Stelios Iliadis (

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: Στέλιος Ηλιάδης; born 3 June 1986) is a Greek

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Apollon Kalamarias

He started his career in

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coming from the club's youth-system. Despite his relatively young age he played first-team football and appeared really mature which attracted the interest of bigger clubs.

PAOK

He was signed in the summer of 2005 by PAOK, for a fee of 250.000 euros and a percentage of his next sale. Shortly afterwards, he gained a starting spot in PAOK alongside club legend

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. His best season to date is the 2006–2007 where he helped the team's cause scoring three goals also. In 2007–2008 season, and with new coach Fernando Santos preferring

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and Lambros Vangelis at first and then Ricardo Matias Verón, he was restricted as a substitute but injury problems gave him the chance to play as a right defender where his performance regained his manager's faith in him. The 2008–2009 season didn't start the best way for Iliadis. He played his first game coming as a late substitute against

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in the 7th matchday, wearing the PAOK captain's armband for the first time. He made his first start a few days later, in a game for the

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. He was released by PAOK after his contract expired.

Iraklis

On 5 August 2009 Iliadis signed a two-year contract with

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, shortly after

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's (Iraklis' starting defensive midfielder) serious knee injury.

Kerkyra

On 2011 Iliadis signed with Kerkyra. Kerkyra on season 2012-2013 was relegated as finished on 16th position. The season 2013-2014 will be playing on Football League.

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

On 2013 he signed a one-year contract with the Bulgarian team Lokomotiv Plodviv. He made his debut with the team on 22 September in a 2-0 home victory against Pirin Gotse Delchev. He scored his first goal with the team on 31 October in a 2-3 home loss against

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Panthrakikos

In January 2015 Iliadis signed with Panthrakikos. On 1 July 2015, he renew his contract with the club.

Veria

In the last day of the January 2017 transfer window, the experienced middlefielder signed a six months contract with the

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club

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after Panthrakikos administration's decision to withdraw from

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due to financial reasons.Έκλεισε στη Βέροια την τελευταία ημέρα των μεταγραφών ο πρώην αρχηγός του Πανθρακικού
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International career

He was part of the U19 football team while playing in

and then of the

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earning more than 10 caps. He said that his big dream is to earn a spot in the

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and win the championship with

PAOK F.C. P.A.O.K. FC ( el, ΠΑΕ ΠΑΟΚ, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινουπολιτών, '' Panthessaloníkios Athlitikós Ómilos Konstadinoupolitón'', "Pan-Thessalonian Sports club, Athlet ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Iliadis, Stelios 1986 births Living people Greek footballers Greek expatriate footballers PAOK FC players Apollon Pontou FC players Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. players A.O. Kerkyra players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players Super League Greece players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Footballers from Thessaloniki Panthrakikos F.C. players Association football midfielders Greek expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria