Grigoris Makos

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Grigoris Makos
Personal information
Full name Evrypidis Grigorios Makos
Date of birth (1987-01-18) 18 January 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Athens, Greece
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)
Defensive midfielder
Youth career
2000–2003
Ilioupoli
2003–2004 Panionios
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2009 Panionios 130 (5)
2009–2012 AEK Athens 75 (2)
2012–2013
1860 München
11 (0)
2013–2015
Anorthosis Famagusta
51 (1)
2015–2017 Panetolikos 52 (3)
2018 Trikala 19 (0)
2018–2019 Kallithea 7 (0)
2019–2020 Kalamata 10 (1)
International career
2006–2008 Greece U-21 17 (3)
2008–2012 Greece 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2020

Grigoris Makos (

defensive midfielder
.

Club career

Panionios

In 2000, Makos signed for

Ilioupoli at the age of 13. After impressing in the youth academy, he was eventually called up to the Greece national football team in 2003 and made his debut in a match against Proodeftiki on 23 May 2004.[1] Makos scored his first goal for Panionios on 1 October 2005, against Levadiakos.[2] And his first ever European goal vs Bordeaux on 20 December 2007.[3] He was appointed captain in 2006 at the age of 19. During his time at the club, he had become one of Panionios' most important players making over 100 appearances for the club at the young age of 21 and guiding them to successive fifth-place finishes. His impressive performances attracted interest from the "big three" of Greece and also from teams abroad.[4] In the end Makos agreed to join AEK Athens.[5]

AEK Athens

On 24 June 2009,

Dusan Bajevic".[7] On 6 July, Makos decided to continue using the number 14 at AEK, a number which he has used since his youth career.[8]

On 20 August, Makos made his official debut for AEK, in the game versus

cup, and six in Europe
.

The 2010–11 season started well for Makos. He impressed in the away victory against

Makos kicked off his third season in superb form, scoring his first ever goal for AEK Athens in the season opener in a 1–0 win against

Superleague Greece play off in the 2–0 home win over their archrivals.[15] At the end of his third season at AEK, Makos made 34 appearances in total, 28 in the league, one in the cup, and five in Europe.[16]

1860 Munich

On 9 July 2012 Makos signed a two-year deal with German side

TSV 1860 München for the transfer fee thought to be in the region of €465,000.[17][18]
The German side announced the signing through website, while also shedding light on the finances of the transfer.
TSV 1860 München, yet another cash-strapped club, were keen to bringing Makos to Germany during the summer of 2009 but were beaten by AEK in a bidding war for Makos' services.[19]

In 1860 Munich Makos met his former teammate in AEK Athens,

2.Bundesliga
.

Anorthosis Famagusta

On 5 July 2013, Grigoris Makos signed a two-year contract with

Anorthosis
.
[20] According to the Cypriot press, Makos' verbal agreement with
Apollon Limassol
for the Cypriot First Division.

At the end of 2014/15 season, Grigoris Makos seem to wish to return to Greece for personal reasons, but did not close the door to

Anorthosis. The management of the club will submit a formal proposal and will make the effort to keep him although it is not easy.[23]

Panetolikos

On 3 July 2015, Makos signed a two-year contract with

2016–17 season, he settled his contract with the club.[27]

Trikala

On 14 January 2018, after six months as a free agent, Makos signed a contract with Football League club Trikala F.C.[28]

Kallithea

Makos joined Gamma Ethniki club Kallithea FC on 21 September 2018.[29] On 30 January 2019 it was announced, that Makos had left the club.[30]

Kalamata

Makos was a free agent for six months, then joined Gamma Ethniki club Kalamata on 15 July 2019 on a year contract for an undisclosed fee.[31]

International career

Greece Under 21

Soon after becoming a regular and captain at Panionios, Makos was called up to the Greece U21 national squad and was made captain not long after his debut. After 17 appearances for the Under-21 side, he was called up to the senior side by Greece coach Otto Rehhagel.

Greece

Makos, here with Miroslav Klose, during Euro 2012 (22 June 2012)

Makos was called up to the

Czech Republic,[32] he earned his second cap versus Cyprus on 19 May 2008.[33] On 9 November, Makos was called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers matches against Ukraine, however Makos did not feature in any of the legs.[34] On 28 February, Makos was called up for the World Cup preparation friendly against Senegal, he came on as a second-half substitute and made his first appearance for the national team in over a year[35] On 11 May, Makos was named in Rehhagel's 30-man provisional World Cup squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup but did not make the final 23-man squad.[36]

He became a regular choice of new coach

Euro 2012 group stage match for captain Giorgos Karagounis playing 24 minutes of the match as he helped Greece keep a 1–0 win against Russia to finish second in the group and set up a quarter finals match against Germany[37] where Makos started the game making it his second appearance in the tournament but Greece failed to surpass the Germans.[38]

Career statistics

Club

Correct as of 25 May 2018

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Greece League Greek Cup Europe Total
2003–04 Panionios
Superleague Greece
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2004–05 24 0 4 0 4 0 32 0
2005–06 23 3 2 0 0 0 25 3
2006–07
27 1 2 0 0 0 29 1
2007–08
27 0 2 0 5 1 34 1
2008–09
28 1 4 0 3 0 35 1
2009–10
AEK Athens 21 0 1 0 6 0 28 0
2010–11
26 0 7 0 7 0 40 0
2011–12
28 2 1 0 5 0 34 2
Germany League DFB-Pokal Europe Total
2012–13
1860 München
2. Bundesliga
11 0 1 0 0 0 12 0
Cyprus Cyprus First Division Cypriot Cup Europe Total
2013–14
Anorthosis Famagusta F.C.
Cyprus First Division
24 0 2 0 2 0 28 0
2014–15 27 1 3 0 0 0 30 1
Greece Superleague
Greek Cup
Europe Total
2015–16
Panetolikos
Superleague Greece
28 0 1 0 0 0 29 0
2016–17
24 3 3 0 0 0 27 3
2017–18 Trikala Football League 19 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
Career total 338 11 33 0 32 1 403 12

International

Greece national team
Year Apps Goals
2008 2 0
2010 2 0
2011 6 0
2012 3 0
Total 13 0

Last updated: 3 July 2012
Source:
Grigoris Makos at National-Football-Teams.com

Honours

AEK Athens
  • Greek Cup
    : 1
2011

References

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