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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexios Stavridis | ||
| Date of birth | (1915-01-01)1 January 1915 | ||
| Place of birth | Constantinople,Ottoman Empire | ||
| Date of death | 1 January 1998(1998-01-01) (aged 83) | ||
| Place of death | Piraeus,Greece | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1933 | Vyzantion Piraeus | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1933–1943 | AEK Athens | 6 | (2) |
| 1944–1949 | Olympiacos | 22 | (11) |
| Total | 28 | (13) | |
| International career | |||
| 1949 | Greece | 2 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1949–1952 | Panpaianiakos | ||
| 1957–1958 | Egaleo | ||
| 1959–1960 | AE Nikea | ||
| 1961–1962 | Olympiacos | ||
| 1967 | Proodeftiki | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alekos Chatzistavridis (Greek:Αλέκος Χατζησταυρίδης; 1 January 1915 – 1 January 1998) was aGreekfootballer who played as aforward and a later manager.[1] His real name was"Stavridis".
Chatzistavridis started football at Vyzantion Piraeus. In 1933 he joinedAEK Athens and changed his name to"Chatzistavridis", because he officially belonged to his previous club. He established himself as one of the main attackers of the club. On 28 May 1939, he opened the score in theGreek Cup final, defeatingPAOK by 2–1.[2] He played with the "yellow-blacks" for a decade and won 2 consecutivePanhellenic Championships, 1 Cup and 1Athens FCA Championship in 1940, including the first domestic double in by a Greek club in 1939.[3]
In 1944, during the period of theOccupation, when Greek football was inactive and Chatzistavridis joinedOlympiacos. On 30 June 1946 he was expelled in the match against AEK alongside his former teammateKleanthis Maropoulos.[4] On 8 June 1947, he played in the 5–0 win againstIraklis in the Cup final.[5] He played as a regular at the club ofPiraeus, until 1949, when he ended his career as a footballer. At Olympiacos he won in total another 2 consecutive Panhellenic Championships, 1 Cup and 4 consecutivePiraeus FCA Championships, including another domestic double in by a Greek club in 1947.[6][7][8][9]
Chatzistavridis played in two games withGreece underKostas Negrepontis, for theMediterranean Cup in May 1949 both held atLeoforos Alexandras Stadium.[10] His debut was on 16 May in the 1–2 defeat againstTurkey, coming in as a sub at the 46th minute in the place of Giannis Petsanas. He scored his only international goal in his second and final appearance on 18 May, playing the full match in the 1–3 defeat againstEgypt.[11]
Immeditately after his retirement as a footballer, Chatzistavridis enacted with coaching at Pampaianikos Peanias until 1952. Afterwards, he took as various clubs such asEgaleo, AE Nikea, Olympiacos for 6 months[12] and a brief spell atProodeftiki.
Chatzistavridis fought in theWorld War II and in the battle ofTepelenë and was seriously injured in the leg, where he recovered after great efforts. He died in 1998 at Piraeus.[13]
AEK Athens
Olympiacos
