Babis Stefanidis
Haralambos " Babis " Stefanidis (born 8 March 1981) is a Swedish football player of Greek descent. The midfielder completed his career in Sweden, Greece and Denmark.
Career
Start your career in Sweden and Greece
Stefanidis began in the late 1980s with the football games at IF Brommapojkarna. At the Stockholm club, he held the individual youth teams and made his debut in 1998 in the first team, which took its time in the third-class Division 2 Östra Svealand. In several brief appearances in the first half of the season he contributed to the rise of the club to the second division at. In the summer of the year, however, Stefanidis before dropping the club and moved to Greece for Iraklis Thessaloniki. Here he played in the following years, mainly in the junior team of the club, while he obtained irregularly in the Alpha Ethniki season.
In July 2001, Stefanidis initially returned on loan to Sweden and joined Djurgårdens IF in Allsvenskan. In 4- 3-3 system he regularly came on as a substitute on the offensive winger used, so that the club at the end of the season of 2001 drew the agreed in the loan agreement purchase option. In the following season, he was involved in 24 of the 26 season games and was on the side of Mikael Dorsin, Kim Kallstrom, Andreas Johansson and Stefan Rehn not least heavily involved because of his four goals this season in the profit of Lennart Johansson Cup for the Swedish championship title. On November 9, the year he also played with the team in the cup final against local rivals AIK, at the beginning of the extension he was René Makondele replaced and witnessed the winning goal Louay Chanko off the field. In the year after the double profit he had finally established itself as a regular force and had become the focus of the Swedish U- 21 team. Although slowed by minor injuries and illnesses during the season he participated in the defense of the title of the champion title.
In summer 2004, Stefanidis participated with the U- 21 team at the staged in Germany U-21 Europamseisterschaft. On the side of Johan Elmander, Stefan Ishizaki, Fredrik Stenman and Markus Rosenberg he reached the semi-finals as group winners ahead of Portugal, Germany and Switzerland. The match against the Serbian- Montenegrin National Selection had to be decided on penalties, but he missed the decisive penalty. After a 2:3 defeat in the match for third place against Portugal, he traveled with the national team without a medal from.
Change it over and back to Sweden
Shortly after the tournament failed negotiations between Stefanidis and Djurgårdens IF on an extension of the end of 2004 expiring contract, so that the club wanted to leave in the summer it already. After the players had reached an agreement with Brøndby IF on the contract arrangements, agreed in mid-July of the year Djurgårdens IF a change to Denmark, where Stefanidis signed a three -year contract. On the side of Jonas Kamper, Thomas Kahlenberg, Morten Skoubo and Martin Retov he played regularly until the winter break, but lost his place in the spring. Was he 05 came in a 4-2 victory over Norwegian club Tromso IL in the subsequent group match Royal League 2004 / in February 2005 as a substitute for use, he remained until July of the year without further obligation stake for the club. Therefore, he left the club despite profits double in league and cup victory after a season towards Sweden.
On 5 July 2005 Stefanidis signed a contract extending until the end of 2007 with two and a half years of operation at Helsingborgs IF. On the side of Christian Järdler, Peter Gray Lund, Andreas Dahl and Erik Wahlstedt he established himself as a regular player and reached with the team at the end of the 2006 than in fourth Royal League 2006/ 07, when they retired only in the semi-finals.
In summer 2007, Stefanidis moved within the Allsvenskan for arch rivals Malmö FF, after which he was criticized by supporters of his former club and even received death threats. By the end of the season mer finally came ten times to use. In a pre-season game with the U-21 youth team of the club, he moved to a complicated leg fracture. As a result, he fell out of the long term and fought his way through match practice in the U-21 team back to the squad zoom. In summer 2008, the club gave him to Landskrona BoIS so he gained playing experience in the sub-prime Superettan. By the end of the season he was a regular force in the offensive area and culminated with the team to eighth place in the table.
In December 2009, Stefanidis returned to his hometown club IF Brommapojkarna. Under coach Kim Berg beach regulars he played with the team to Olof Guterstam, Pablo Piñones -Arce, Kim Odelius and Pär Asp against relegation in the Superettan. In spite of a trainer - Roberth Björknesjö took over the care of the team in October - finished the season as the club bottom side.
Achievements
- Swedish Champion: 2002, 2003
- Swedish Cup winners: 2002, 2006
- Danish Champion: 2005
- Danish Cup winner: 2005