Savvas Kofidis

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Savvas Kofidis

Date of birth	February 5, 1961 (1961-02-05) (age 47)
Place of birth	Kazakhstan
* Appearances (Goals)

Savvas Kofidis (Greek: Σάββας Κωφίδης) (born 5 February 1961 near Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, USSR) is a Greek football coach and former midfielder player.

He started his career in Iraklis, debuting in 18 January 1981 when Iraklis was participating in the Beta Ethniki. In Iraklis's team he played seven seasons before heading to Olympiacos. In 1992 he joined Aris FC, the city rivals of Iraklis, where he played until rejoining Iraklis in the 1996/97 season.

His three appearances at the 1994 World Cup rounded off his national team career, which lasted from 1982 to 1994, giving him 65 caps and 1 international goal (9 January 1985, against Israel). He retired from professional football in 1999.

During the 2002-2003 period he was the assistant coach of Ivan Jovanovic in the team of Iraklis, as well as the next period, assisting head coach Sergio Markarián. After Markarián resigned, Kofidis took in charge as the head coach of Iraklis. The biggest success in his coaching career came when the "Old Man" finished 4th at the end of 2005/06 Greek Championship and qualified for next season's UEFA Cup. However, various unfortunate results of the team (including an early exit from European competitions against Wisła Kraków from Poland), Kofidis quit and left the club. In January 2007 he became head coach in Skoda Xanthi following Takis Lemonis's resignation, but soon left the job.

[edit] Playing career statistics

Season	Club	Country	Matches	Goals
1981/82	Iraklis	Greece	31	1
1982/83	Iraklis	Greece	34	1
1983/84	Iraklis	Greece	29	4
1984/85	Iraklis	Greece	29	5
1985/86	Iraklis	Greece	28	1
1986/87	Iraklis	Greece	26	4
1987/88	Iraklis	Greece	29	2
1988/89	Olympiacos	Greece	16	2
1989/90	Olympiacos	Greece	26	3
1990/91	Olympiacos	Greece	33	4
1991/92	Olympiacos	Greece	18	0
1992/93	Aris FC	Greece	19	0
1993/94	Aris FC	Greece	33	0
1994/95	Aris FC	Greece	30	6
1995/96	Aris FC	Greece	31	1
1996/97	Aris FC	Greece	13	0
1996/97	Iraklis	Greece	18	1
1997/98	Iraklis	Greece	20	1
1998/99	Iraklis	Greece	31	1

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Career history at National Football Teams

v • d • e Greece squad - 1994 FIFA 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 Atmatsidis • 21 Alexandris • 22 Alexiou • Coach: Panagoulias