Elias Atmatsidis

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Elias Atmatsidis
Personal information
Full name	Elias Atmatsidis
Date of birth	(1969-04-24) 24 April 1969
Place of birth	Kozani, Greece
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1989–1992	Pontii Verias	100	(0)
1992–2002	AEK Athens	251	(1)
2002–2005	PAOK	33	(0)
2014	Omonia	0	(0)
National team
1994–1999	Greece	47	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Elias Atmatsidis (Greek: Ηλίας Ατματσίδης) (born 24 April 1969 in Kozani) is a former Greek football goalkeeper.

Atmatsidis played most of his career for AEK Athens FC. He played with AEK as a starter achieving 251 apps in 10 years. He managed to celebrate the Greek Superleague with AEK 2 times playing in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup. His presence was importand for AEK to many games against big clubs such as AFC Ajax and AC Milan. He also spent the last three years in PAOK Thessaloniki. On January 2014 he came out of retirement to play for local Herakleion based club Omonia NOVA Apolimantiki.

Having debuted for the Greek national team on 23 March 1994 he played 47 matches, and was a participant at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, playing as starting goalkeeper in a 0-4 loss against Bulgaria.

Honours

AEK Athens

Greek Championship: 1993, 1994
Greek Cup: 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002
Greek Super Cup: 1996

References

(German) Weltfussball

v t e AEK Athens F.C. – Captains

1999-2000: Atmatsidis 2001-02: Zagorakis 2002-03: Nikolaidis 2003-04: Kasapis 2004-05: Kostenoglou 2005-06: Katsouranis 2006-08: Dellas 2008-09: Kyrgiakos 2009-12: Kafes 2012: Lagos 2013: Arabatzis 2013-: Georgeas

v t 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 Karataidis 19 Kofidis 20 Atmatsidis 21 Alexandris 22 Alexiou Coach: Panagoulias

Persondata
Name	Atmatsidis, Elias
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	24 April 1969
Place of birth	Kozani, Greece
Date of death
Place of death

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