Giorgos Koudas

Giorgos Koudas
Giorgos Koudas in 2006
Personal information
Date of birth (1946-11-23) 23 November 1946
Place of birth Agios Pavlos, Thessaloniki, Greece
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1958–1963 PAOK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1984 PAOK 504 (134)
National team
1967–1982 Greece 43 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Giorgos Koudas (Greek: Γιώργος Κούδας) (born 23 November 1946) is a Greek former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He spent his entire career at PAOK. His nickname was Alexander the Great.

Playing career

Born in Agios Pavlos, Thessaloniki, Koudas began playing football with local side PAOK where he would debut with the senior side in 1963 at age 17.[1] Koudas, nicknamed Alexander the Great and a legend for PAOK fans, spent his entire club career with PAOK, making 504 appearances in the Alpha Ethniki from 1963 to 1984, and 602 appearances in all competitions.[2] Koudas won two of nine Greek Football Cup finals he appeared in, including the 1971–72 edition, where he scored both goals as PAOK defeated Panathinaikos 2–1.[3]

He retired in 1984, aged 37, after almost 20 years as a PAOK player.[4]

National team

Koudas made 43 appearances for the Greece national team, scoring 4 goals, between 1967-1982.[5] He appeared at UEFA Euro 1980 in Italy, along with PAOK teammates Konstantinos Iosifidis, Ioannis Damanakis, Ioannis Gounaris and Georgios Kostikos.[6]

After he had retired, Koudas made a final appearance for the national team in a friendly against Yugoslavia in September 1995.[7] That made him the oldest international player (at age 48) until George Weah (at age 51) beat the record in September 2018.[8]

Managerial career

Koudas had a short managerial career as the co-manager of Iraklis together with Kostas Aidiniou.[9]

Honours

PAOK

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ "Ο Γιώργος Κούδας μέσα από διηγήσεις" [Giorgos Koudas through narratives] (in Greek). paokfc.gr. 23 November 2015.
    2. ↑ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (21 June 2003). "Greece 1983/84". RSSSF.
    3. ↑ "Το μεγάλο ρεκόρ του Κούδα" [The great record of Koudas] (in Greek). Proto Thema. 5 May 2017.
    4. ↑ Newman, Blair (16 February 2015). "The incredible life and times of Greek hero Giorgios Koudas". These Football Times. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
    5. ↑ Mamrud, Roberto (15 December 2016). "Greece - Record International Players". RSSSF.
    6. ↑ Courtney, Barrie (28 March 2007). "European Championship 1980 - Final Tournament - Full Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
    7. ↑ "Κούδας: Τον τίμησαν όλοι" [Koudas: Everyone was honored] (in Greek). Makedonia. 21 September 1995.
    8. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45511502
    9. ↑ "Ο Κούδας για την αποχώρηση του". paokmania.gr. 8 July 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
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