Christos Kostis

Christos Kostis (Greek: Χρήστος Κωστής, born 15 January 1972) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a second striker. Kostis is widely regarded to be one of the most technical players Greece has ever produced.

Christos Kostis

Personal information
Full name	Christos Kostis
Date of birth	(1972-01-15) 15 January 1972
Place of birth	Thessaloniki, Greece
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	AEK FC Academy (scout)
Youth career
	Aetos Diavaton
	Veria
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1994	Iraklis	110	(24)
1994–1998	AEK Athens	105	(55)
1998–2000	Anderlecht	0	(0)
2000–2005	AEK Athens	7	(1)
2005–2006	Alki Larnaca	19	(3)
2006–2007	Ajax Cape Town	2	(0)
Total		243	(84)
National team
1993–1997	Greece	15	(4)
Honours Greek Cup 1996 Greek Super Cup 1996 Greek Cup 1997 Greek Cup 2002
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

His career was going from good to better as he managed to rise to Iraklis' first team squad and become the club's best striker. This made AEK Athens and Olympiacos battle for his signature during the summer of 1994. Olympiakos' and Iraklis' boards agreed for the transfer and Kostis took a plane to Athens in order to sign his new contract with them. Surprisingly who he found waiting for him in the airport were AEK Athen's board as during the flight they made a better offer to Iraklis and signed him. With his new club Kostis continued his good performances featuring in the Champions League, winning 2 Greek Cups. and a Greek Super Cup. His career was cut short when he got seriously injured on 23 October 1997 after a collision with Sturm Graz's goalkeeper Kazimierz Sidorczuk during a game for the Cup Winners' Cup. Nevertheless, his until then appearances made Anderlecht sign him the following summer. He never managed to fully recover from his injury and returned to AEK Athens two years later. He played some matches but was injured again making it clear that what was to be a glorious career was practically over.

International career

He debuted for the Greek national football team on 10 March 1993 and went to score 4 times during his 15 caps.[1]

Career statistics

International

National team	Season	Apps	Goals
Greece	1993	1	0
	1994	4	2
	1995	2	0
	1996	4	0
	1997	4	2
Total		15	4

Last updated: 2010-3-03
Source: Christos Kostis at National-Football-Teams.com

Christos Kostis: International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	1994-04-27	Athens Olympic Sports Complex, Athens, Greece	Saudi Arabia	4–1	5–1	Friendly
2	1994-04-27	Athens Olympic Sports Complex, Athens, Greece	Saudi Arabia	5–1	5–1	Friendly
3	1997-01-22	Jerusalem, Israel	Israel	0–1	1–1	Friendly
4	1997-03-12	Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus	Cyprus	0–2	0–4	Friendly

Honours

AEK Athens

• Greek Super Cup: 1

1996

• Greek Cup: 3

1996, 1997, 2002

References

1. "Christos Kostis profile (GR)". aek.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011.