1958–1963 PAOK Name Giorgos Koudas Years Team Role Football player | 1963–1984 PAOK 1967–1982 Greece | |
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Date of birth (1946-11-23) 23 November 1946 (age 69) Place of birth Agios Pavlos, Thessaloniki, Greece | ||
Giorgos Koudas "Alexandros O Megas"
Giorgos Koudas (Greek: Γιώργος Κούδας) is a retired attacking football midfielder.
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Playing career
Born in Agios Pavlos, Thessaloniki, Koudas began playing football with local side PAOK where he would debut with the senior side in 1963 at age 17. Koudas, nicknamed Alexander the Great and a legend for PAOK fans, spent his entire club career with PAOK, making 504 appearances in the Alpha Ethniki from 1963 to 1984. Koudas won two of nine Greek Football Cup finals he appeared in, including the 1971–72 edition, where he scored both goals as PAOK defeated Panathinaikos 2–1.
National team
Koudas made 43 appearances for the National team of Greece, scoring 4 goals, between 1967-1982. He also appeared in UEFA Euro 1980 in Italy, who was the captain of the team, along with PAOK teammates Konstantinos Iosifidis, Christos Terzanidis, Ioannis Damanakis and Ioannis Gounaris.
After he had retired, Koudas made a final appearance for the national team in a friendly against Yugoslavia in September 1995.
Managerial career
Koudas had a short managerial career as the co-manager of Iraklis together with Kostas Aidiniou.