Savvas Kofidis

Football player infobox
playername = Savvas Kofidis


nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1961|2|5
cityofbirth =
countryofbirth = Kazakhstan
currentclub =
years = 1981–1988
1988–1992
1992–1997
1997–1999
clubs = Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C.
Olympiacos F.C.
Aris F.C.
Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C.
caps(goals) = 206 0(18)
093 0(9)
126 0(7)
069 0(3)
nationalyears = 1982-1994
nationalteam = Greece
nationalcaps(goals) = 065 0(1)

Savvas Kofidis ( _el. Σάββας Κωφίδης) (born 5 February, 1961 near Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, USSR) is a Greek football coach and former midfielder player.

He started his career in Iraklis, debuting in 18 January, 1981 when Iraklis was participating in the Beta Ethniki. In Iraklis's team he played seven seasons before heading to Olympiacos. In 1992 he joined Aris FC, the city rivals of Iraklis, where he played until rejoining Iraklis in the 1996/97 season.

His three appearances at the 1994 World Cup rounded off his national team career, which lasted from 1982 to 1994, giving him 65 caps and 1 international goal (9 January 1985, against Israel). He retired from professional football in 1999.

During the 2002-2003 period he was the assistant coach of Ivan Jovanovic in the team of Iraklis, as well as the next period, assisting head coach Sergio Markarián. After Markarián resigned, Kofidis took in charge as the head coach of Iraklis. The biggest success in his coaching career came when the "Old Man" finished 4th at the end of 2005/06 Greek Championship and qualified for next season's UEFA Cup. However, various unfortunate results of the team (including an early exit from European competitions against Wisła Kraków from Poland), Kofidis quit and left the club. In January 2007 he became head coach in Skoda Xanthi following Takis Lemonis's resignation, but soon left the job.

Playing career statistics

External links

* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/php/spieler.php?id=15726 Career history] at National Football Teams