Giorgos Koltzos ( gr, Γιώργος Κόλτζος; born 13 September 1976) is a retired

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, who played as a defender.

Career

Koltzos began playing football with the youth side of

Athinaikos F.C. Athinaikos, officially known as Athinaikos AS FC (Greek: Αθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Σύλλογος - Athinaikos Athlitikos Syllogos), the ''Athenaic Athletic Association'', is a Greek association football club based in the city of At ...

and joined the club's professional team in July 1993. He would spend five seasons in the

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with Athinaikos before moving to Paniliakos F.C. in October 1998. Koltzos spent three more seasons in the Superleague with Paniliakos before the club was relegated to the

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. Koltzos played for

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as a trialist and played for the reserves against

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in October 2006, although did not get a contract with the club.

References

External links

Profile at epae.orgGuardian Football
{{DEFAULTSORT:Koltzos, Giorgos 1976 births Living people Footballers from Athens Greek footballers Greece under-21 international footballers Super League Greece players Athinaikos F.C. players Paniliakos F.C. players Apollon Pontou FC players A.O. Kerkyra players OFI Crete F.C. players Veria F.C. players Levadiakos F.C. players Thrasyvoulos F.C. players Association football defenders