Georgios Charalambous Georgiadis (, born 8 March 1972) is a Greek former professional

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, now a football coach. A former right winger, he made 61 appearances for the

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, and played for several Greek clubs including Panathinaikos and two spells at

PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

. He was also signed by the English club

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for a season, where he quickly became known by the nickname Geordie Geordiadis. After retiring in 2008 he coached the Greece U21 side.

Club career

Born in

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, Greece, Georgiadis' family, soon after his birth, left for

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, Germany, where young Giorgos first learned to play football. He returned to Greece, as a teenager and signed up for amateur side Keravnos Krinides. Soon he was discovered by

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club Doxa Drama who signed him at age 17. He transferred to major club Panathinaikos and played for the

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greens from the 1993–94 until the 1997–98 season. He was member of the squad who reached the Champions League semi finals in 1995–96. His exposure to European football brought an offer from English Premiership side,

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, for £420,000 and Georgiadis joined fellow Greek Nikos Dabizas at

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in the 1999 season. During that year, Newcastle United made it to the

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but lost out to

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. It was in the FA Cup that Georgiadis scored his only Newcastle goal, in the 4–1 win over Everton. Georgiadis returned to Greece to play for

from

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until

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before transferring to

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, ...

. He was released by Olympiacos after the 2004–05 season and was signed up by Iraklis Thessaloniki. After one and a half seasons with Iraklis, Georgiadis left the club as a free transfer to PAOK in January 2007. On 1 July 2008, he retired from professional football as a player. Throughout his career, he won three Greek First Division with Panathinaikos and Olympiacos and six Greek Cups with Panathinaikos, Olympiacos and PAOK.

International career

Georgiadis was capped 61 times and has scored 11 goals for

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. Georgiadis was also a member of the

squad that won the

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Managerial career

On 5 May, it was announced that Georgiadis was appointed as a scout at his former club. Georgiadis after was called up to coach the Greece U21, after the previous coach Nikos Nioplias was named to coach Panathinaikos. In May 2013, Georgiadis was appointed caretaker manager for PAOK in place of Giorgos Donis successfully steering them to a first-place finish in the Super League playoffs. In March 2014, was appointed as caretaker manager of PAOK in place of

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. In March 2015, he was appointed once again as caretaker manager for PAOK in place of Angelos Anastasiadis. On 18 June 2015, he was appointed as

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manager. On 5 September 2016, he was appointed

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manager. On 13 January 2018, he returned to

after being appointed as a scout, working for Ľuboš Micheľ in finding young Greek talents.Η επιστροφή του Γεωργιάδη "ακουμπά" στον Μαυροπάνο, www.sport24.gr
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Career statistics

Managerial statistics

Honours

Panathinaikos *

Super League Greece The Super League Greece 1 (), or Stoiximan Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Greece and the highest level of the Greek football league system. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and repla ...

: 1994–95, 1995–96 *

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: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95 *

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1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

PAOK *Greek Cup: 2000–01, 2002–03 Olympiacos *Super League Greece: 2004–05 *Greek Cup: 2004–05 Greece *

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

Individual * Greek Footballer of the Year: 1995

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Georgiadis, Georgios 1972 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Premier League players Doxa Drama F.C. players Newcastle United F.C. players Olympiacos F.C. players Panathinaikos F.C. players PAOK FC players Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) players Veria F.C. managers UEFA Euro 2004 players European champions for Greece UEFA European Championship–winning players Greece men's international footballers Greek men's footballers Super League Greece players Expatriate men's footballers in England Greek expatriate men's footballers Footballers from Kavala PAOK FC non-playing staff Trikala F.C. managers Greek football managers