Kostas Konstantinidis ( gr, Κώστας Κωνσταντινίδης; born 31 August 1972) is a former professional footballer who works as technical director of Greece national team. A defender, he spent most of his career in Greece and Germany. Born in Germany, he represented Greece internationally.

Career

Konstantinidis was born in Schorndorf, West Germany. As a youth he played for VfB Stuttgart before his family moved to Greece in 1985. Having established himself as a professional player with Pierikos Katerini, OFI Crete and

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he went on to play in Germany for

Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96 (), Hannover, HSV or simply 96, is a German professional football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony. They played in the Bundesliga for a total of 30 years betwe ...

and

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs ''Kölner Ballspi ...

. In March 2002 he was loaned to English Premier League side

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...

. He made three appearances for the club and was sent off in his second appearance against Everton.

Coaching career

On 10 March 2009, it was announced by Greek Superleague club Skoda Xanthi that Konstantinidis would be their next assistant coach, starting from 1 July. As of 2011 he was still with Xanthi, as their head of scouting. In August 2019 he was appointed technical director of the Greece national team.

Honours

Hertha Berlin * DFL-Ligapokal:

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Konstantinidis, Kostas 1972 births Living people People from Schorndorf Footballers from Stuttgart (region) German people of Greek descent Sportspeople of Greek descent Citizens of Greece through descent Greek men's footballers Men's association football defenders Greece men's international footballers Super League Greece players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Premier League players Cypriot First Division players S.F.K. Pierikos (football) players OFI Crete F.C. players Panathinaikos F.C. players Hertha BSC players Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Hannover 96 players 1. FC Köln players Nea Salamis Famagusta FC players Greek expatriate men's footballers Greek expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England Greek expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus