Babis Stefanidis
FullnameCharalambos Stefanidis
Birth date8 March 1981 (age 45)
Birth placeSkellefteå, Sweden
Height1.79 m (5.9 ft)
PositionMidfielder
CurrentclubOlympiacos Stockholm FC (manager)
Youthyears 11987–1998
Youthclubs 1IF Brommapojkarna
Years 11998–2001
Years 22001–2004
Years 32004–2005
Years 42005–2007
Years 52007–2009
Years 62009
Years 72010–2011
Years 82012
Clubs 1Iraklis
Clubs 2Djurgårdens IF
Clubs 3Brøndby IF
Clubs 4Helsingborgs IF
Clubs 5Malmö FF
Clubs 6Landskrona BoIS (loan)
Clubs 7IF Brommapojkarna
Clubs 8Akropolis IF
Caps 114
Caps 262
Caps 315
Caps 451
Caps 510
Caps 614
Caps 719
Caps 87
Goals 11
Goals 28
Goals 31
Goals 47
Goals 50
Goals 61
Goals 71
Goals 82
Totalcaps192
Totalgoals21
Nationalyears 12002–2004
Nationalteam 1Sweden U21
Nationalcaps 118
Nationalgoals 14
Manageryears 12013–
Managerclubs 1Olympiacos Stockholm FC

Babis Stefanidis (Greek: Μπάμπης Στεφανίδης; born 8 March 1981) is a Swedish football manager and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of the Swedish team Olympiacos Stockholm FC.

Career

Born in Skellefteå, Stefanidis started his career at youth level at IF Brommapojkarna and has also played for the Greek club, Iraklis. He got his senior level debut for Djurgårdens IF in 2001, and won the Swedish Allsvenskan championship with the club in 2002 and 2003.[1] In 2004, he moved abroad to play for Danish club Brøndby IF, with whom he won the 2005 Danish Superliga championship. He moved back to Sweden in 2005 in order to join Helsingborgs IF.[2]

On 23 July 2007, it was announced that Stefanidis had signed for Helsingborgs' rivals Malmö FF, a contract starting on 1 January 2008.[3] However, fans of Helsingborgs IF were greatly upset and subsequent harassment and personal persecution led to Stefanidis' changing clubs prematurely, on 2 August 2007. The disappointment came from the fact that Stefanidis refused to sign a new contract with Helsingborg and thereafter switched to the main rivals.[4]

On 27 July 2009, Stefanidis moved on loan from Malmö FF to Landskrona BoIS, in exchange for Ivo Pekalski who moved from Landskrona to Malmö.[5] In the Winter 2009, Stefanidis moved back to play for his childhood club IF Brommapojkarna.

In February 2012, Stefanidis joined Akropolis IF in the Division 1 Norra.

Honours

Djurgårdens IF
[6]
Brøndby IF
Helsingborgs IF

References

  1. ^ "Statistik från SvFF 2007-". Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Statistik från SvFF 2002-2007". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Nyhetsarkiv". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  4. ^ „Babis klar för MFF efter derbyt“ by sydsvenskan.se Archived 14 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved 23 January 2008)
  5. ^ "Malmö FF". Malmö FF. Archived from the original on 4 December 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  6. ^ Förteckning över samtliga SM-guld för Djurgårdens IF på seniornivå genom tiderna (in Swedish) Archived 11 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine