Fanis Katergiannakis

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Fanis Katergiannakis
Personal information
Full name Theofanis Katergiannakis
Date of birth (1974-02-16) 16 February 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Pylaia, Greece
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1993–1994 Ethnikos Pylaias
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1994 Ethnikos Pylaias 22 (0)
1994–2002 Aris 129 (0)
2002–2004 Olympiacos 28 (0)
2004–2005 Cagliari Calcio 15 (0)
2005–2007
Iraklis
3 (0)
2008–2011 Kavala 34 (0)
Total 273 (0)
International career
1999–2004 Greece 6 (0)
Managerial career
2018– Greece (Goalkeeper coach U21)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Greece
UEFA European Championship
Winner 2004
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fanis Katergiannakis (Greek: Φάνης Κατεργιαννάκης, born 16 February 1974) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Ethnikos Pylaias

Katergiannakis started his career in the young team for Ethnikos Pylaias a team in his town in Tracia. In the season 1992–93 Ethnikos Pylaias, with Katergiannakis as goalkeeper achieved a great season, gained the Greek Fourth Division. After that Katergiannakis received an offer from Aris Thessaloniki F.C. the mean club in Thessaloniki quite hard to refuse.

Aris

In the summer 1994, Katergiannakis signed for

Greek First Division
and after this match few teams try to make a new contract for Katergiannakis.

Olympiacos

In the summer 2002 Katergiannakis signed a two-year contract with

Greek Cup against the Greek rival AEK Athens. The next season the coach Oleh Protasov declared that Katergiannakis and Eleftheropoulos were both titolare goalkeepers of the first team of Olympiacos. The coach Otto Rehhagel, called him up to the Greece national al team
.

Cagliari Calcio

After he won

Messina and Katergiannakis signed for another Italian club Cagliari in Serie A. Famous to be the first team of the main cities to win the league in Serie A. Katergiannakis in Cagliari, found players like David Suazo and the legendary Italian star Gianfranco Zola ready to help Cagliari Calcio
to achieve a great season.

Iraklis

In the summer 2005, Katergiannakis signed a two-year contract with

.

Kavala

In the summer 2008, Katergiannakis signed for

2009–10 season
.

on 17 February 2010, Katergiannakis reached the semifinals of the

Greek Cup with Kavala, where he faced Aris, with whom he made his debut as a professional player. [1]
He reached the sixth place in the Greek Super League with Kavala. In the summer of 2011, both Katergiannakis and Kavala decided to end the contract.

International career

He made his debut for the

Konstantinos Chalkias
.

After retirement

In November 2018, he become the Goalkeeping Coach of the Greece national football team.

Personal

His daughter Sylia (b.2005) is also a professional goalkeeper, and she signed with PAOK in 2022[2]

Honours

Olympiacos

  • Greek Championship
    : 2003

Aris

  • Greek Second Division
    : 1998

Kavala

  • Greek Second Division
    : 2008

Greece

  • 2004

Individual

  • Greek Best Goalkeeper of the Beta Division
    : 2009

References

  1. ^ "Hector Cuper e le finali perse: una carriera da perdente seriale". www.fanpage.it. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  2. ^ Η κόρη του Φάνη Κατεργιαννάκη στον ΠΑΟΚ ertsports