Full name Andreas Niniadis Name Andreas Niniadis Playing position Role Footballer | -1980-1988 FC Dinamo Tbilisi Height 1.69 m Years Team Position Defender | |
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Date of birth (1971-02-18) 18 February 1971 (age 44) Place of birth Tbilisi, Soviet Union (now Georgia) | ||
Andreas Niniadis (Greek: Aνδρέας Nινιάδης; born 18 February 1971) is a Pontic Greek former professional footballer.
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Olympiacos
Since his retirement, Niniadis has been employed by his former club Olympiacos as a chief scout and an assistant manager, a position he holds today.
Football Career
He was one of the dominant players in one of Olympiacos FC gold eras (1997–2003) and he helped his team to reach 7 Greek superleague championships successively and 1 Greek cup as well. He also played for Pontioi Veroia, Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. and Kerkira FC.
He played 23 Champions League matches with Olympiakos scoring 5 goals and 3 UEFA Cup matches scoring 1 goal.
Niniadis earned 17 caps for the Greek national team scoring two goals.
Manager Career
In the 2006-07and 2009-10 season he was the assistant coach of Olympiacos FC manager Takis Lemonis and Bozidar Bandovic.