Charalambos "Babis" Stefanidis ( el, Χαράλαμπος "Μπάμπης" Στεφανίδης; born 8 March 1981) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a

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, and now manager. He is the current manager of the Swedish team Olympiacos Stockholm FC.

Career

Born in Skellefteå, Stefanidis started his career at youth level at IF Brommapojkarna and has also represented the Greek team

Iraklis Gymnasticos Syllogos Iraklis ( el, Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Ηρακλής, en, Gymnastics Club Heracles), commonly referred to as Iraklis, is a Greek multi-sports club based in Thessaloniki. The club was founded in 1908 as "Mace ...

. He got his senior level debut for

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is named ...

in 2001, and won the Swedish

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championship with the club in

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and

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. In 2004, he moved abroad to play for Danish club

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, with whom he won the 2005

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championship. He moved back to Sweden in 2005 in order to join Helsingborgs IF. On 23 July 2007, it was announced that Stefanidis had signed for Helsingborgs' rivals

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, is a professional football club and the most successful football club in Sweden in terms of trophies won. Formed in 1910 and affiliated with the Scania Football Association, ...

, a contract starting on 1 January 2008. However, fans of Helsingborgs IF were greatly upset and subsequent harassment and personal persecution led to Stefanidis' changing clubs prematurely, on 2 August 2007. The disappointment came from the fact that Stefanidis refused to sign a new contract with Helsingborg and thereafter switched to the main rivals. On 27 July 2009, Stefanidis moved on loan from Malmö FF to Landskrona BoIS, in exchange for

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who moved from Landskrona to Malmö. In the Winter 2009, Stefanidis moved back to play for his childhood club IF Brommapojkarna. In February 2012, Stefanidis joined Akropolis IF in the

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Honours

; Djurgårdens IFFörteckning över samtliga SM-guld för Djurgårdens IF på seniornivå genom tiderna
(in Swedish) : *

* Svenska Cupen:

; Brøndby IF: *

: 2004–05 * Danish Cup:

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; Helsingborgs IF: * Svenska Cupen:

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References

External links

Malmö FF Profile

Brøndby IF profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stefanidis, Babis 1981 births Living people Swedish people of Greek descent Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's under-21 international footballers Super League Greece players Allsvenskan players Danish Superliga players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players Brøndby IF players Helsingborgs IF players Landskrona BoIS players Akropolis IF players Malmö FF players Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) players IF Brommapojkarna players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Men's association football midfielders People from Skellefteå Municipality Sportspeople from Västerbotten County