Mavroudis Bougaidis

Mavroudis Bougaidis

Bougaidis playing for Greece U19
Personal information
Date of birth1 June 1993
Place of birthKoufalia, Greece
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing positionCentral Defender
Club information
Current team
Lechia Gdańsk (on loan from Granada)
Number13
Youth career
2008-2009Aris Thessaloniki
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2013AEK Athens27(0)
2013–Granada CF0(0)
2013Granada CF B15(0)
2014Aris Thessaloniki (loan)9(0)
2014–Lechia Gdańsk (loan)12(0)
National team
2009–2011Greece U174(0)
2010–2012Greece U1920(4)
2012–Greece U2113(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 April 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 October 2014

Mavroudis Bougaidis (Greek: Μαυρουδης Μπουγαϊδης, born 1 June 1993 in Koufalia, Greece) is a Greek footballer who plays as a central defender for Lechia Gdańsk, on loan from Granada.

Club career

Early years

Aris academies found a talented defender and the club signed with him a contract for two years. Many clubs in Greece were interested in signing Bougaidis, as he was very good with the youth team of Aris and with the Greece U19 team, too. Four clubs from Europe approached him, but he chose to play for AEK Athens.

AEK Athens

On 16 May 2011 Mavroudis Bougaidis signed a 3-year deal with Greek giants AEK Athens.[1] Mavroudis Bougaidis made his Europa League debut against Anderlecht as a substitution. Bougaidis also played against Sturm Graz in the Europa League and impressed in Greek Super League matches at the end of 2011–12 season. In July 2012 AEK Athens rejected a €1.1m bid for Bougaidis from Everton F.C.[2] For the 2012–13 season Bougaidis achieved 14 appierances for the Greek Superleague in a disappointing season for AEK Athens as it failed to stay in the first division of the league.

Granada CF

On 30 July 2013 Bougaidis signed a 3 years deal with La Liga team Granada CF.[3] Initially expected to join Hércules CF on loan,[4] the deal later collapsed and he was assigned to B-team in Segunda División B.[5] On 1 January 2014 Bougaidis was loaned to Aris Thessaloniki F.C., his first professional team until the end of the 2013-14 season. On 4 July 2014 Bougaidis was loaned to Lechia Gdańsk for the season 2014/15 playing in Polish Ekstraklasa.[6] He made his debut on 14 September 2014 against GKS Bełchatów (1-1).

National Team

Mavroudis Bougaidis has 20 appearances for Greece U-19 National team with 4 goals. On 15 July 2012, he participated in the Final of Euro Under 19 against Spain in a 1-0 defeat. He played the whole match as a central defender next to his good friend Dimitris Kourbelis.[7] On June 2013 Bougaidis participated on the World Cup U23 with Greece eliminating in the round of 16.

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