Antonis Antoniadis

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Antonis Antoniadis (born in 1945) is one of the great goal scorers of Greek football in the post-war era, scoring about 148 goals in a career which spanned 22 years. He started his career playing for Xanthi before moving on to Panathinaikos. Antoniadis scored his first official goal for Panathinaikos on 27th October 1968 in a 1-0 victory over Apollon Athens.

Antoniadis scored 187 goals in 242 matches in the Greek Championship, and was top scorer five times: 1970 (25 goals), 1972 (39 - second in Europe), 1973 (22), 1974 (26) and 1975 (20). In 1971 when Panathinaikos reached the Champions Cup final at Wembley, Antoniadis was the leading scorer in the tournament with 10 goals.

During the summer of 1978 he was transferred to Olympiakos where he stayed for one season, playing in 13 games and scoring 7 goals. He later went on to play for Atromitos Athens. In 1980 before he retired and became president of PSAP he went full circle and returned to Panathinaikos. Antoniadis was a very accomplished header of the ball and possessed a strong shot. He made 21 appearances and scored 6 goals for the Greek national team between 1970 and 1977.

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NAME	Antonis Antoniadis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	One of the greatest attackers in Greek Football
DATE OF BIRTH	1945
PLACE OF BIRTH	Alexandroupolis, Greece
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH