Emilios Theofanidis (Greek: Αιμίλιος Θεοφανίδης; 30 November 1939 – 7 February 1999) was a Greek professional footballer who played as midfielder and a later manager.
Theofanidis started football from Aris Ptolemaidas where he distinguished himself competing in the second division,[1] while in 1963 he emerged as the top scorer in his respective group.[2]
In the summer of 1963, he took the big step of his career by transferring to the then Greek champion, AEK Athens.[3] With the yellow-blacks, he played for 2 years, making his debut in the first division and remarkably, participated in both matches against Monaco for the qualifying phase of the European Cup,[4][5] even scoring and 1 goal in the second leg in Athens on 2 October 1963 which ended 1–1.[6] During his spell in the club he won a Greek Cup in 1964.[7]
In the summer of 1965, he transferred to PAOK, where he played for 5 seasons[8] and played in the first 2 European matches in the history of the club against the Wiener Sport-Club for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1965. He was also a finalist of the Greek Cup in the period 1970.[9]
After footballedit
After the end of his football career Theofanidis worked as a coach and among other things, in the infrastructure departments of PAOK and at Aris Ptolemaidas[10] He died on 7 February 1999 at the age of 59. The Municipal Stadium of Ptolemaida has been named in his honor.[11]
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emilios, theofanidis, greek, Αιμίλιος, Θεοφανίδης, november, 1939, february, 1999, greek, professional, footballer, played, midfielder, later, manager, with, athenspersonal, informationfull, namedate, birth, 1939, november, 1939place, birthptolemaida, greeceda. Emilios Theofanidis Greek Aimilios 8eofanidhs 30 November 1939 7 February 1999 was a Greek professional footballer who played as midfielder and a later manager Emilios TheofanidisEmilios Theofanidis with AEK AthensPersonal informationFull nameEmilios TheofanidisDate of birth 1939 11 30 30 November 1939Place of birthPtolemaida GreeceDate of death7 February 1999 1999 02 07 aged 59 Place of deathPtolemaida GreecePosition s Midfielder defenderSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 1963Aris Ptolemaidas1963 1965AEK Athens6 0 1965 1970PAOK145Total151 Club domestic league appearances and goals Contents 1 Club career 2 After football 3 Honours 4 ReferencesClub career editTheofanidis started football from Aris Ptolemaidas where he distinguished himself competing in the second division 1 while in 1963 he emerged as the top scorer in his respective group 2 In the summer of 1963 he took the big step of his career by transferring to the then Greek champion AEK Athens 3 With the yellow blacks he played for 2 years making his debut in the first division and remarkably participated in both matches against Monaco for the qualifying phase of the European Cup 4 5 even scoring and 1 goal in the second leg in Athens on 2 October 1963 which ended 1 1 6 During his spell in the club he won a Greek Cup in 1964 7 In the summer of 1965 he transferred to PAOK where he played for 5 seasons 8 and played in the first 2 European matches in the history of the club against the Wiener Sport Club for the Inter Cities Fairs Cup in 1965 He was also a finalist of the Greek Cup in the period 1970 9 After football editAfter the end of his football career Theofanidis worked as a coach and among other things in the infrastructure departments of PAOK and at Aris Ptolemaidas 10 He died on 7 February 1999 at the age of 59 The Municipal Stadium of Ptolemaida has been named in his honor 11 Honours editAEK Athens Greek Cup 1963 64 Individual Beta Ethniki top scorer 1962 63 4th Group References edit O A8LHTISMOS STH PTOLEMAIDA APO TO 1920 PDF ptolemaida gr Greece List of Second Level Top scorers RSSSF Gia 8ymhsoy tanea gr 10 August 2002 Monaco AEK UEFA Champions League 1963 64 UEFA com AEK Monaco UEFA Champions League 1963 64 UEFA com Gia 8ymhsoy tanea gr 27 September 2003 Hmitelikos Pana8hnaikos Olympiakos diakoph AEK Kypelloyxos aney Telikoy agwna sansimera gr in Greek Retrieved 28 November 2018 Oi 113 paiktes toy PAOK me 100 symmetoxes sport24 gr SAN SHMERA O Arhs katekthse to kypello Elladas 16 December 2019 Archived from the original on 16 December 2019 Aimilios 8eofanidhs kitrinomavro gr 100 Xronia Ptolemaida Dhmos Eordaias ptolemaida gr Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Emilios Theofanidis amp oldid 1206542486, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
