Michalis Sifakis

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Michalis Sifakis
Personal information
Full name	Michalis Sifakis
Date of birth	(1984-09-09) 9 September 1984
Place of birth	Heraklion, Greece
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Atromitos
Number	33
Youth career
	OFI
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2002–2008	OFI	105	(0)
2007–2008	→ Olympiacos (loan)	2	(0)
2008–2012	Aris	80	(0)
2012–2013	Charleroi	10	(0)
2013–	Atromitos	7	(0)
National team^‡
2004	Greece U21	15	(0)
2004	Greece Olympic	0	(0)
2005–	Greece	15	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 November 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:44, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Michalis Sifakis (Greek: Μιχάλης Σηφάκης; born 9 September 1984) is a Greek footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Atromitos and the Greek national team.

Early years

Born in Heraklion, Greece, Sifakis started playing football at the age of 9. His first team was Atsalenios Herakliou (P.O.A.).

Club career

OFI

In 1999 Sifakis was transferred to OFI Crete where he played with the B squad of OFI until 2002. In 2002 he signed his first professional contract with the club. He played for OFI until 2007 and participated in 112 matches in the Greek championship and cup.

Olympiacos

In 2007 the team Olympiacos made an offer for Sifakis, which was accepted by OFI, and he played as a replacement of the national goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis. During the season 2007–2008 his team won the Greek championship, the Greek Cup and the Greek Super Cup. And then he continued to be the replacement.

Aris

In 2008 Aris made an offer to OFI and Sifakis was transferred to the club. During the season 2008–2009 Sifakis participated in 27 league and cup matches. He participated in all league games of the 2009–2010 season. In the season 2009–2010 he participated with Aris in the final of Greek Cup, losing against Panathinaikos by 1–0. His reaction in the goal, a long distance shot by Leto, was very slow and his performance is questionable. In the season 2010–2011 he passed the group stage of the Europa League with Aris and were then eliminated by Manchester City of Roberto Mancini, at Round of 32 of the competition. In the following season (2011–2012) he had some medical problems that kept him away from some Aris and national squad's matches. In April 2013 Sifakis demands through his lawyers 900.000 euros from the almost bunkrupt Aris, although his unpaid wages are 188.000.

Charleroi

In the summer 2012 after the Euro 2012 with Greek national team, Sifakis signed a 1-year contract with Belgian team R. Charleroi S.C., wearing number 1.

Atromitos FC

In the summer 2013 Sifakis returned to Greece by signing a 1-year contract with Atromitos.He made his debut at 17th August against a draw 2-2 with Ergotelis.

International career

In 2004 Sifakis was called for the Greece national under-21 football team. He played 15 games with the U21 selection.

In 2009 Greece’s national team coach, Otto Rehhagel, invited Sifakis to help the national team qualify for the South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup. On 14 October he contributed to his team's victory against Luxembourg. He was also part of the squad for the final tournament.

Under coach Fernando Santos, Sifakis played most of his country's UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches.

Following an injury to regular goalkeeper Kostas Chalkias in Greece' second game of Euro 2012, against the Czech Republic, Sifakis was substituted into the game to replace him and he remained the starting goalkeeper for the rest of the tournament, as Greece reached the Quarter finals of the competition.

Honours

In 2009 the Greek Professional Players Association honored Sifakis with the Fair Play award for his professionalism and ethos, due to his calm and non-violent reaction to a confrontation with a fan in the opening game of the 2009–2010 Greek season away at Iraklis. During the match, Sifakis was approached by an Iraklis fan who had run onto the pitch and began to verbally abuse him. Sifakis did not react and the stewards eventually intervened, removing the fan from the pitch. He has been awarded from PSAP as the best goalkeeper in Superleague in the years 2010 and 2011.

Clubs

Olympiacos

Greek Super League: 2007–2008
Greek Cup: 2007–2008
Greek Super Cup: 2007

Aris

Greek Cup: Runners up 2009–10

Individual

- Greek Superleague best goalkeeper: 2010,2011
- PSAP fair play: 2009

Statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup^[A]		Continental^[B]		Others^[C]		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
OFI	2002–03	4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	0
	2003–04	14	0	1	0	–	–	–	–	15	0
	2004–05	27	0	2	0	–	–	–	–	29	0
	2005–06	30	0	1	0	–	–	–	–	31	0
	2006–07	30	0	3	0	–	–	–	–	33	0
	Total	105	0	7	0	–	–	–	–	112	0
Olympiacos	2007–08	2	0	5	0	-	-	–	–	7	0
Olympiacos	Total	2	0	5	0	-	-	–	–	7	0
Aris	2008–09	24	0	3	0	–	–	-	-	27	0
	2009–10	30	0	3	0	2	0	-	-	35	0
	2010–11	22	0	1	0	12	0	-	-	35	0
	2011–12	4	0	–	–	-	-	-	-	4	0
	Total	80	0	7	0	14	0	-	-	101	0
Charleroi	2012–13	10	0	1	0	-	-	–	–	11	0
Charleroi	Total	10	0	1	0	-	-	–	–	11	0
Atromitos	2013–14	7	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	9	0
Atromitos	Total	7	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	9	0
Career total		204	0	21	0	15	0	-	-	240	0

External links

v t e Greece squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup

1 Nikopolidis 2 Seitaridis 3 Vyntra 4 Tavlaridis 5 Kyrgiakos 6 Basinas 7 Zagorakis (c) 8 Giannakopoulos 9 Charisteas 10 Tsiartas 11 Papadopoulos 12 Chalkias 13 Sifakis 14 Fyssas 15 Vryzas 16 Kafes 17 Amanatidis 18 Goumas 19 Kapsis 20 Karagounis 21 Katsouranis 22 Gekas 23 Lakis Coach: Rehhagel

v t e Greece squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup

1 Chalkias 2 Seitaridis 3 Patsatzoglou 4 Spyropoulos 5 Moras 6 Tziolis 7 Samaras 8 Papadopoulos 9 Charisteas 10 Karagounis (c) 11 Vyntra 12 Tzorvas 13 Sifakis 14 Salpingidis 15 Torosidis 16 Kyrgiakos 17 Gekas 18 Ninis 19 Sokratis 20 Kapetanos 21 Katsouranis 22 Malezas 23 Prittas Coach: Rehhagel

v t e Greece squad – UEFA Euro 2012

1 Chalkias 2 Maniatis 3 Tzavellas 4 Malezas 5 K. Papadopoulos 6 Makos 7 Samaras 8 A. Papadopoulos 9 Liberopoulos 10 Karagounis (c) 11 Mitroglou 12 Tzorvas 13 Sifakis 14 Salpingidis 15 Torosidis 16 Fotakis 17 Gekas 18 Ninis 19 Sokratis 20 Holebas 21 Katsouranis 22 Fortounis 23 Fetfatzidis Coach: Santos

v t e Atromitos Athens – current squad

1 Cennamo 2 Papoutsoyiannopoulos 3 Jamal 4 Tavlaridis 6 Fytanidis 7 Brito 8 Georgiou 9 Napoleoni 10 Karagounis 11 Papadopoulos 12 Barkas 13 Nastos 14 Kallergis 16 Ballas 17 Iglesias 18 Giannoulis 20 Karamanos 21 Dimoutsos 23 Umbides 24 Lazaridis 26 Pitu 32 Fábio 33 Sifakis 35 Gromitsaris 36 Arkoudas 63 Fotakis Coach: Paraschos

Persondata
Name	Sifakis, Michalis
Alternative names
Short description	Greek footballer
Date of birth	9 September 1984
Place of birth	Heraklion, Greece
Date of death
Place of death

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