Demis Nikolaidis

Themistocles " Demis " Nikolaidis (Greek Θεμιστοκλής " Ντέμης " Νικολαΐδης, born September 17, 1973 in Gießen) is a former Greek football player. He was president of AEK Athens.

Club career

Nikolaidis, who is considered one of the greatest Greek footballer, his career began in 1992 with Ethnikos Alexandroupolis. In 1993 he moved to Apollon Smyrnis. In 1996 he signed with AEK Athens, where he experienced his most successful period. With AEK Athens he won the Greek Cup four times (1996, 1997, 2000, 2002 ) and once the Greek Supercup. 2001 Nikolaidis top scorer in the UEFA Cup, two years before he became top scorer of the Alpha Ethniki. In total he played 189 games for AEK Athens, while he met 123 times. In 2003 he moved to Atlético Madrid, with whom he won the Trofeo Ramón de Carranza. He retired in 2004 at the age of only 31 years of professional football and was president of his longstanding association AEK Athens.

National

Nikolaidis played between 1995 and 2004 a total of 54 games for the Greek national football team. Here he succeeded in 17 matches. In 1999, he met with Elias Atmatsidis and Michalis Kasapis in protest because of injustices within the organization from the national team back. This was a heavy loss for the Greeks. Following the Greek handed in some catastrophic results to Nikolaidis decided again to play for Greece in 2002. Later, the team qualified for the 2004 European Football Championship and winning this sensational.

Trivia

• Nikolaidis is married to the highly successful Greek singer Despina Vandi. Together they have a daughter, Melina and a son named Giorgos.

Achievements

• Greek Cup Winners ( 3): 1997, 2000, 2002
• European Championship: 2004 (4 Inserts / no goal )
• Greek top scorer: 1998/1999 (22 goals)

• National football team (Greece )
• Greek
• European Soccer Championships
• Football official
• Born in 1973
• Man