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Michalis Sifakis Personal information Full name Michalis Sifakis Date of birth 9 September 1984 Place of birth Heraklion, Greece Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Playing position Goalkeeper Club information Current club Aris FC Number 13 Youth career OFI Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2002–2008 OFI 112 (0) 2007–2008 → Olympiacos 7 (0) 2008– Aris FC 87 (0) National team‡ 2004 Greece U21 15 (0) 2005– Greece 11 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2010Michalis Sifakis (born 9 September 1984) is a Greek international goalkeeper. He is well known for his agility and reflexes.
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Early years
Born in Heraklion, Greece, Sifakis starts playing football at the age of 9. His first team was Atsalenios Herakliou (P.O.A.).
Club career
OFI Crete
In 1999 Sifakis was transferred to the soccer club OFI Crete where he played with the B squad of OFI until 2002. In 2002 he signed his first professional contract with the club. He played for OFI until 2007 and participated in 112 matches for the Greek championship and cup.
Olympiacos
In 2007 the team Olympiacos made a offer for Sifakis, which was accepted by OFI, and he played as a replacement of the national goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis. During the season 2007–2008 his team won the Greek championship, the Greek Cup and the Greek Super Cup. And then he continues to be the replacement.
Aris F.C.
In 2008 Aris makes an offer to OFI and Sifakis is transferred to that club. During the season 2008–2009 Sifakis participates in 27 league and cup matches. He has participated in all league games of the ongoing season (2009–2010). In the following season (2010–2011) he had some medical problems that kept him away from some Aris and national squad's matches.
International career
In 2004 Sifakis was called for the Greece national under-21 football team. He played 15 games with the U21 selection.
In 2009 Greece’s national team coach, Otto Rehhagel, invited Sifakis to help the national team qualify for the South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup. On the 14 October he contributed to his team's victory against Luxembourg. He was also part of the squad for the final tournament.
Under coach Fernando Santos, Sifakis played most of his country's UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches.
Honours
In 2009 the Greek Professional Players Association honored Sifakis with the Fair Play award for his professionalism and ethos, due to his calm and non-violent reaction to a confrontation with a fan in the opening game of the 2009–2010 Greek season away at Iraklis. During the match, Sifakis was approached by an Iraklis fan who had run onto the pitch and began to verbally abuse him. Sifakis did not react and the stewards eventually intervened, removing the fan from the pitch.He has been awarded from PSAP as the best goalkeeper in Superleague for the season 2009-2010.
Statistics
Greek National Team
Game Score Latvia - Greece 1-1 Israel - Greece 0-1 Bosnia - Greece 0-0 Greece - Israel 2-1 Greece - Latvia 1-0 Croatia - Greece 0-0 Greece - Georgia 1-1 Greece – Korea DPR 2–2 Greece- Luxembourg 2–1 Greece U-21 – Irland U-21 0–2 Greece U-21 – Hungary U-21 0–2 Greece U-21 – Romania U-21 0–2 Denmark U-21 – Greece U-21 2 -1 Greece U-21 – Ukraine U-21 0–1 Τurkey U-21 – Greece U-21 0–1 Greece U-21 – Albania U-21 2–0 Georgia U-21 – Greece U-21 1–1 Greece U-21 – Denmark U-21 0–1 Greece U-21 – Kazakhstan U-21 5–0 Greece U-21 – Turkey U-21 2–1 Albania U-21 – Greece U-21 1–1 Greece U-21 – Cyprus U-21 0–1 Cyprus U-21 – Greece U-21 1–5 Greece U-21 – Bulgaria U-21 3–1 Clubs
Season Club No of games 2002–2003 OFI 4 2003–2004 OFI 15 2004–2005 OFI 29 2005–2006 OFI 31 2006–2007 OFI 33 2007–2008 OSFP 7 2008–2009 ΑRIS 27 2009–2010 ARIS 36 2010–2011 ARIS 34 2011–2012 ARIS 1 External links
Greece squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Nikopolidis • 2 Seitaridis • 3 Vyntra • 4 Tavlaridis • 5 Kyrgiakos • 6 Basinas • 7 Zagorakis (c) • 8 Giannakopoulos • 9 Charisteas • 10 Tsiartas • 11 Papadopoulos • 12 Chalkias • 13 Sifakis • 14 Fyssas • 15 Vryzas • 16 Kafes • 17 Amanatidis • 18 Goumas • 19 Kapsis • 20 Karagounis • 21 Katsouranis • 22 Gekas • 23 Lakis • Coach: Rehhagel
Greece squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup 1 Chalkias • 2 Seitaridis • 3 Patsatzoglou • 4 Spyropoulos • 5 Moras • 6 Tziolis • 7 Samaras • 8 Papadopoulos • 9 Charisteas • 10 Karagounis (c) • 11 Vyntra • 12 Tzorvas • 13 Sifakis • 14 Salpigidis • 15 Torosidis • 16 Kyrgiakos • 17 Gekas • 18 Ninis • 19 Papastathopoulos • 20 Kapetanos • 21 Katsouranis • 22 Malezas • 23 Prittas • Coach: RehhagelAris Thessaloniki – current squad 1 Vellidis · 2 Neto · 3 Agtzidis · 4 Papazaharias · 5 Papastergianos · 6 Michel · 7 Soltani · 8 Toja · 9 Cesarec · 10 Castillo · 11 Topouzis · 12 Katidis · 13 Sifakis · 14 Faty · 15 Giannitsis · 16 Dickoh · 17 Kasnaferis · 18 Portilla · 21 Kapetanos · 22 Kanoulas · 24 Lazaridis · 27 Economopoulos · 28 Triantafyllakos · 29 Iacob · 30 Kotsonis · 55 Prittas · 99 Aggeloudis · Coach: Probierz
Categories:- 1984 births
- Living people
- Greek footballers
- Olympiacos F.C. players
- Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players
- OFI Crete players
- 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- Superleague Greece players
- Association football goalkeepers
- 2010 FIFA World Cup players
- People from Heraklion Prefecture
- Sports personalities from Crete
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