Giorgos Koudas facts for kids
Koudas in 2006
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Georgios Koudas | ||
| Date of birth | 23 November 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Thessaloniki, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.77 m | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1958–1963 | PAOK | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1963–1984 | PAOK | 504 | (134) |
| National team | |||
| 1967–1982 | Greece | 44 | (4) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1987 | Iraklis | ||
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Giorgos Koudas (born November 23, 1946) is a famous Greek former football player. He was an attacking midfielder. This means he played in the middle of the field and helped score goals. Giorgos played his whole career for the PAOK team. People called him Alexander the Great. This was because he was very competitive and proud of his Greek heritage.
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Playing Football
His Club Career
Giorgos Koudas was born in Thessaloniki, Greece. He started playing football for PAOK when he was young. He played his first game for the main team in December 1963. He was only 17 years old.
Giorgos played his entire football career with PAOK. He played in 504 games in the top Greek league, called the Alpha Ethniki. This was from 1963 to 1984. In total, he played 607 games for PAOK in all competitions. These are still records for the club!
Koudas helped PAOK win two Greek Cup finals. He played in nine cup finals in total. In the 1972 Cup final, he scored both goals. PAOK won 2–1 against Panathinaikos. This was the first major title for PAOK in their history.
In 1966, another team, Olympiacos, tried to sign Koudas. They talked to him directly without asking PAOK first. But PAOK's president, Giorgos Pantelakis, did not agree to the transfer. So, for two years, Koudas only played in friendly games for Olympiacos.
In 1968, he returned to PAOK. He then led the team to many great victories in the 1970s. Because of this event, the games between Olympiacos and PAOK became a very strong rivalry in Greece.
Giorgos Koudas retired from football in 1984. He was 37 years old. He had played for PAOK for over 20 years. A popular song was even written about him by a Greek songwriter and PAOK fan, Nikos Papazoglou.
Playing for Greece
Koudas also played for the Greece national team. He played 43 games for his country. He scored four goals between 1967 and 1982. He played in the UEFA Euro 1980 tournament in Italy. Some of his teammates from PAOK also played with him there.
After he stopped playing professionally, Koudas made one last appearance for the national team. This was in a friendly game against Yugoslavia in 1995. He was 48 years old. This made him the oldest player to play for a national team at that time. Later, George Weah broke this record in 2018.
Managerial Career
After retiring as a player, Giorgos Koudas had a short time as a football manager. He was a co-manager for the team Iraklis. He worked alongside Kostas Aidiniou.
Personal Life
Giorgos Koudas's father, Giannis, was from a place called Çorlu. His mother, Eleftheria, was from Stavroupoli.
Honours
PAOK
- Alpha Ethniki: 1975–76
- Greek Cup: 1971–72, 1973–74
See also
In Spanish: Giorgos Koudas para niños
- List of one-club men in association football
