Ilias Kyriakidis

Ilias Kyriakidis (Greek: Ηλίας Κυριακίδης; born 5 August 1985) is a Greek former football player. He currently plays as a midfielder for Ionikos in Gamma Ethniki.

Ilias Kyriakidis
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-08-05) 5 August 1985
Place of birth Athens, Greece
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 Ionikos 9 (0)
2005–2007 AEK Athens 21 (0)
2007–2011 AEL 66 (2)
2011–2012 Ergotelis 28 (0)
2012 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0 (0)
2012–2013 CSKA Sofia 4 (0)
2013–2014 AEL 0 (0)
2014–2017 Ionikos 0 (0)
National team‡
2006 Greece U21 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 August 2013
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 August 2013

Career

On 16 June 2007 Kyriakidis completed his move from AEK to AEL[1] and earned 24 caps in 2007-2008 season. With AEK Athens he gained experience in Champions League matches. After 3 successful years with the Thessalian club, he decided to continue his career elsewhere, having plans to move away from Greece. His next team however, was Greek side Ergotelis. On 2 January 2011 he signed a new contract for two years and a half with the club.

In the summer of 2012, he dissolve his contract with Ergotelis and sign for free with the Bulgarian Lokomotiv Plovdiv.[2] During Lokomotiv pre-season preparation, the owner of the club - Konstantin Dinev decided to resign and left the team in bad financial situation.[3][4]

CSKA Sofia took advantage of the situation and on 27 July 2012 they signed Kyriakidis as a free agent.[5] On 30 September 2012 he made his debut for CSKA in 3–1 home win against Etar Veliko Tarnovo.[6] On August 2013, he returned to Greece and signed once more with AEL.

References
  1. Kyriakidis starts Larissa adventure by UEFA
  2. Ilias Kyriakidis signs with Loko Plovdiv (in Bulgarian)
  3. Koko Dienv resigns from Loko Plovdiv (in Bulgarian)
  4. Koko Dinev officially left Loko Plovdiv (in Bulgarian)
  5. CSKA now can use nine new footballers (in Bulgarian)
  6. CSKA wins in Sofia, two new players debuts for Armeytsite (in Bulgarian)
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