Full name | AEK Athens Football Club Academy | |||
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Founded | 1934 | |||
Ground | OPAP Sports Centre | |||
Owner | AEK Athens Football Club | |||
Chairman | Evangelos Aslanidis | |||
General Director | Ilias Kyriakidis | |||
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AEK Athletic Club was one of the first Greek clubs to found a youth academy back in 1934, while AEK Athens Football Club have managed them since 1979.
History
AEK Athletic Club was one of the first Greek clubs to found a youth academy back in 1934.
Famous players have been produced by AEK youth development system over the years.
Some of the most notable include: Tryfon Tzanetis (1933–1950), Kleanthis Maropoulos (1934–1952), Andreas Stamatiadis (1950–1969), Stelios Skevofilakas (1960–1973), Spyros Pomonis (1961–1973), Giorgos Karafeskos (1963–1974), Nikos Karoulias (1973–1974), Spyros Ikonomopoulos (1978–1994), Stelios Manolas (1978–1998), Vangelis Vlachos (1979–1985), Lysandros Georgamlis (1979–1986), Pantelis Konstantinidis (1993–1994), Dionysis Chiotis (1995–1998, 2000–2007), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (2005–2008), Savvas Gentsoglou (2006–2012), Panagiotis Tachtsidis (2007–2010), Kostas Manolas (2009–2012), Victor Klonaridis (2010–2012, 2017–2020) and Konstantinos Galanopoulos (2015–).
AEK Athens U19 squad
AEK Athens U19 is the youth team of AEK. They participate in the Super League U19 championship. They play their home games at the OPAP Sports Centre in Spata.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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- AEK Athens U19 Staff
- Head coach: Gennaios Karachalios
- Physical trainer: Angelos Konstantopoulos
- Goalkeeping coach: Panagiotis Ikonomou
AEK Athens U17 squad
- As of 31 August 2022 [2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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- AEK Athens U17 Staff
- Head coach: Petros Tasounidis
- Physical trainer: Georgios Papaleontiou
- Goalkeeping coach: Athanasios Paraschoudis
Notable players
- Players of the academy of AEK in 1934
Notable players coming from the club's youth departments include:
- Konstantinos Galanopoulos
- Dionysis Chiotis
- Lysandros Georgamlis
- Savvas Gentsoglou
- Victor Klonaridis
- Pantelis Konstantinidis
- Kostas Manolas
- Stelios Manolas
- Kleanthis Maropoulos
- Sokratis Papastathopoulos
- Michalis Pavlis
- Andreas Stamatiadis
- Stelios Skevofilakas
- Panagiotis Tachtsidis
- Tryfon Tzanetis
- Vangelis Vlachos
Personnel
Academies staff
Position | Staff |
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Management | AEK Athens Football Club |
General Director | Ilias Kyriakidis |
Administrative Director | Nikos Georgeas |
Chief Goalkeeping coach | Dionysis Chiotis |
Chief Scout | Dimitris Roussos |
U19 Head coach | Gennaios Karachalios |
U17 Head coach | Petros Tasounidis |
U15 Head coach | Fotis Papapanagis |
U14 Head coach | Aristotelis Schizas |
U13 Head coach | Tasos Stasinopoulos |
U12 Head coach | Stelios Orfanidis |
U10 Head coach | Vasilios Papadimitriou |
Performance analyst | Kyriakos Konstantinidis |
Fitness coaches | Angelos Konstantopoulos Georgios Papaleontiou Iason Psaras Angelos Tsenoglou |
Goalkeeping coaches | Panagiotis Ikonomou Athanasios Paraschoudis Georgios Kioupis |
Scouts | Christos Kostis Christos Vasilopoulos Vangelis Gavrilis |
Doctors | Georgios Dimitriou Andreas Anamorlidis |
Physiotherapists | Lefteris Tamvakis Nikos Kalampokas Dionysis Engarchos |
Ergophysiologist | Panagiotis Milionis |
Secretary | Vasia Papalopoulou |
Press Office | Giannis Bilios |
Caregivers | Konstantinos Kazianis Konstantinos Makridakis |
House keepers | Vaios Toursoun Eleni Toursoun |
Travel guide | Georgios Tsoukas |
Source: AEK Athens F.C.
References
- ↑ "U19 < TEAMS - AEK F.C. Official Website". aekfc.gr. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ↑ "U17 < TEAMS - AEK F.C. Official Website". aekfc.gr. Retrieved 31 October 2019.