Giorgos Georgiadis

Born in Kavala, Greece, Georgiadis' family, soon after his birth, left for Stuttgart, Germany, where young Giorgos first learned to play football. He returned to Greece, as a teenager and signed up for amateur side Keravnos Krinides. Soon he was discovered by Alpha Ethniki club Doxa Drama who signed him at age 17. He was transferred to major club Panathinaikos and played for the Athens greens from the 1993–94 until the 1997–98 season. He was member of the squad who reached the Champions League semi finals in 1995–96. His exposure to European football brought an offer from English Premiership side, Newcastle United, for £420,000 and Georgiadis joined fellow Greek Nikos Dabizas at St James' Park in the 1999 season. During that year, Newcastle United made it to the FA Cup Final but lost out to Manchester United. It was in the FA Cup that Georgiadis scored his only Newcastle goal, in the 4–1 win over Everton. Georgiadis returned to Greece to play for PAOK from 2000 until 2003 before transferring to Olympiacos. He was released by Olympiacos after the 2004–05 season and was signed up by Iraklis. After one and a half seasons with Iraklis, Georgiadis left the club as a free transfer to PAOK in January 2007. On 1 July 2008, he retired from professional football as a player. Throughout his career, he won three Greek First Division with Panathinaikos and Olympiacos and six Greek Cups with Panathinaikos, Olympiacos and PAOK.

Georgiadis was capped 61 times and has scored 11 goals for Greece. He was also a member of the squad that won the UEFA Euro 2004.

On 5 May, it was announced that Georgiadis was appointed as a scout at his former club. Georgiadis after was called up to coach the Greece U21, after the previous coach Nikos Nioplias was named to coach Panathinaikos. In May 2013, Georgiadis was appointed caretaker manager for PAOK in place of Georgios Donis successfully steering them to a first-place finish in the Super League playoffs. In March 2014, was appointed as caretaker manager of PAOK in place of Huub Stevens. In March 2015, he was appointed once again as caretaker manager for PAOK in place of Angelos Anastasiadis. On 18 June 2015, he was appointed as Veria manager. On 5 September 2016, he was appointed Trikala manager. On 13 January 2018, he returned to PAOK after being appointed as a scout, working for Ľuboš Micheľ in finding young Greek talents.

Panathinaikos

Super League Greece: 1994–95, 1995–96 Greek Cup: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95 Greek Super Cup: 1993, 1994 PAOK

Greek Cup: 2000–01, 2002–03 Olympiacos

Super League Greece: 2004–05 Greek Cup: 2004–05 Greece

UEFA European Championship: 2004 Individual

Greek Footballer of the Year: 1995 Greek Cup final MVP: 2003