Stathis Provatidis ( el, Στάθης Προβατίδης; born 2 December 1982) 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

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Club career

Born in

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

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, Provatidis made his senior debut with

side

Proodeftiki Proodeftiki Football Club, also known as Proodeftiki Piraeus, simply as Proodeftiki, or with its full name as A.O. Proodeftiki Neolea ( el, Αθλητικός Όμιλος Προοδευτική Νεολαία, transliterated "Athlitikós Όmilo ...

and played pretty consistently at the club appearing 55 times, and had the contract with the club until July, 2007 . On 1, 2007, he joined

Ethnikos Asteras Ethnikos Asteras F.C. ( el, Γ.Α.Ο. Εθνικός Aστέρας, the ''National Star'') is a professional football club based in Kaisariani, Athens, Greece. History The club, originally named ''Ethnikos Astir,'' was founded in 1927 from the m ...

and had his major impact on the coach as well as team-mates. he secured 44 appearances and smashed the ball one in the net. He profoundly played for Greek clubs. Provatidis followed a transfer to Diagoras in 2010 and stayed until 2011. He then signed a contract of one year with Greek club playing in

namely

Kalloni Kalloni ( el, Καλλονή) is a town in the west-central part of the island of Lesbos, Greece. It is the seat of the West Lesbos municipality and the Kalloni municipal unit within it. Prior to 2011 the current municipal unit was a municipali ...

and remained for the club until 2012. In mid 2012 he signed a year spell with the

side

Thrasyvoulos Thrasyvoulos Football Club ( el, Α.Ο. Θρασύβουλος Φυλής) is a Greek football club based in Fyli, Attica, currently in the A EPSDA. It was founded in 1938 and named after Thrasybulus, an ancient Athenial General who used Fyli as ...

securing major 32 appearances for the club. The gained a decent momentum for having long-enough period that he appeared for the club. He then moved to

Acharnaikos Acharnaikos Football Club ( el, Α.Ο. Αχαρναϊκός) is a Greek football club based in Acharnes (Menidi area), Attica, Greece. It was created in 1938 and was founded in 1953. The club was known as Yperochi Menidi until 1961. It plays in Ac ...

in 2013 and capped 8 times for the

side. Afterwards, a transfer to Diagoras followed where he remained until 2014. He then signed a deal with the Greek side Diagoras whereby he had had his second spell. Provatidis played for

Nikea Nicaea, also known as Nicea or Nikaia (; ; grc-gre, Νίκαια, ) was an ancient Greek city in Bithynia, where located in northwestern Anatolia and is primarily known as the site of the First and Second Councils of Nicaea (the first and se ...

based side Ionikos and had no a maiden appearance for the club in any sort of competition. The Greek was transferred to Diagoras for the third time and the fame rose. He is currently acting as a skipper of the side as well. Noteworthy at his three tenures he earned a profound 45 caps for the club. He has featured in famous Leagues and Competitions namely

Greek Football Cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most im ...

or Kypello Elladas (Greek) only once and

Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

172 times.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Provatidis, Stathis 1982 births Living people Association football defenders Football League (Greece) players Proodeftiki F.C. players Ethnikos Asteras F.C. players Diagoras F.C. players AEL Kalloni F.C. players Thrasyvoulos F.C. players Acharnaikos F.C. players Ionikos F.C. players Footballers from Athens Greek footballers