Giorgos Koudas

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Giorgos Koudas

Full name	Georgios Koudas
Date of birth	November 23, 1946
Place of birth	Ayios Pavlos, Salonika, Greece
Height	1.70 cm^{[citation needed]}
Nickname	Μεγαλέξανδος (Alexander the Great)
Playing position	Central Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club	retired
Number	10
Youth clubs
1958–1963	PAOK FC Amateurs
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1963–1984	PAOK FC	504 (134)
National team²
1963 - 1984	Greece	43 (8)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1984. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 1984. * Appearances (Goals)

Giorgos Koudas (Greek: Γιώργος Κούδας) is a retired attacking midfielder. He is considered the last of the great player generation of Greek soccer, nicknamed Μεγαλέξανδρος (Alexander the Great) of Greek football. He was certainly one who possessed skillful soccer talent. A virtuoso of the ball, where he was established as a potent forward but as well as a player that could organize the whole game for a team.

He played for PAOK FC from 1964 until 1983, appearing in 504 Alpha Ethniki games, scoring 134 goals.

On August 16, 1966 Giorgos Koudas made his debut with Olympiakos. Sports general secretary Costas Aslanidis' initiative though, to forbid the trades between big clubs, forced Koudas to return to PAOK.

Giorgos Koudas remained with PAOK for the rest of his career and was the captain of the club when the Thessaloniki outfit won the Greek Championship in 1976 and the three Greek Cups in 1972, 1974, and 1981.

He had 43 appearances for the National team of Greece (4 goals) in the period of 1967-1982.