Nikos Machlas
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nikolaos Machlas | ||
Date of birth | 16 June 1973 | ||
Place of birth | Heraklion, Crete, Greece | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
OFI Crete | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1990–1996 | OFI | 154 | (48) |
1996–1999 | Vitesse | 92 | (60) |
1999–2003 | Ajax | 74 | (38) |
2003 | → Sevilla (loan) | 14 | (2) |
2003–2004 |
Iraklis | 26 | (10) |
2004–2006 | OFI | 52 | (21) |
2006–2008 |
APOEL | 51 | (17) |
Total | 463 | (196) | |
International career | |||
1993–2002 | Greece | 61 | (18) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Nikos Machlas (
Club career
OFI Crete
Machlas began his career with
Vitesse
Machlas signed for Dutch side
Ajax
Machlas joined Eredivisie giant
After a brief (and frustrating) period in the Ajax youth team, he joined Spanish side
Iraklis
The 30-year-old Greek international forward signed a one-year contract with
Return to OFI Crete
He returned to his first club, OFI Crete and stayed there for two seasons. Upon the termination of his contract and after conflict with the club's chairman, he moved to
APOEL
In his first year at
In 2009, he returned to his first club OFI Crete to take up the role of Sporting Director as they bid to return to the Greek Superleague.
International career
Machlas won 61 caps for the Greece national team and scored 18 goals. He also scored a crucial goal against Russia that led Greece to 1994 FIFA World Cup at only 20 years of age. He started each of Greece's group games in the USA though they lost all three, to Argentina, Nigeria and Bulgaria and failed to score a goal. He played his last game for Greece against Cyprus in May 2002.
Career statistics
International
- Scores and results list Greece's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Machlas goal.[8]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 10 March 1993 | Wien , Austria |
Austria | 1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
2 | 12 October 1993 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
3 | 17 November 1993 | Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece | Russia | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
4 | 27 April 1994 | Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece | Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | 5–1 | Friendly |
5 | 2–0 | |||||
6 | 12 October 1994 | Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece | Finland | 3–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier |
7 | 4–0 | |||||
8 | 16 November 1994 | Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece | San Marino | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier |
9 | 15 November 1995 | Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, Heraklion, Greece | Faroe Islands | 3–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier |
10 | 19 August 1997 | Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, Heraklion, Greece | Cyprus | 1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
11 | 6 September 1997 | Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia | Slovenia | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
12 | 6 September 1998 | Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece | Slovenia | 1–1 | 2–2 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualifier |
13 | 14 October 1998 | Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece | Georgia | 1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualifier |
14 | 5 June 1999 | Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia | Georgia | 2–1 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualifier |
15 | 13 November 1999 | National Stadium, Kilkis, Greece | Nigeria | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
16 | 2–0 | |||||
17 | 2 June 2001 | Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, Heraklion, Greece | Albania | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
18 | 10 November 2001 | Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens, Greece | Estonia | 4–0 | 4–2 | Friendly |
Honours
Ajax
APOEL
- 2006–07
- 2007–08
Individual
- Eredivisie top scorer: 1997–98
- European Golden Boot: 1998
References
- ^ Kolokotsios, Lambros (27 September 2010). Αθλητικοί Φάκελοι (ΜΑΧΛΑΣ) [Sporting Capsules (Machlas)] (in Greek). Evrytania News. Archived from the original on 18 October 2011.
- ^ Nikos Machlas over zware jaren met zijn zoon en de kip van Mido vice.com
- ^ "Ajax split with Machlas". espnfc.com. 31 July 2003.
- ^ "Machlas and Ajax part company". skysports.com.
- ^ "Twente linked with Machlas". skysports.com.
- ^ "Machlas back in Greece". uefa.com. 1 August 2003. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- ^ "Αντίο" στα γήπεδα είπε ο Μαχλάς (in Greek). contra.gr. 18 May 2008. Archived from the original on 24 May 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2008.
- ^ http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=12756 Football PLAYER: Nikolaos "Nikos" Mahlas