{{short description|Greek footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Georgios Koltsidas | fullname = Georgios Koltsidas | image = | height = {{height|m=1.88}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1970|9|23}} | birth_place = [[Trikala]], [[Greece]] | position = [[Defender (football)|Defender]] | youthclubs1 = [[P.O. Fiki F.C.|PO Fiki]] | youthyears1 = 1986–1988 | years1 = 1988–1992 | years2 = 1992–1996 | years3 = 1996–1997 | years4 = 1997–2008 | clubs1 = [[Trikala F.C.|Trikala]] | clubs2 = [[Aris Thessaloniki F.C.|Aris]] | clubs3 = [[Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C.|AEL]] | clubs4 = [[Aris Thessaloniki F.C.|Aris]] | caps1 = 84 | caps2 = 90 | caps3 = 18 | caps4 = 213 | goals1 = 1 | goals2 = 2 | goals3 = 1 | goals4 = 7 | totalcaps = 405 | totalgoals = 11 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = }}
'''Georgios Koltsidas''' ({{langx|el|Γεώργιος Κολτσίδας}}; born 23 September 1970) is a retired [[association football|football]] player, who played as a [[Defender (football)|defender]] and was known for his strong [[sliding tackle|tackles]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tovima.gr/sports/article/?aid=132269|title=Η εβδομάδα (The week in sports)|last=Panoutsos|first=Antonis|date=8 April 2001|newspaper=[[To Vima]]|language=Greek}}</ref> He is currently the general director of [[Aris Thessaloniki F.C.|Aris]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.novasports.gr/news.aspx?a_id=223810&Sport=1&Competition=1713&Season=100081&Country=82&Team=16817&Round=252785|title=Εκοψε πίτα ο Αρης (Aris cut the vasilopita)|date=12 February 2012|publisher=[[Nova Sports|novasports.gr]]|language=Greek}}</ref>
He started his career with [[Trikala F.C.|Trikala]] and joined Aris in July 1992,<ref>{{cite web|website=[[RSSSF]]|author=Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander|title=Greece 1992/93|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grk93.html|date=21 March 2004}}</ref> where he spent the majority of his career – except for a brief one-year spell at [[Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C.|AEL]]. He retired at the end of the [[2007–08 Super League Greece|2007–08 season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.exedrasports.gr/default.aspx?pid=78&aid=1668|title="Αξίζεις να σηκώσεις το Κύπελλο" ("You deserve to lift the Cup")|date=29 April 2008|publisher=Exedra Sports|language=Greek}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
He was a member of the [[Greece national under-21 football team]] which won the gold medal at the [[1991 Mediterranean Games]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.sport.gr/football/hellas03/cup/final/ari/23.asp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701120844/http://archive.sport.gr/football/hellas03/cup/final/ari/23.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-01 |title=Giorgos Koltsidas |date=May 2003 |publisher=sport.gr |language=Greek |accessdate=18 March 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.express.gr/news/san-simera/326366oz_20100712326366.php3|title=Σαν σήμερα, 12/7/2010 (On this day, 12/7/2010)|date=12 July 2010|publisher=Express|language=Greek}} "1991: η Ελλάδα κατακτά το χρυσό στο ποδόσφαιρο στους Μεσογειακούς Αγώνες νικώντας την Τουρκία με 3-1 στο ΟΑΚΑ." ("1991: Greece wins the gold medal in football at the Mediterranean Games, beating Turkey 3-1 at OACA"</ref>
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