Andreas Niniadis ( el, Aνδρέας Nινιάδης; born 18 February 1971) is a Pontic Greek former professional

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Olympiacos

Since his retirement, Niniadis has been employed by his former club Olympiacos as a chief scout and an assistant manager, a position he holds today.

Playing career

He was one of the dominant players in one of

Olympiacos FC Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σ.Φ.Π. ), known simply as Olympiacos or Olympiacos Piraeus, is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in Piraeus, Piraeus, Attica. Part of the major Sports ...

''gold'' eras (1997–2003) and he helped his team to reach seven Greek superleague championships successively and one Greek cup as well. He also played for Pontioi Veroia,

Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. Ethnikos Piraeus 1923 Football Club ( el, Εθνικός Πειραιώς 1923) is a Greek football club based in Piraeus and its parent sports club is Ethnikos OFPF. The club was officially formed in 1923 as ''Keravnos'' ( en, Lightning), but ...

and Kerkira FC. He played 23 Champions League matches with Olympiakos, scoring five goals, and three UEFA Cup matches, scoring one goal. Niniadis earned 17

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for the Greece national team, scoring two goals.

Managerial career

In the 2006–07 and 2009–10 seasons he was the assistant coach of Olympiacos FC manager

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and Bozidar Bandovic.

Honours

Club

Olympiacos *

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: 1996–1997, 1997–1998, 1998–1999, 1999–2000, 2000–2001, 2001–2002, 2002–2003 *

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: 1998–1999

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Niniadis, Andreas 1971 births Living people Greek footballers Greece international footballers Olympiacos F.C. players Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. players A.O. Kerkyra players FC Dinamo Batumi players Place of birth missing (living people) Footballers from Georgia (country) Association football midfielders Footballers from Tbilisi