Georgios Kostikos (

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: Γεώργιος Κωστίκος; born 26 April 1958) is a Greek former professional

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Playing career

Club

Kostikos began playing football with

Pierikos P.A.E. Pierikos () is a Greek football club based in Katerini, Greece, part of the major multi-sport club S.F.K. Pierikos (). Their name was inspired from the State's name of Pieria. The club competes in Gamma Ethniki. History of the club ...

in 1975, and two years later he was acquired by

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

. He played for PAOK from 1977 to 1986, before finishing his career with

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, ...

and Diagoras. He won the

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Greek league title with PAOK.

International

Kostikos made 35 appearances and scored three goals for the

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from 1977 to 1984. He also participated in

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Managerial career

In 2006, after the dismissal of PAOK coach, Mr. Karageorgiou, Kostikos took over the team as a temporary coach. After Kostikos successfully led PAOK to qualify to the

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Groups, PAOK's president Yannis Goumenos, announced that Kostikos will be the coach of PAOK. For the year 2007–2008 Kostikos managed

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Personal

His brother Alekos (1953-1991) was a football goalkeeper and died in a car accident. His son is Giorgos Kostikos.His family was

Refugees of the Greek Civil War During and after the Greek Civil War of 1946–1949, members and or supporters of the defeated Communist forces fled Greece as political refugees. The collapse of the Democratic Army of Greece (DSE) and subsequent evacuation of the Communist Party ...

Honours

PAOK *

Alpha Ethniki 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 ...

: 1984–85 Olympiacos *Alpha Ethniki: 1986–87 *

Greek Super Cup The Greek Super Cup (), formerly known as the Friendship and Solidarity Cup () is a Greek association football one-match competition, which is contested annually either between the champions of the previous Super League Greece season and the hold ...

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kostikos, Giorgos 1958 births Living people Greek men's footballers Greece men's international footballers S.F.K. Pierikos (football) players PAOK FC players Olympiacos F.C. players Greek football managers Expatriate football managers in Cyprus PAOK FC managers UEFA Euro 1980 players Super League Greece players Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. managers Kozani F.C. managers Nea Salamis Famagusta FC managers Pontic Greeks Soviet people of Greek descent Uzbekistani people of Greek descent Footballers from Tashkent PAOK FC non-playing staff Footballers from Katerini Men's association football forwards 20th-century Greek sportsmen