AEK Athens F.C. Academy

AEK Athens Football Club Academy

Full name	AEK Athens Football Club Academy
Founded	1934; 90 years ago (1934)
Ground	OPAP Sports Centre
Owner	AEK Athens Football Club
Chairman	Evangelos Aslanidis
General Director	Ilias Kyriakidis
Home colours Away colours Third colours

AEK Athletic Club was one of the first Greek clubs to found a youth academy back in 1934, while AEK Athens Football Club have managed them since 1979.

History

AEK Athletic Club was one of the first Greek clubs to found a youth academy back in 1934.

Famous players have been produced by AEK youth development system over the years.

Some of the most notable include: Tryfon Tzanetis (1933–1950), Kleanthis Maropoulos (1934–1952), Andreas Stamatiadis (1950–1969), Stelios Skevofilakas (1960–1973), Spyros Pomonis (1961–1973), Giorgos Karafeskos (1963–1974), Nikos Karoulias (1973–1974), Spyros Ikonomopoulos (1978–1994), Stelios Manolas (1978–1998), Vangelis Vlachos (1979–1985), Lysandros Georgamlis (1979–1986), Pantelis Konstantinidis (1993–1994), Dionysis Chiotis (1995–1998, 2000–2007), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (2005–2008), Savvas Gentsoglou (2006–2012), Panagiotis Tachtsidis (2007–2010), Kostas Manolas (2009–2012), Victor Klonaridis (2010–2012, 2017–2020) and Konstantinos Galanopoulos (2015–).

AEK Athens U19 squad

AEK Athens U19 is the youth team of AEK. They participate in the Super League U19 championship. They play their home games at the OPAP Sports Centre in Spata.

P. ^{^} Players with professional contract.

As of 31 August 2022 ^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  GRE Marios Balamotis — GK  GRE Giannis Marinis [P] — GK  GRE Panormitis Kaliaros — GK  GRE Giannis Papanikolopoulos — GK  GRE Dimitrios Fontalis — DF  GRE Konstantinos Antonopoulos — DF  GRE Christos Giannoulis — DF  GRE Georgios Ninos — DF  GRE Aristotelis Tzidras — DF  GRE Petros Svigos — DF  GRE Fotis Chachoulis — DF  GRE Christos Kosidis — MF  GRE Nikolaos Georgatos — MF  GRE Dimitrios Valkanis

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  GRE Dimitrios Georgopoulos — MF  GRE Nikolaos Dimitriadis — MF  GRE Loukas Maroutsis — MF  GRE Andreas Chatzinikolaou — MF  GRE Alexandros Krushelnytsky — MF   ALB Leonardo Muça — FW  GRE Aristidis Andrikopoulos — FW  GRE Antonis Georgeas — FW  GRE Giannis Vasilas — FW  GRE Georgios Papanikolopoulos — FW  GRE Panagiotis Kontakis — FW  GRE Vasilios Sarantitis — FW  GRE Anastasios Kontorouchas

• AEK Athens U19 Staff
  • Head coach: Genneos Karachalios
  • Physical trainer: Angelos Konstantopoulos
  • Goalkeeping coach: Athanasios Paraschoudis

AEK Athens U17 squad

As of 31 August 2022 ^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  GRE Theofanis Papavasiliou — GK  GRE Dimitrios Anargyrou — GK  GRE Georgios Manousakis — DF  GRE Dimitrios Athanasiou — DF  GRE Theodoros Bousios — DF  GRE Sotiris Markopoulos — DF  GRE Petros Kolokotronis — DF  GRE Konstantinos Tsirdimos — DF   ALB Ardit Kadiu — DF  GRE Stavros Psyropoulos — DF  GRE Georgios Kolyfetis — MF  GRE Giannis Sarris — MF  AUS Ianni Valkanis — MF  GRE Alexandros Elezi — MF  GRE Christoforos Kolimatsis

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  GRE Nikolaos Avrasoglou — MF  GRE Iason Psychogios — MF  FIN Noah Levis — MF  GRE Dionysis Panagiotopoulos — MF  GRE Alexandros Dani — MF  GRE Pantelis Papazisis — MF  GRE Dionysis Sehu — MF  GRE Georgios Chatziroditis — FW  GRE Akylas Zoulias — FW  GRE Dimitrios Klapsas — FW  GRE Dimitrios Andriotis — FW  GRE Christos Paleologou — FW  GRE Grigoris Raptis — FW  GRE Giannis Daskalopoulos

• AEK Athens U17 Staff
  • Head coach: Petros Tasounidis
  • Physical trainer: Georgios Papaleontiou
  • Goalkeeping coach: Stelios Skyriotis

Notable players

• 
  Players of the academy of AEK in 1934
• 
  Dionysis Chiotis
• 
  Sokratis Papastathopoulos
• 
  Victor Klonaridis

Notable players coming from the club's youth departments include:

• Konstantinos Galanopoulos
• Dionysis Chiotis
• Lysandros Georgamlis
• Savvas Gentsoglou
• Victor Klonaridis
• Pantelis Konstantinidis
• Kostas Manolas
• Stelios Manolas
• Kleanthis Maropoulos
• Sokratis Papastathopoulos
• Michalis Pavlis
• Andreas Stamatiadis
• Stelios Skevofilakas
• Panagiotis Tachtsidis
• Tryfon Tzanetis
• Vangelis Vlachos

Personnel

Academies staff

Position	Staff
Management	AEK Athens Football Club
General Director	Ilias Kyriakidis
Administrative Director	Nikos Georgeas
Chief Goalkeeping coach	Dionysis Chiotis
Chief Scout	Dimitris Roussos
U19 Head coach	Genneos Karachalios
U17 Head coach	Petros Tasounidis
U15 Head coach	Fotis Papapanagis
U14 Head coach	Aristotelis Schizas
U13 Head coach	Panagiotis Pavlidis
U12 Head coach	Vasilios Papadimitriou
U10 Head coach	Stelios Orfanidis
Performance analyst	Kyriakos Konstantinidis
Fitness coaches	Angelos Konstantopoulos Georgios Papaleontiou Iason Psaras Angelos Tsenoglou
Goalkeeping coaches	Athanasios Paraschoudis Stelios Skyriotis Georgios Kioupis
Scouts	Christos Kostis Christos Vasilopoulos Vangelis Gavrilis
Doctors	Georgios Dimitriou Andreas Anamorlidis
Physiotherapists	Lefteris Tamvakis Nikos Kalampokas Dionysis Engarchos
Ergophysiologist	Panagiotis Milionis
Secretary	Vasia Papalopoulou
Press Office	Giannis Bilios
Caregivers	Konstantinos Kazianis Konstantinos Makridakis
House keepers	Vaios Toursoun Eleni Toursoun
Travel guide	Georgios Tsoukas

Source: AEK Athens F.C.

References

External links

• AEK Academies

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