Panagiotis Kordonouris ( el, Παναγιώτης Κορδονούρης; born 8 November 1975) is a Greek former footballer. He spent the majority of his career in Crete, representing clubs at various competition levels spanning the Greek Superleague to Crete's amateur regional competitions.

Playing career

Born in

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, Kordonouris began playing football with his local side

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, before being spotted by Alpha Ethniki club Panachaiki in 1996. He played for Panachaiki for five seasons, between 1996 and 2001, registering over 150 appearances across all competitions. He then moved to fellow Alpha Ethniki side Skoda Xanthi, where he stayed for four years but made only 36 league appearances. He moved on loan to

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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), ...

in July 2005, and helped his club earn promotion to the Superleague as champions.

renewed his contract for the 2006−07 season, after Kordonouris was released by

Xanthi Xanthi ( el, Ξάνθη, ''Xánthi'', ) is a city in the region of Western Thrace, northeastern Greece. It is the capital of the Xanthi (regional unit), Xanthi regional unit of the modern regions of Greece, region of East Macedonia and Thrace. A ...

. He stayed with the Cretans until 2010, when he was offered a post in the managerial team at age 35 which Kordonouris refused. He returned to his former club Panachaiki for six months and eventually signed with

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side Levadiakos for the rest of the season. Kordonouris returned to Crete after his brief stint at Levadiakos, having celebrated another promotion. He signed with Gamma Ethniki side

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and left the club after six months to join fellow Cretan third-tier competitors Rouvas until the end of the season. He then signed his final professional contract with P.A.O. Krousonas, also in the Gamma Ethniki, before dropping down to play in the amateur regional competitions of the Heraklion Football Clubs Association.

Career statistics

Managerial career

Kordonouris holds the UEFA C Licence. He began his managerial career as a coach at the Ergotelis Youth Academy while he still played for Heraklion FCA A1 Division club ''Tylissos'', and was promoted to head coach of the ''Martinengo'' Heraklion FCA C Division

football department in 2018. He was promoted to the head coach position for the unofficial U−17 youth team of the club, ''Kanaria Ergoteli'' in 2019.

Honours

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References

External links

Profile at epae.orgGuardian FootballProfile
at Onsports.gr {{DEFAULTSORT:Kordonouris, Panagiotis 1975 births Living people Greek men's footballers Panachaiki F.C. players Xanthi F.C. players Ergotelis F.C. players Levadiakos F.C. players Men's association football defenders People from Amaliada Footballers from Western Greece