georgeas signed a new 2-year contract which will keep him at the club until 2010.^[2] Georgeas is also regarded to be one of the club's most loyal players and was voted in the top 10 legend list of AEK Athens history. In the 2010/11 season, Georgeas scored his first goal for the club after spending 12 years at the club and scored againstErgotelis in a 2-3 away win. Georgeas also scored his second goal for the club just weeks later, againstAEL. Next year, his coachNikos Kostenoglou wanted to utilize his talent and experience, something that led Kostenoglou to try Georgeas in a new position; as a defensive midfielder. Georgeas, who the previous season did not make AEK's starting eleven, tried to meet the expectations of his team coach and managed to be proved as a tool, as he could play in more than one position. Moreover, he was chosen to be the captain in some games being the oldest player in the team.

In July 2012, Georgeas' contract with AEK ended, bringing to a close a 12 years at the club.Veria was the next stop in his career, counting 18 appearances and several of them as team captain. After the end of the one-year contract with Veria, AEK decided to bring back Nikos Georgeas to play in the third division. He was considered one of the leaders in AEK's effort to return to theSuper League. At the end of the 2014-15 season, with AEK Athens being promoted to the first division, Georgeas decided to finish his career in his favourite team. He is famous for the chant that AEK fans have dedicated to him, with the lyrics "Georgea, Georgea, ta fyta stinKalamata einai oraia!" (Greek:"Γεωργέα, Γεωργέα, τα φυτά στην Καλαμάτα είναι ωραία!"), which means "Georgeas, Georgeas, (the) plants in Kalamata are nice!", a reference to the footballer's birthplace, Kalamata, in southern Greece, and to theweed produced widely in the area.^[3]

In 2015, Georgeas retired from professional football.^[1]

Since September 2019, Georgeas has been heading the administration of theAEK Academy together with Konstantinos Papapostolou.^[4]

Additional suspects include Veria Director of Football Giorgos Lanaris and former owner Giorgos Arvanitidis, regarding 6 January 2013 match ofOlympiacos F.C. againstVeria F.C.^[5] Veria player Nikolaos Georgeas and club's managerDimitris Kalaitzidis at the time, testified in March 2015 that Lanaris following Arvanitidis orders demanded from Veria players to lose with a 3–0 score, which eventually happened.^[6][7][8]According to Andreadis, bothMarinakis and Arvanitidis had agreed on the match fixing.^[9]

Veria playerAlexandros Kalogeris confirmed Georgeas' testimony, at the Athens court houses, that he entered the game in the second half after being instructed by the team manager to lose the game 3-0. The scandal has seen revelations about a series of dramatic events including phone tapping by Greece's intelligence agency, the involvement of Interpol, the bombing of a referee's premises, and a row erupting between the new Greek government andUEFA andFIFA. Football violence has also spiralled out of control, with riot police regularly seen on the pitch. However, despite the long-running investigation into match-fixing, no one has yet been jailed. Five people have been sentenced to time in prison but were subsequently freed on appeal. Charges against a number of the accused have been dropped and there are fears that, like so many other investigations in Greece, they will fizzle out.^[10]

¹ Includes 4 caps and 1 goal in the semi-proFootball League 2 Cup.

AEK Athens

• Greek Cup:2001–02,2010–11
• Football League:2014–15
• Football League 2:2013–14 (6th Group)

Individual

• Best Super League Greece Team:2011–12^[11]

• 1976 births
• Living people
• Greek men's footballers
• Super League Greece players
• Football League (Greece) players
• AEK Athens F.C. players
• Kalamata F.C. players
• PAS Giannina F.C. players
• Veria F.C. players
• AEK Athens F.C. non-playing staff
• Men's association football defenders
• Footballers from Kalamata

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