Georgios Fotakis

Georgios Fotakis
Personal information
Full name Georgios Fotakis
Date of birth 29 October 1981 (1981-10-29) (age 30)
Place of birth Kalamata, Greece
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club PAOK
Number 18
Youth career
1995–1998 PAOK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 PAOK 0 (0)
2000 Kallithea (loan) 8 (0)
2000–2006 Egaleo 138 (12)
2006 Kilmarnock 0 (0)
2006–2009 Larissa 67 (7)
2009– PAOK 60 (5)
National team
2000–2002 Greece U21 14 (1)
2004 Greece U23 3 (0)
2009– Greece 8 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 December 2011.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2011

Georgios Fotakis (born 29 October 1981) is a Greek international footballer. He plays professionally as an attacking midfielder for PAOK.

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Career

Club career

Fotakis spent his early career in his native Greece, playing for PAOK, Kallithea and Egaleo. He moved to Scotland in January 2006 to sign for Kilmarnock,[1] but he never made a league appearance for them.[2] He then returned to Greece in 2006 with Larissa, before moving to PAOK in the summer of 2009.

International career

Fotakis has played for the Greek under-21 side, and also made three appearances in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Fotakis was called to the Greek senior team in September 2009.

Fotakis made his international debut on 14 October 2009 in a FIFA World Cup qualifier against Luxembourg.. On 17 November 2010, Fotakis scored his first goal for Greece in a friendly match against Austria, helping his team to a 2–1 away victory.

References

  1. ^ "Killie bolster squad with Fotakis". BBC. 26 January 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kilmarnock/4651990.stm. Retrieved 7 May 2009. 
  2. ^ "KILMARNOCK : 1946/47–2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/kilmarnock/kilmarnock.htm. Retrieved 7 May 2009. 

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