Ilias Kyriakidis ( el, Ηλίας Κυριακίδης; born 5 August 1985) is a Greek former professional

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Career

On 16 June 2007 Kyriakidis completed his move from

AEK A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadelf ...

to AEL and earned 24 caps in 2007-2008 season. With AEK Athens he gained experience in Champions League matches. After 3 successful years with the Thessalian club, he decided to continue his career elsewhere, having plans to move away from Greece. His next team however, was Greek side

Ergotelis The Gymnastics Club «Ergotelis» Heraklion Crete ( el, Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος «O Εργοτέλης» Ηρακλείου Κρήτης, Γ.Σ. Εργοτέλης), commonly known simply as Ergotelis ( el, Εργοτέλης), ...

. On 2 January 2011 he signed a new contract for two years and a half with the club. In the summer of 2012, he dissolve his contract with

and sign for free with the Bulgarian

Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv ( bg, ПФК Локомотив Пловдив), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park ...

. During Lokomotiv pre-season preparation, the owner of the club - Konstantin Dinev decided to resign and left the team in bad financial situation.

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...

took advantage of the situation and on 27 July 2012 they signed Kyriakidis as a free agent. On 30 September 2012 he made his debut for CSKA in 3–1 home win against Etar Veliko Tarnovo.CSKA wins in Sofia, two new players debuts for Armeytsite (in Bulgarian)
/ref> In August 2013, he returned to

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and signed once more with AEL.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kyriakidis, Ilias 1985 births Living people AEK Athens F.C. players Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players Ergotelis F.C. players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players PFC CSKA Sofia players Super League Greece players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Athens Greek men's footballers Greek expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Greek expatriate men's footballers