# Georgios Koltsidas

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Greek footballer

Georgios Koltsidas Personal information Full name Georgios Koltsidas Date of birth (1970-09-23) 23 September 1970 (age 55) Place of birth Trikala, Greece Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Position Defender Youth career 1986–1988 PO Fiki Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1988–1992 Trikala 84 (1) 1992–1996 Aris 90 (2) 1996–1997 AEL 18 (1) 1997–2008 Aris 213 (7) Total 405 (11) * Club domestic league appearances and goals

**Georgios Koltsidas** ([Greek](/source/Greek_language): Γεώργιος Κολτσίδας; born 23 September 1970) is a retired [football](/source/Association_football) player, who played as a [defender](/source/Defender_(football)) and was known for his strong [tackles](/source/Sliding_tackle).[1] He is currently the general director of [Aris](/source/Aris_Thessaloniki_F.C.).[2]

He started his career with [Trikala](/source/Trikala_F.C.) and joined Aris in July 1992,[3] where he spent the majority of his career – except for a brief one-year spell at [AEL](/source/Athlitiki_Enosi_Larissa_F.C.). He retired at the end of the [2007–08 season](/source/2007%E2%80%9308_Super_League_Greece).[4]

He was a member of the [Greece national under-21 football team](/source/Greece_national_under-21_football_team) which won the gold medal at the [1991 Mediterranean Games](/source/1991_Mediterranean_Games).[5][6]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Panoutsos, Antonis (8 April 2001). ["Η εβδομάδα (The week in sports)"](http://www.tovima.gr/sports/article/?aid=132269). *[To Vima](/source/To_Vima)* (in Greek).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Εκοψε πίτα ο Αρης (Aris cut the vasilopita)"](http://www.novasports.gr/news.aspx?a_id=223810&Sport=1&Competition=1713&Season=100081&Country=82&Team=16817&Round=252785) (in Greek). [novasports.gr](/source/Nova_Sports). 12 February 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (21 March 2004). ["Greece 1992/93"](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grk93.html). *[RSSSF](/source/RSSSF)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [""Αξίζεις να σηκώσεις το Κύπελλο" ("You deserve to lift the Cup")"](http://www.exedrasports.gr/default.aspx?pid=78&aid=1668) (in Greek). Exedra Sports. 29 April 2008.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Giorgos Koltsidas"](http://archive.sport.gr/football/hellas03/cup/final/ari/23.asp) (in Greek). sport.gr. May 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2012.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Σαν σήμερα, 12/7/2010 (On this day, 12/7/2010)"](http://www.express.gr/news/san-simera/326366oz_20100712326366.php3) (in Greek). Express. 12 July 2010. "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"

## External links

- [Insports.gr profile](http://insports.gr/index.php?s=1&c=1&p=370&cat=5&omadaid=34&nav=%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BB%CF%84%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B1%CF%82%20%CE%93%CE%B9%CF%8E%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%82&paiktisid=1567) (in Greek)

- [Guardian.co.uk profile](https://web.archive.org/web/20120925164330/http://guardian.touch-line.com/?CTID=57&CPID=120&TEID=1403&PLID=180483&pStr=Player)

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