Antonis Antoniadis

Antonis Antoniadis
	Antoniadis at the 1971 European Cup Final
Personal information
Full name	Antonios Antoniadis
Date of birth	25 May 1946 (age 78)
Place of birth	Petrochori, Greece
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Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1964-1966	Aspida Xanthi
Senior career*
Years	Team
1966–1968	Aspida Xanthi
1968–1978	Panathinaikos
1978–1979	Olympiakos
1979–1980	Atromitos
1980–1981	Panathinaikos
Total
International career
1970–1977	Greece
Medal record
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Antonis Antoniadis (Greek: Αντώνης Αντωνιάδης, born 25 May 1946) is a Greek footballer. He scored 187 goals in a career which spanned 22 years. He started his career at 1964 playing for Aspida Xanthi before moving to Panathinaikos on 31 July of 1968.^[1] Antoniadis scored his first official goal for Panathinaikos on 27 October 1968 in a 1–0 victory over Apollon Athens. When he was playing in Xanthi, he was a goalkeeper because of his height. His nickname is The Tall.^[2]

Career

Antoniadis with Ferenc Puskás

Antoniadis scored 187 goals in 242 matches in the Greek Championship, and was top scorer five times: 1970 (25 goals), 1972 (39 –second in Europe- record in the Greek Championship until today), 1973 (22), 1974 (26) and 1975 (20). In 1971 when Panathinaikos reached the European Cup Final against Ajax, Antoniadis was the leading scorer in the tournament with 10 goals.^[3]

During the summer of 1978 he was transferred to Olympiakos where he stayed for one season, playing in 13 games and scoring 7 goals. He later went on to play for Atromitos Athens. In 1980 before he retired and became president of PSAP he went full circle and returned to Panathinaikos.^[4] Antoniadis was a very accomplished header of the ball and possessed a strong shot. He made 21 appearances and scored 6 goals for the Greek national team between 1970 and 1977.^[5] He is the vice-president of the football team of Panathinaikos since the summer of 2008.