Alexis Alexandris

Alexis Alexandris

Personal information
Full name	Alexios Alexandris
Date of birth	(1968-10-21) 21 October 1968 (age 53)
Place of birth	Kiato, Greece
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Pelopas Kiato
	Anagennisi Kiato
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1991	Veria	104	(36)
1991–1994	AEK Athens	89	(49)
1994–2003	Olympiacos	242	(127)
2004	AEL	9	(2)
2005	Kallithea	13	(4)
2005–2006	APOP Kinyras	17	(15)
Total		474	(233)
National team
1991–2002	Greece	42	(10)
Teams managed
2005–2006	APOP Kinyras (player-manager)
2008	Kerkyra
2009–2011	Olympiacos U21
2011–2012	Elassona
2012–2013	CS Turnu Severin
2013–2014	Ialysos
2014–2015	Aris Archangelou
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Alexis Alexandris (Greek: Αλέξης Αλεξανδρής, sometimes wrongly called Alekos Alexandris^[1] born 21 October 1968) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Club career[]

Alexis Alexandris began his career where he was born and raised, in Pelopas Kiato and in 1986 played for Veria.^[2] After Veroia he moved to AEK Athens in 1991 where he won 3 consecutive championships. In 1994 Alexandris moved to Olympiacos where he had a very successful career winning 7 Greek championships and 1 Greek cup. At the sunset of his career he was also both player and manager for APOP Kinyras during the team's first participation in the Cypriot First Division.

International career[]

Alexandris made 42 appearances and scored 10 goals for the Greece national football team,^[3] making his debut on 27 March 1991. He was a participant at the 1994 FIFA World Cup finals in the United States.^[4]

Managerial career[]

Alexis Alexandris starting his managing career on 12 February 2008 after taking over Kerkyra FC in Second Division (Greece). He left Kerkyra after a disagreement with the club's owner and from then moved to Olympiakos as the manager of the under21 squad.

Honours[]

AEK Athens

• Alpha Ethniki:

1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94

Olympiakos

• Alpha Ethniki:

1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03

• Greek Cup:

1998–99

Individual

• Alpha Ethini top scorer:

1993–94(24 goals), 1996–97(23 goals), 2000–01(20 goals), 2001–02(19 goals)

• Greek Cup top scorer:

1996–97(7 goals), 2000–01(11 goals)

• Greek Footballer of the Year:

2001

References[]

External links[]

• Tribute to Alexandris (Greek) ( ( 2009-10-25)
• Delagrammatikas, Nikos (2003). Οι θρυλικές εποχές 1953–1959 1996–2003 οι πρωταγωνιστές. Hellenika Grammata. ISBN 960-406-582-3.