Pantelis Kafes

Pantelis Kafes (Greek Παντελής Καφές, * June 24, 1978 in Veria ) is a Greek football player. He was with the national team in 2004 European Football Championship.

Career

In youth Kafes played at AEP Veria until he moved to the nearby club PAOK 1997. There he stood until 2003 under contract. From the 2003/04 season to 2006 he was employed in the Greek Alpha Ethniki Olympiakos Piraeus. On 30 January 2007 he moved to league rivals AEK Athens. He wears unusual for an outfield shirt number 1 Kafes was with Olympiakos Piraeus twice Greek champions (2005, 2006) and twice runner-up with Piraeus ( 2004) and AEK Athens ( 2007).

His first game in the Greek national Kafes made ​​on 25 April 2001 against Croatia. He was under coach Otto Rehhagel in the Euro 2004 squad for the tournament victor, however, came in Portugal nor for use as a year later at the Confederations Cup in 2005. Overall, he came to February 2008 to 31 missions in National Dress. Surprisingly, he came after two and a half years into a comeback under new coach Fernando Santos, who put him on 10 August 2010 at the friendly against Serbia. In his 36 internationals Kafes scored three goals.