Anestis Afentoulidis
Personal information
Date of birth (1941-12-07) December 7, 1941
Place of birth Mesopotamia, Kingdom of Greece
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Athletic Club Mesopotamia
Orestias Kastoria
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1965 Aris Kastoria
1965–1970 PAOK 158 (58)
1970–1976 Kastoria 210 (82)
1973–1974 → Toronto Homer (loan)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anestis Afentoulidis (born 7 December 1941) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Afentoulidis played at the youth level with Athletic Club Mesopotamia, and with Orestias Kastoria.[1] In 1962, he played in the Association of Football Clubs of Kozani with Aris Kastoria, and assisted in securing promotion to the Beta Ethniki in his debut season.[2] In the 1963–64 season he finished as the league's top goal scorer with 23 goals.[3] In 1965, he played in the Alpha Ethniki with PAOK[4][5] Throughout his tenure with PAOK he featured in the 1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, and the 1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.[6]

In 1970, he returned to his former team under the new name Kastoria. The following season he finished as the Beta Ethnik's top goal scorer for the second time in his career.[3] In 1973, he finished for the third time in his career as the league's top goal scorer with 20 goals.[3] He assisted Kastoria in securing promotion to the Alpha Ethniki in the 1973–74 season.[7][8] In the summer of 1973 he played abroad in the National Soccer League with Toronto Homer.[9] He returned to play with Toronto Homer for the 1974 summer season.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Α.Σ. Αστραπή Μεσοποταμίας: Ιστορία". Α.Σ. Αστραπή Μεσοποταμίας. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  2. ↑ "Ανέστης Αφεντουλίδης: Ο Καστοριανός θρύλος του ποδοσφαίρου που άφησε εποχή και στον ΠΑΟΚ ( φωτο)". Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  3. 1 2 3 "Greece - List of Second Level Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  4. ↑ "Greece - All-Time Top Scorers 1959/1960-1998/1999". RSSSF. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  5. ↑ "Ο ΠΑΟΚ τίμησε τον Αφεντουλίδη". sport-fm.gr (in Greek). December 1, 2014. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  6. ↑ "Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1967-68 (game details)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  7. ↑ "1974: Η άνοδος της ομάδας της Καστοριάς στην Α' Εθνική (φωτο)". Φούιτ.gr (in Greek). 2021-02-09. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  8. ↑ "The History of Kastoria". www.kastoria-fc.com. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  9. ↑ "Homer ties". The Globe and Mail. July 17, 1973. p. 33.
  10. ↑ Krivel, Peter (June 22, 1974). "Portuguese defeat Greek soccer side". Toronto Star. p. D3.
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