Kostas Iosifidis

Playing career

Club career

Iosifidis took his first steps in football at Anagennisi Neou Petritsiou in the prefecture of Serres. In 1967, at the age of 15, he came to Thessaloniki, found a job in an electrical goods store and shortly after joined the Elpida Toumbas team. Kleanthis Vikelidis recognized his talent and invited him for a trial with the Greek National Amateur Team. He was soon called up to the Greek Youth National Team as well, which attracted the interest of PAOK. Two PAOK administrative members at the time, Sofoklis Martinidis and Vasilis Sergiannidis, had a significant contribution to the fulfilling of his transfer in June 1971 for twenty thousand drachmas. Iosifidis spent his entire football career at the Double-headed eagle of the North and wore the No 4 white-black jersey for 14 years, retiring in 1985. He is PAOK 2nd all-time appearance maker with 494 games in total (397 in the league), behind only the legendary Giorgos Koudas. He was the first player in the club's history who won 4 domestic titles with the White-blacks of the North, being a member of the squad that won the 1972 and 1974 Cups and the 1976 and 1985 Greek league titles, captaining the team in the latter. His achievement was surpassed by Vieirinha in 2024, who won 5 trophies with PAOK (2 Championships, 3 Cups) and became the all-time most decorated player of the club.

International career

Iosifidis made his international debut on 28 April 1974, in the historic…

Club career

International career

PAOK

Alpha Ethniki (2): 1975–76, 1984–85 Greek Cup (2): 1971–72, 1973–74 Individual

PAOK 2nd all-time appearance maker: 494 games PAOK 2nd all-time league appearance maker : 397 games