Christos Kontis

Christos Kontis

Personal information
Full name	Christos Kontis
Date of birth	13 May 1975 (1975-05-13) (age 36)
Place of birth	Athens, Greece
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1995-1999	Ethnikos Piraeus	105	(4)
1999-2000	Panionios	27	(0)
2000-2002	Olympiakos	21	(0)
2002-2004	Panionios	41	(6)
2004-2006	AEK Athens	40	(2)
2006-2011	APOEL	128	(9)
National team‡
	Greece
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 August 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 August 2011

Christos Kontis (Greek: Χρίστος Κόντης, born 13 May 1975 in Athens, Greece) is a retired Greek footballer who finished his career playing for APOEL as a defender .

Club career

Christos Kontis started his career at Ethnikos Piraeus. In Greece he played also for Panionios, Olympiacos and AEK Athens. With Olympiacos he won 2 Greek Championships.

In the summer of 2006 he moved to Cyprus and signed with APOEL. At APOEL he won 3 Championships, 1 Cup and 3 Super Cups. He also appeared in four official 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage matches with APOEL.

End of career

After a successful career at APOEL, Christos Kontis was forced to retire due to heart failure problems. During the first official 2011–12 Cypriot First Division match (29/08/2011) between AEK Larnaca and APOEL, Kontis felt a slight discomfort and a pain in his chest. Later that night the discomfort continued to exist and the pain got worse, thus the Club's doctors moved him to Nicosia's General Hospital. It was diagnosed that Kontis had suffered a minor heart attack that had damaged one of the veins in his heart. Consequently, he was forced to retire from his professional football career 9 months before his contract with APOEL expires.

He was one of APOEL's fans' favorite players and he will always be remembered for his passion and for the low profile that he always kept. These virtues earned him the respect and admiration of all Cypriot football fans.

He wore the jersey with the number 24.

Honours

Olympiacos

• Greek Super League: 2

2001-02, 2002-03

APOEL

• Cypriot First Division: 3

2006–07, 2008–09, 2010–11

• Cypriot Cup: 1

2007–08

• Cypriot Super Cup: 3

2008, 2009, 2011

External links

APOEL defender Kontis suffers heart attack Christos Kontis Profile

Persondata
Name	Kontis, Christos
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	13 May 1975
Place of birth	Athens, Greece
Date of death
Place of death