Babis Stefanidis
Charalambos "Babis" Stefanidis (Greek: Χαράλαμπος "Μπάμπης" Στεφανίδης; born 8 March 1981) is a Swedish former professional footballer, and now manager. He is the current manager of the Swedish team Olympiacos Stockholm FC.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charalambos Stefanidis | ||
| Date of birth | 8 March 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Skellefteå, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Olympiacos Stockholm FC (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987–1998 | IF Brommapojkarna | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2001 | Iraklis | 14 | (1) |
| 2001–2004 | Djurgårdens IF | 62 | (8) |
| 2004–2005 | Brøndby IF | 15 | (1) |
| 2005–2007 | Helsingborgs IF | 51 | (7) |
| 2007–2009 | Malmö FF | 10 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Landskrona BoIS (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | IF Brommapojkarna | 19 | (1) |
| 2012 | Akropolis IF | 7 | (2) |
| Total | 192 | (21) | |
| International career | |||
| 2002–2004 | Sweden U21 | 18 | (4) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013– | Olympiacos Stockholm FC | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
Born in Skellefteå, Stefanidis started his career at youth level at IF Brommapojkarna and has also represented the Greek team Iraklis. He got his senior level debut for Djurgårdens IF in 2001, and won the Swedish Allsvenskan championship with the club in 2002 and 2003.[1] In 2004, he moved abroad to play for Danish club Brøndby IF, with whom he won the 2005 Danish Superliga championship. He moved back to Sweden in 2005 in order to join Helsingborgs IF.[2]
On 23 July 2007, it was announced that Stefanidis had signed for Helsingborgs' rivals Malmö FF, a contract starting on 1 January 2008.[3] However, fans of Helsingborgs IF were greatly upset and subsequent harassment and personal persecution led to Stefanidis' changing clubs prematurely, on 2 August 2007. The disappointment came from the fact that Stefanidis refused to sign a new contract with Helsingborg and thereafter switched to the main rivals.[4]
On 27 July 2009, Stefanidis moved on loan from Malmö FF to Landskrona BoIS, in exchange for Ivo Pekalski who moved from Landskrona to Malmö.[5] In the Winter 2009, Stefanidis moved back to play for his childhood club IF Brommapojkarna.
In February 2012, Stefanidis joined Akropolis IF in the Division 1 Norra.
Honours
- Djurgårdens IF[6]
- Allsvenskan: 2002, 2003
- Svenska Cupen: 2002
- Brøndby IF
- Danish Superliga: 2004–05
- Danish Cup: 2005
- Helsingborgs IF
- Svenska Cupen: 2006
References
- ^ Statistik från SvFF 2007- 13 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Statistik från SvFF 2002-2007 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Stefanidis klar för MFF (mff.se, 2 August 2007) 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ „Babis klar för MFF efter derbyt“ by sydsvenskan.se 14 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved 23 January 2008)
- ^ Babis Stefanidis lånas ut till Landskrona BoIS 4 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf[bare URL PDF]
External links
- (in Danish)