Ilias Kyriakidis
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-08-05) 5 August 1985
Place of birth Athens, Greece
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 Ionikos 9 (0)
2005–2007 AEK Athens 21 (0)
2007–2011 AEL 66 (2)
2011–2012 Ergotelis 28 (0)
2012 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0 (0)
2012–2013 CSKA Sofia 4 (0)
2013–2014 AEL 0 (0)
2014–2017 Ionikos 0 (0)
International career‡
2006 Greece U21 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 August 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 August 2013

Ilias Kyriakidis (Greek: Ηλίας Κυριακίδης; born 5 August 1985) is a Greek former professional footballer.

Career

On 16 June 2007 Kyriakidis completed his move from AEK to AEL[1] and earned 24 caps in 2007-2008 season. With AEK Athens he gained experience in Champions League matches. After 3 successful years with the Thessalian club, he decided to continue his career elsewhere, having plans to move away from Greece. His next team however, was Greek side Ergotelis. On 2 January 2011 he signed a new contract for two years and a half with the club.

In the summer of 2012, he dissolve his contract with Ergotelis and sign for free with the Bulgarian Lokomotiv Plovdiv.[2] During Lokomotiv pre-season preparation, the owner of the club - Konstantin Dinev decided to resign and left the team in bad financial situation.[3][4]

CSKA Sofia took advantage of the situation and on 27 July 2012 they signed Kyriakidis as a free agent.[5] On 30 September 2012 he made his debut for CSKA in 3–1 home win against Etar Veliko Tarnovo.[6] In August 2013, he returned to Greece and signed once more with AEL.

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