Ioannis Potouridis ( el, Ιωάννης Ποτουρίδης, born 27 February 1992) is a Greek professional

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who plays as a

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for Greek club

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Club career

Potourídis made has first league appearances for Olympiakos during 2010. He made his debut on the match against

Ilioupoli F.C. GS Ilioupolis ( el, Γ.Σ. Ηλιούπολης) is a multi-sport club based in Ilioupoli, Athens, Greece. The club was founded in 1953, and it has about 2,000 athletes competing in nine sports. Colours and crest GS Ilioupoli's colours are red a ...

in the Greek Cup. Ironically, he is most famous in Greece for two costly mistakes he made in a match against

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towards the end of the 2010–2011 season. In the game, Potourídis twice headed the ball directly to Atromitos attackers who scored two goals as Olympiakos embarrassingly lost 3–1. On 23 November 2011, he substituted on for Rafik Djebbour during Olympiacos' 1–0 victory over Marseille in the Champions League at the Stade Vélodrome, in Group F. On 10 August 2012, he was loaned to the newly promoted

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side

Platanias Platanias (Greek: Πλατανιάς) is a village and municipality on the Greek island of Crete. It is located about west from the city of Chania and east of Kissamos, on Chania Bay. The seat of the municipality is the village Gerani. Platania ...

. He made a total of 30 appearances without scoring any goal. On 15 July 2013, he was sold to Novara Calcio. A year later he returned to Greece, signing a two years contract with Panthrakikos for an undisclosed fee. On 30 August 2016, Potouridis signed a three years contract with Greek Super League club AEL. On 17 January 2017, he solved his contract with the club. On 1 March 2017, Potouridis signed a six months contract with the Polish I liga club Miedź Legnica. On 31 July 2017, Potouridis signed a year (plus an additional year) contract with

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club OFI for an undisclosed fee. Having not played competitively since April 2019, Potouridis signed for

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club

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in late October.

International career

He has represented his country at Under-17 level and has played in the qualifying and elite round of the UEFA Under-17 European Championship.

Honours

Olympiacos * Superleague:

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, 2011–12 * Greek Cup: 2011–12

References

External links

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