Antonis Antoniadis (

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: Αντώνης Αντωνιάδης, born 25 May 1946) is a former

footballer. He scored 243 goals during his 22-years long career. He started his career in 1964 playing for Aspida Xanthi before moving to Panathinaikos on 31 July 1968. Antoniadis scored his first official goal for Panathinaikos on 27 October 1968 in a 1–0 victory over

Apollon Athens Apollon Smyrnis Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Απόλλων Σμύρνης), or in its full name Gymnasticos Syllogos Apollon Smyrnis ( el, links=no, Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Απόλλων Σμύρνης, ''Gymnastics Club Apollon o ...

. During his time at Xanthi, he was sometimes used as a goalkeeper because of his height. His nickname was ''Ο Ψηλός, The Tall''.

Career

Antoniadis scored 187 goals in 242 matches in the

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, and was top scorer five times: in 1970 (25 goals), 1972 (39 goals), 1973 (22), 1974 (26) and 1975 (20). In

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,when Panathinaikos reached the European Cup Final against

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, Antoniadis was the leading scorer in the tournament with 10 goals. During the summer of 1978 he was transferred to Olympiakos where he stayed for one season, playing in 13 games and scoring 7 goals. He later went on to play for Atromitos Athens. In 1980, before he retired and became president of PSAP, he went full circle and returned to Panathinaikos. Antoniadis is renounced for his accurate heading and long, powerful shots. He made 21 appearances and scored 6 goals for the Greece national team between 1970 and 1977. He has the vice-president of the football team of Panathinaikos Athletic Club since the summer of 2008.

Honours

; Panathinaikos *

Alpha Ethniki The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...

: 1968–69, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1976–77 * Greek Cup: 1968–69, 1976–77 *

European Cup The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...

''(runner-up)'' * Intercontinental Cup:

''(runner-up)'' *

Balkans Cup The Balkans Cup was an international football competition for clubs from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and Yugoslavia. It was introduced in 1961 and was very popular in the 1960s (the 1967 final attracted 42,000 spectators), being t ...

: 1977 ; Greece military national football team *

World Military Cup The World Military Cup is a Association football, football competition for national military teams. It is organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). The tournament has been held since 1946 and was originally called the World Mi ...

: 1969 ;Individual *

Beta Ethniki The Football League ( el, Φούτμπολ Λιγκ) was the second highest professional football league in Greece since its inception in 1962 as ''Beta Ethniki'' and until 2019. It then served as a third tier after the creation of the Super Le ...

Top Scorer: 1966–67, 1967–68 *Alpha Ethniki Top Scorer: 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75 (record) *European Cup Top Scorer: 1970–71 * European Golden Boot: 1971 ''(runner-up)''

References

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