Ioannis Amanatidis

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Ioannis Amanatidis
Personal information
Date of birth December 3, 1981 (1981-12-03) (age 26)
Place of birth    Kozani, Greece
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Eintracht Frankfurt
Number 18
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999-2004
2000-2002
2004
2004-2005
2005–		 VfB Stuttgart
→ Greuther Fürth (loan)
→ Eintracht Frankfurt (loan)
Kaiserslautern
Eintracht Frankfurt		 35 0(6)
42 (12)
15 0(6)
23 0(6)
91 (31)   
National team2
2002– Greece 25 0(3)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of May 26, 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of May 26, 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Ioannis Amanatidis (Greek: Γιάννης Αμανατίδης) (born 3 December 1981 in Kozani,Greece) is a Greek footballer currently playing for Eintracht Frankfurt.

Amanatidis family immigrated when he was 9 years old to Stuttgart, Germany where he joined SC Stuttgart. Two years later he went to VfB Stuttgart academy.In 2002 he started his Bundesliga career having already played on loan for Greuther Fürth in lower divisions.After a clash with then VfB Stuttgart coach Felix Magath over his luck of opportunities he was given on loan to struggling Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt where he impressesed despite the eventual relegation of the team to second division.

In the summer he signed on free to Kaiserslautern but after only one season he signed again to the newly promoted Eintracht Frankfurt side and has been instrumental in the team's attack ever since netting regularly and eventually becoming the captain of the team since the 2007/08 season.

In November 2002 he earned his first cap for the Greece national football team against Republic of Ireland, and as of November 2007 he has earned 22 caps scoring twice, netting the only goal of the national team's away win against Turkey that secured Greece a place in Euro 2008. He is considered already a starter in the right flank of midfield of Greece.

In April 2008 it was reported that the captain of Eintracht has agreed to an extension of his contract till 2012 with the club.

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Greece squad - UEFA Euro 2008
1 Nikopolidis • 2 Seitaridis • 3 Patsatzoglou • 4 Spiropoulos • 5 Dellas • 6 Basinas • 7 Samaras • 8 Giannakopoulos • 9 Charisteas • 10 Karagounis • 11 Vyntra • 12 Chalkias • 13 Tzorvas • 14 Salpigidis • 15 Torosidis • 16 Kyrgiakos • 17 Gekas • 18 Goumas • 19 Antzas • 20 Amanatidis • 21 Katsouranis • 22 Tziolis • 23 Liberopoulos • Coach: Rehhagel
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Eintracht Frankfurt – current squad

1 Nikolov • 2 Ochs • 3 Galindo • 4 Preuß • 5 Vasoski • 6 Fink • 7 Köhler • 8 Mantzios • 9 Heller • 10 Weissenberger • 14 Meier • 15 Mahdavikia • 16 Spycher • 17 Fenin • 18 Amanatidis • 20 Inamoto • 21 Pröll • 22 Ljubičić • 23 Russ • 24 Hess • 25 Galm • 26 Tsoumou • 27 Kyrgiakos • 28 Zimmermann • 29 Chris • 30 Caio • 31 Chaftar • 32 Toski • Coach: Funkel