Ioannis Kalitzakis

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Ioannis Kalitzakis (born 17 February 1966) is a retired Greek football defender.

He started his career in Panelefsiniakos, where he played three and a half season before eventually joining Panathinaikos. Panathinaikos's fans nicknamed him "ninja" as he made a name of his hard tackles and very strong defensive play. He stayed with Panathinaikos F.C. until 1997, when he joined AEK Athens FC. He retired from professional football in 2001.

His national team career lasted from 1987 to 1999. Kalitzakis got 69 caps and 0 international goals, including three appearances at the 1994 World Cup.

[edit] Career statistics

Season	Club	Country	Matches	Goals
1983/84	Panelefsiniakos	Greece	27	0
1984/85	Panelefsiniakos	Greece	38	2
1985/86	Panelefsiniakos	Greece	32	0
1986/87	Panelefsiniakos	Greece	9	1
1986/87	Diagoras FC	Greece	18	1
1987/88	Panathinaikos	Greece	17	0
1988/89	Panathinaikos	Greece	22	0
1989/90	Panathinaikos	Greece	31	3
1990/91	Panathinaikos	Greece	28	2
1991/92	Panathinaikos	Greece	26	2
1992/93	Panathinaikos	Greece	29	1
1993/94	Panathinaikos	Greece	28	1
1994/95	Panathinaikos	Greece	29	2
1995/96	Panathinaikos	Greece	26	2
1996/97	Panathinaikos	Greece	24	2
1997/98	AEK Athens FC	Greece	28	0
1998/99	AEK Athens FC	Greece	25	0
1999/00	AEK Athens FC	Greece	23	1
2000/01	Ethnikos Asteras	Greece	23	0

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Career history at National Football Teams

	Greece squad - 1994 World Cup
1 Minou \| 2 Apostolakis \| 3 Kolitsidakis \| 4 Manolas \| 5 Kalitzakis \| 6 Tsalouchidis \| 7 Saravakos \| 8 Nioplias \| 9 Machlas \| 10 Mitropoulos \| 11 Tsiantakis \| 12 Marangos \| 13 Karagiannis \| 14 Dimitriadis \| 15 Karkamanis \| 16 Alexoudis \| 17 Hantzidis \| 18 Karataidids \| 19 Kofidis \| 20 Atmatzidis \| 21 Alexandris \| 22 Alexiou \| Coach: Panagoulias