Mavroudis Bougaidis ( el, Μαυρουδής Μπουγαΐδης, born 1 June 1993) is a Greek professional

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who plays as a

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for Polish

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club

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Club career

Early years

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academies found a talented defender and the club signed with him a contract for two years. Many clubs in Greece were interested in signing Bougaidis, as he was very good with the youth team of Aris and with the Greece U19 team, too. Four clubs from Europe approached him, but he chose to play for

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

AEK Athens

On 16 May 2011, Mavroudis Bougaidis signed a three-year deal with Greek giants

. He made his

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debut against

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as a substitution. He also played against

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in the Europa League and impressed in Greek Super League matches at the end of 2011–12 season. In July 2012

rejected a €1.1 million bid for Bougaidis from Everton F.C. For the 2012–13 season Bougaidis achieved 14 appierances for the

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in a disappointing season for AEK Athens as it failed to stay in the first division of the league.

Granada

On 30 July 2013, Bougaidis signed a three-year deal with

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team

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. Initially expected to join

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on loan, the deal later collapsed and he was assigned to B-team in

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. On 1 January 2014, Bougaidis was loaned to

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, his first professional team until the end of the 2013–14 season. On 4 July 2014, he was loaned to

Lechia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football club based in Gdańsk. The club was founded in 1945 by people expelled from Lwów, who were supporters of Poland's oldest football team Lechia Lwów, founded in 1903. The club's name comes from Lechia, a ...

for the 2014–15 season, playing in Polish

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. He made his debut on 14 September 2014 against

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(1-1).

Return to Greece

In summer 2015, after playing in Spain and Poland, Bougaidis returned to Greece to play for

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. In January 2017, he signed a six-month contract with Kissamikos.

GAIS

On 5 August 2017, Bougaidis signed a one-year and a half contract with Swedish

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club

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, for an undisclosed fee. On 4 November, he scored his first goal with the club came as a substitute in a 3–0 home win game against

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. He left the club again at the end of the 2017 season.

Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała

Bougaidis signed for Polish club

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on 23 January 2018. On 17 March, he scored his first goal with the club came in a 2–0 away win game against

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PAO Koufalia

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, Bougaidis returned to Greece and joined PAO Koufalia on 20 September 2019.

Chrobry Głogów

On 26 January 2021, Bougaidis signed a year-and-a-half contract with Polish club

International career

Mavroudis Bougaidis has 20 appearances for Greece U-19 National team with 4 goals. On 15 July 2012, he participated in the Final of Euro Under 19 against Spain in a 1–0 defeat. He played the whole match as a central defender next to his good friend

Dimitris Kourbelis Dimitrios Kourbelis ( el, Δημήτριος Κουρμπέλης; born 2 November 1993) is a Greek professional footballer who plays mainly as a defensive midfielder, but occasionally also as a centreback for the Greek national team. He is cu ...

.Spain-Greece (U-19) Post Match
/ref> In June 2013 Bougaidis participated on the World Cup U20 with Greece eliminating in the round of 16.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bougaidis, Mavroudis 1993 births Living people People from Thessaloniki (regional unit) Greek men's footballers Greek expatriate men's footballers Greece men's youth international footballers Greece men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football defenders Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players AEK Athens F.C. players Club Recreativo Granada players Lechia Gdańsk players Lechia Gdańsk II players Panthrakikos F.C. players GAIS players Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała players Super League Greece players Ekstraklasa players I liga players Superettan players Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Greek expatriate sportspeople in Spain Greek expatriate sportspeople in Poland Greek expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Footballers from Central Macedonia