Giorgos Katsikas

Giorgos Katsikas
Personal information
Full nameGeorgios Katsikas
Date of birth14 June 1990
Place of birthThessaloniki, Greece
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionCentre back
Youth career
1998–2008Iraklis
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2008–2011Iraklis14(0)
2008–2009→ Olympiakos Volou (loan)19(1)
2011–2015PAOK40(4)
National team‡
2008–2009Greece U-194(0)
2010–2012Greece U-215(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 March 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 February 2011

Giorgos Katsikas (Greek: Γιώργος Κατσικάς) (born 14 June 1990)[1] is a Greek professional footballer who last played for PAOK FC as a central defender. On April 3 2015 ,along with Fanis Tzandaris, he solved his contract with PAOK FC, receiving his payment till the end of the season, since neither of them was in manager's Giorgos Georgiadis' plans.[2]


Early life

Katsikas started his career in the youth ranks of Iraklis.[3] He was brought there, when he was eight years old, by his father, a former player of Iraklis.[3]

Club career

Iraklis

In the summer of 2008 he was loaned out to Olympiakos Volos, then playing in Beta Ethniki, to gain first team experience.[3] He debuted for Olympiakos Volos in the opening game of the 2008-09 season, a 0-0 away draw against Pierikos. He even managed to score for Olympiakos Volos, to help the club grab an 1-1 home draw against Veria. Until the end of the season he totally featured in 19 matches not managing to score any other goals. After his loan spell in Volos Katsikas returned to Iraklis for the 2009-10 season.[3] He could not break into the starting lineup, but nevertheless he made his debut for Iraklis in a cup against Gamma Ethniki side Trikala. Katsikas was sent off in his debut and eventually Iraklis got eliminated by the Cup after lossing the contest by a 1-0 scoreline. In that season he also made his league debut for Iraklis, as he came in for teammate Achilleas Sarakatsanos in the 84th minute, in a 2-0 away defeat from Panathinaikos.[4] In his second season for Iraklis Katsikas featured regularly in the playing squad of the club, playing in 13 of the club's league matches until February. On 9 February 2011 Katsikas suffered a torn cruciate ligament, in a friendly match of Greece U-21, and lost the remainder of the season.[5][6][7]

PAOK

On 14 October 2011 Katsikas signed a four years contract with PAOK,[8] after he was released from Iraklis. On 4 January 2012 he made his debut for the club in 3-1 home win against Levadiakos. He scored his first goal for PAOK against Rapid Wien in August 2012, while his first league goal came into the local derby between PAOK and Aris in a 4-1 win for PAOK. On April 3, 2015 George Katsikas along with Fanis Tzandaris have solved their contracts with PAOK, receiving his payment till the end of the season,since neither of them was in manager Giorgos Georgiadis' plans.[9]

International career

He was a member of the Greek U-21 team that participated in the 2009 Mediterranean Games and he played in the matches against Syria, Italy and Turkey.[10][11][12]

References

  1. ↑ "Giorgos Katsikas profile". Iraklis FC Official site. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
  2. ↑ "Τέλος Τζανδάρης και Κατσικάς". sport24.gr. 3 April 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Γιώργος Κατσικάς: Γέννημα-θρέμμα Ηρακλής (in Greek). Bluearena.gr. 13 December 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  4. ↑ Παναθηναϊκός-Ηρακλής 2-0 (in Greek). Contra.gr. 11 April 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  5. ↑ Ρήξη χιαστού ο Κατσικάς, χάνει το υπόλοιπο της σεζόν (in Greek). Contra.gr. 10 February 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  6. ↑ Σοκ με Κατσικά-Χάνει τη σεζόν (in Greek). Bluearena.gr. 10 February 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  7. ↑ Εξι μήνες (τουλάχιστον) εκτός ο Γιώργος Κατσικάς (in Greek). Iraklis F.C. Official site. 10 February 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  8. ↑ "PAOK FC signs Katsikas". paokfc.gr. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  9. ↑ "Τέλος Τζανδάρης και Κατσικάς". sport24.gr. 3 April 2014.
  10. ↑ "Match Report Greece Syria 4-0". pescara2009.it. 27 June 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  11. ↑ "Match Report Italy Greece 3-1". pescara2009.it. 29 June 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  12. ↑ "Match Report Greece Turkey 1-1". pescara2009.it. 3 July 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2011.

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