Kostas Antoniou

Infobox Football biography
playername = Kostas Antoniou


fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1961|4|19
cityofbirth = Athens
countryofbirth = Greece
height =
position = Midfielder
currentclub = Panathinaikos FC
(as Director of Football)
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1977-1981
1981-1983
1983-1994
clubs = Panathinaikos FC
Apollon Smyrnis
Panathinaikos FC
Athinaikos
caps(goals) = 39 (2)
53 (6)
281 (47)
nationalyears = 1984–1994
nationalteam = Greece
nationalcaps(goals) = 35 (2)
manageryears =
managerclubs =

Kostas Antoniou (Greek: Κώστας Αντωνίου) is a former Greek international footballer, playing as a midfielder. He was born in Athens and started his career in Panathinaikos FC during the late 70's. He was recognized for his "offensive" talent as well. With Panathinaikos he won four Championships (1984, 1986, 1990, and 1991) and three Cups (1984, 1986, and 1989). In 1988 he agreed to join Olympiacos for the sum of 24 million drachma. He accepted, but the Panathinaikos president went to the courts and won an appeal for Antoniou to return. Antoniou stated in an intervew: "I'm not going to return to Panathinaikos -not even dead-". Antoniou then spend 6 months on the stands before he was able to play again.In the summer of 1994 he moved to Athinaikos and that's where he ended his soccer career. In May 2008, Antoniou returned to his favorite club, this time as a Director of Football

External links

* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=23378 Antoniou's full career statistics]