Savvas Kofidis

Savvas Kofidis
Personal information
Date of birth	5 February 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth	Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Panserraikos (academy manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1981–1988	Iraklis
1988–1992	Olympiacos
1992–1997	Aris
1997–1999	Iraklis
Total
International career
1982–1994	Greece
Managerial career
2005–2007	Iraklis
2007	Skoda Xanthi
2009–2010	Iraklis
2012–2013	Anagennisi Giannitsa
2023–	Panserraikos (academy manager)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Savvas Kofidis (Greek: Σάββας Κωφίδης; born 5 February 1961) is a Greek professional football manager and former player. He is regarded as one of the best football players of his generation in Greece, and is most famous for his successful partnership with Vasilis Hatzipanagis at Iraklis Thessaloniki and his flamboyant haircuts which he has kept to this day. He also appeared 67 times for the Greece national team, scoring once and being a vital part of the team's qualification to the 1994 World Cup in the United States.

Playing career

Club

Born in modern-day

Beta Ethniki. In Iraklis's team he played seven seasons before heading to Olympiacos. In 1992, he joined Aris Thessaloniki F.C., the city rivals of Iraklis, where he played until rejoining Iraklis in the 1996–97 season.^[1]

International

His three appearances at the 1994 World Cup rounded off his national team career, which lasted from 1982 to 1994, giving him 67 caps and 1 international goal (9 January 1985, against Israel). He retired from professional football in 1999.

Managerial career

During the 2002–2003 period he was the assistant coach of

Oleg Protasov to replace him with Kofidis.^{[citation needed}

]

Career statistics

Season	Club	Country	Matches	Goals
1981–82	Iraklis	Greece	31	1
1982–83	Iraklis	Greece	34	1
1983–84	Iraklis	Greece	29	4
1984–85	Iraklis	Greece	29	5
1985–86	Iraklis	Greece	28	1
1986–87	Iraklis	Greece	26	4
1987–88	Iraklis	Greece	29	2
1988–89	Olympiacos	Greece	16	2
1989–90	Olympiacos	Greece	26	3
1990–91	Olympiacos	Greece	33	4
1991–92	Olympiacos	Greece	18	0
1992–93	Aris Thessaloniki F.C.	Greece	19	0
1993–94	Aris Thessaloniki F.C.	Greece	33	0
1994–95	Aris Thessaloniki F.C.	Greece	30	6
1995–96	Aris Thessaloniki F.C.	Greece	31	1
1996–97	Aris Thessaloniki F.C.	Greece	13	0
1996–97	Iraklis	Greece	18	1
1997–98	Iraklis	Greece	20	1
1998–99	Iraklis	Greece	31	1

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %
Iraklis	21 December 2004	6 November 2006	63	26	11	26	041.3
Skoda Xanthi	22 December 2006	26 February 2007	10	3	5	2	030.0
Iraklis	30 October 2009	25 January 2010	11	3	3	5	027.3
AEP Paphos	3 February 2010	28 March 2010	8	2	1	5	025.0
Anagennisi Giannitsa	2 February 2013	20 June 2013	22	3	4	15	013.6
Total			114	37	24	53	032.5

References

^ Kolokotsios, Lambros (22 September 2010). Αθλητικοί Φάκελοι (ΚΩΦΙΔΗΣ) [Sporting Capsules (Kofidis)] (in Greek). Evrytania News. Archived from the original on 18 October 2011.

External links

Savvas Kofidis – FIFA competition record (archived)
Savvas Kofidis at National-Football-Teams.com

[Ev-1] Kolokotsios, Lambros (22 September 2010). Αθλητικοί Φάκελοι (ΚΩΦΙΔΗΣ) [Sporting Capsules (Kofidis)] (in Greek). Evrytania News. Archived from the original on 18 October 2011.

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