Giorgos Koudas

Football player infobox
playername = Giorgos Koudas


fullname = Giorgos Koudas
height =
nickname = Alexander the Great (Greek: Μεγαλέξανδος)
dateofbirth =birth date and age|1946|11|23
cityofbirth = Ayios Pavlos, Thessaloniki
countryofbirth = Greece
currentclub = Retired
clubnumber = 10
position = Central Attacking Midfielder
youthyears = 1958–1963

youthclubs = PAOK Thessaloniki FC Amateurs

years = 1963–1984
clubs = PAOK Thessaloniki FC
caps(goals) = 504 (134)
nationalyears = 1963 - 1984
nationalteam = Greece
nationalcaps(goals) = 43 (8)
pcupdate = 1984
ntupdate = 1984

Giorgos Koudas (Greek: Γιώργος Κούδας) is a retired attacking midfielder. He is considered the last of the great player generation of Greek soccer, nicknamed "Μεγαλέξανδρος" ("Alexander the Great") of Greek football. He was certainly one who possessed skillful soccer talent. A virtuoso of the ball, where he was established as a potent forward but as well as a player that could organize the whole game for a team.

He played for PAOK Thessaloniki FC from 1964 until 1983, appearing in 504 Alpha Ethniki games, scoring 134 goals.

On August 16, 1966 Giorgos Koudas made his debut with Olympiakos. Sports general secretary Costas Aslanidis' initiative though, to forbid the trades between big clubs, forced Koudas to return to PAOK.

He had 43 appearances for the National team of Greece (4 goals) in the period of 1967-1982.

[http://www.paok.com.au/ Melbourne Club PAOK] (The Official PAOK Thessaloniki Supporters Club PAOK of Australia) initiated a project to produce Giorgios Koudas Statistics whilst at PAOK Thessaloniki FC. The project took 2 years to collate & complete. [http://www.paok.com.au/gkoudasb.php/ Melbourne Club PAOK - Giorgos Koudas Statistics]

Honours

PAOK Thessaloniki FC
*Greek Championship: 1976
*Greek Cup: 1972, 1974

References

* [http://www.paok.com.au/gkoudasb.php/ Melbourne Club PAOK - Giorgos Koudas Statistics]