Georgios Kostikos (

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: Γεώργιος Κωστίκος; born 26 April 1958) is a Greek former professional

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Playing career

Club

Kostikos began playing football with Pierikos in 1975, and two years later he was acquired by PAOK. He played for PAOK from 1977 to 1986, before finishing his career with

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

and Diagoras. He won the

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Greek league title with PAOK.

International

Kostikos made 35 appearances and scored three goals for the

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from 1977 to 1984. He also participated in

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Managerial career

In 2006, after the dismissal of PAOK coach, Mr. Karageorgiou, Kostikos took over the team as a temporary coach. After Kostikos successfully led PAOK to qualify to the

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Groups, PAOK's president Yannis Goumenos, announced that Kostikos will be the coach of PAOK. For the year 2007–2008 Kostikos managed

Nea Salamina Nea Salamis Famagusta or Nea Salamina Famagusta ( el, Νέα Σαλαμίνα Αμμοχώστου) is a Cypriot sports club based in Ammochostos (also known by its romanized name, Famagusta), Cyprus. The club is named after Salamis (or Salam ...

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Honours

PAOK *

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 ...

**Champion (1): 1984–85 **Runner-up (1): 1977–78 *

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**Runner-up (4): 1977–78, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1984–85 Olympiacos *

**Champion (1): 1986–87

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kostikos, Giorgos 1958 births Living people Greek footballers Greece international footballers Pierikos F.C. players PAOK FC players Olympiacos F.C. players Greek football managers Expatriate football managers in Cyprus PAOK FC managers UEFA Euro 1980 players Super League Greece players Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. managers Kozani F.C. managers Nea Salamis Famagusta FC managers Pontic Greeks Soviet people of Greek descent Uzbekistani people of Greek descent Sportspeople from Tashkent PAOK FC non-playing staff Footballers from Katerini Association football forwards