Nikos Pantidos ( el, Νίκος Παντίδος; born 19 April 1991) is a Greek professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who plays as a
defender.
Career
Pantidos started playing football at Ethnikos academy in
Pallini
Pallini ( el, Παλλήνη) is a suburban town in Greater Athens Area and a municipality in East Attica, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Gerakas. It is the seat of administration of the East Attica regional unit.
Geography
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. In 2004, he joined
Panathinaikos FC
Panathinaikos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Παναθηναϊκός Α.Ο. ), known as Panathinaikos, or by its full name, and the name of its parent sports club, Panathinaikos A.O. or PAO (; ''Panathinaïkós Athlitikós Ómilos'', "All-Athenian ...
football academy
In sporting terminology, a youth system (or youth academy) is a youth investment program within a particular team or league, which develops and nurtures young talent in farm teams, with the vision of using them in the first team in the future if ...
and became an important member of their youth team which lead the club's officials to offer him his first professional contract. On 30 January 2008, Pantidos signed a three-year deal with the Panathinaikos A-team. In 2013 he joined Panionios G.S.S., and in 2014 he became their captain. On 6 August 2016, after six months with the Slovakian club
Dukla Banská Bystrica, Pantidos signed a year contract with Cypriot club
Aris Limassol
Aris Limassol (Greek: ''Άρης Λεμεσού'') is a Cypriot football club based in Limassol and one of the founder members of Cyprus Football Association. The club's colours are green, black and white, and their home is the Tsirion Stadium. ...
for an undisclosed fee.
He has represented
Greece U17.
References
External links
Fair Play youth academy
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1991 births
Living people
Greek expatriate men's footballers
Greece men's youth international footballers
Men's association football defenders
Panathinaikos F.C. players
Ilisiakos F.C. players
Egaleo F.C. players
Ethnikos Asteras F.C. players
Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players
Panionios F.C. players
Super League Greece players
FK Dukla Banská Bystrica players
2. Liga (Slovakia) players
Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia
Greek expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
Footballers from Athens
Greek men's footballers