Andreas Niniadis

Andreas Niniadis
Personal information
Full nameAndreas Niniadis
Date of birth18 February 1971
Place of birthTbilisi, Soviet Union (now Georgia)
Playing positionMidfielder
Youth career
-1980-1988FC Dinamo Tbilisi
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1991FC Dinamo Batumi20(13)
1991–1994Pontioi Verias80(15)
1994-1996Ethnikos Piraeus49(15)
1996–2004Olympiacos140(20)
2004–2005Kerkyra25(5)
National team
1995–2001Greece17(2)
Teams managed
2005-2011Olympiacos (assistant coach, chief scout)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Andreas Niniadis (Greek: Aνδρέας Nινιάδης; born 18 February 1971 in Georgia) is a Pontic Greek former professional footballer.

Olympiacos

Since his retirement, Niniadis has been employed by his former club Olympiacos as a chief scout and an assistant manager, a position he holds today.

Football Career[1]

He was one of the dominant players in one of Olympiacos FC gold eras (1997–2003) and he helped his team to reach 7 Greek superleague championships successively and 1 Greek cup as well.[2] He also played for Pontioi Veroias, Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. and Kerkira FC.

He played 23 Champions League matches with Olympiakos scoring 5 goals and 3 UEFA Cup matches scoring 1 goal.

Niniadis earned 17 caps for the Greek national team scoring two goals.[3]

Manager Career

In the 2006-07and 2009-10 season he was the assistant coach of Olympiacos FC manager Takis Lemonis and Bozidar Bandovic.[4]

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