Christos Kostis

Christos Kostis (Greek: Χρήστος Κωστής, born 15 January 1972) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a second striker. Kostis is widely regarded to be one of the most technical players Greece has ever produced.

Christos Kostis
Personal information
Full name Christos Kostis
Date of birth (1972-01-15) 15 January 1972
Place of birth Thessaloniki, Greece
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
AEK FC Academy (scout)
Youth career
Aetos Diavaton
Veria
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1994 Iraklis 110 (24)
1994–1998 AEK Athens 105 (55)
1998–2000 Anderlecht 0 (0)
2000–2005 AEK Athens 7 (1)
2005–2006 Alki Larnaca 19 (3)
2006–2007 Ajax Cape Town 2 (0)
Total 243 (84)
National team
1993–1997 Greece 15 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

His career was going from good to better as he managed to rise to Iraklis' first team squad and become the club's best striker. This made AEK Athens and Olympiacos battle for his signature during the summer of 1994. Olympiakos' and Iraklis' boards agreed for the transfer and Kostis took a plane to Athens in order to sign his new contract with them. Surprisingly who he found waiting for him in the airport were AEK Athen's board as during the flight they made a better offer to Iraklis and signed him. With his new club Kostis continued his good performances featuring in the Champions League, winning 2 Greek Cups. and a Greek Super Cup. His career was cut short when he got seriously injured on 23 October 1997 after a collision with Sturm Graz's goalkeeper Kazimierz Sidorczuk during a game for the Cup Winners' Cup. Nevertheless, his until then appearances made Anderlecht sign him the following summer. He never managed to fully recover from his injury and returned to AEK Athens two years later. He played some matches but was injured again making it clear that what was to be a glorious career was practically over.

International career

He debuted for the Greek national football team on 10 March 1993 and went to score 4 times during his 15 caps.[1]

Career statistics

International

National teamSeasonAppsGoals
 Greece 199310
199442
199520
199640
199742
Total154

Last updated: 2010-3-03
Source: Christos Kostis at National-Football-Teams.com

Christos Kostis: International goals
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
11994-04-27Athens Olympic Sports Complex, Athens, Greece Saudi Arabia4–15–1Friendly
21994-04-27Athens Olympic Sports Complex, Athens, Greece Saudi Arabia5–15–1Friendly
31997-01-22Jerusalem, Israel Israel0–11–1Friendly
41997-03-12Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus Cyprus0–20–4Friendly

Honours

AEK Athens
1996
1996, 1997, 2002

References

  1. "Christos Kostis profile (GR)". aek.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011.

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