Ioannis Kalitzakis

Ioannis Kalitzakis (Greek Ιωάννης Καλιτζάκης, born February 10, 1966 in Eleusis, Greece ) is a former Greek football player.

Career

Ioannis Kalitzakis, who played in the position of central defender, began his career in his hometown of Elefsina the Greek club Panelefsiniakos where he came up with 106 inserts and 3 goals between 1983 and 1986. In the summer of 1986 Kalitzakis moved to Rhodes for resident Diagoas FC. For Diagoras of the players remaining for one season and has been used a total of 18 games in which he was able to achieve a goal. 1987, with the change to the Greek top club Panathinaikos Athens Kalitzakis finally made ​​the breakthrough. In the following ten years he played in root formation of his new club and won, among others, four times the Greek Championship ( 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996 ) and six times the Cup (1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995). The most successful year in this phase was for Kalitzakis here in 1996, when he made it with Panathinaikos to the semifinals of the Champions League and won there in Amsterdam against Ajax 1-0. In the second leg the team but eventually lost with 0:3 and thus missed a part in the final of the most prestigious European football award for club teams. In 1997 Kalitzakis after 260 games and 15 goals for Panathinaikos AEK Athens to where he was under contract until 2000 and a second time to win the trophy. In the summer of 2000 Kalitzakis Ethnikos Asteras moved to where he was then to end his playing career for one season.

National

Ioannis Kalitzakis was for years an integral part of the Greek national football team, and arrived there on 71 missions. Height of his national team career was his participation in the 1994 World Cup in the United States when he was used in all matches of the preliminary round.

Achievements

  • Greek champion: 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996
  • Greek Cup winner: 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000
  • Greek Super Cup: 1988, 1993, 1994
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