Giannis Mystakidis
| Personal information | |||||||||
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| Full name | Ioannis Mystakidis | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 December 1994 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Thessaloniki, Greece | ||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Second striker / Winger | ||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||
Current team | PAOK | ||||||||
| Number | 27 | ||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||
| –2011 | 1899 Hoffenheim | ||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Waldhof Mannheim | ||||||||
| 2012–2013 | SC Freiburg | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
| 2014–2015 | Pierikos | 25 | (3) | ||||||
| 2015– | PAOK | 35 | (7) | ||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||
| 2012 | Greece U18 | 2 | (0) | ||||||
| 2015–2016 | Greece U21 | 5 | (0) | ||||||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 April 2017 | |||||||||
Giannis Mystakidis (Greek: Γιάννης Μυστακίδης, born 7 December 1994) is a Greek professional footballer who plays for PAOK FC as a forward.
Club career
Born in Thessaloniki, he started his career in Germany playing for Fußball-Regionalliga Südwest club Freiburg II. In his actually first professional season (2014-15 season) with Pierikos, he worked very hard and his improvement is obvious. Mystakidis since his beginning in professional football, characterized as a talent with shoots, crosses and passes equally well with both feet. It can cover all three positions behind the forward is not predictable in his playing and has good finishes in both short and long distance.[1]
Mystakidis scores his first goal for PAOK FC on an unofficial match against FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.[2] On 16 July 2015 he made his debut with PAOK in an away loss game against Lokomotiva Zagreb for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.[3] He scored his first goal in 2015-16 season in a 3-1 away win against Kalloni.[4] On 25 August 2016, PAOK extended the contract of the young striker till the summer 2020.[5]
On 29 January 2017, he scored the only goal in a 1-0 Super League away win against Panetolikos. Two days later scored another goal in a 2-0 away win against AEL F.C. and a week after he sealed with an excellent finsih a glorious 2-1 Greek Cup away win against Xanthi F.C. On 14 February 2017, it seems that talented winger of PAOK ]will be called up in Greece National Team very soon, after his recent impressive performances, as the German manager Michael Skibbe is watching closely the progress of 22-year-old player.
This season was an establishment year for the young striker, as he had gradually managed to gain the trust of Vladimir Ivić. On April 2, in the 80th minute of the match against AEL for the 26th day of the Super League, the 23 year old ace was forced to request an immediate change after an attempt to avert a throw-out. A day later, Mystakidis had a surgery, faced a cruciate ligament rupture that probably kept him out of the team for 6 months.[6]
References
- ↑ «Κεφάλαιο για τον ΠΑΟΚ ο Μυστακίδης» (in Greek). www.paokmania.gr. 31 July 2015.
- ↑ Μυστακίδης: «Εύχομαι να μείνω στο ρόστερ» (in Greek). www.sdna.gr. 10 July 2015.
- ↑ "Giannis Mystakidis". www.uefa.com.
- ↑ "Athanasiadis leads PAOK to victory against Kalloni". www.sdna.gr. 30 November 2015.
- ↑ "PAOK extend Giannis Mystakidis' contract". www.sdna.gr.
- ↑ "Η "κατάρα" του χιαστού" (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 8 April 2017.