Christos Kostis

Iraklis

Kostis begun his professional career at Iraklis, where at a young age became the club's best striker. This made AEK Athens and Olympiacos battle for his signature during the summer of 1994. The officials of Olympiacos and Iraklis agreed for the transfer and on 31 May Kostis took a flight for Athens in order to sign his new contract with the red and whites. Surprisingly, he found the officials of AEK Athens waiting for him at the airport, as during the flight they made a better offer to Iraklis and acquired him for fee at time of 350 million drachmas.

AEK Athens

His first season in the team, was a period of adjustment, nevertheless he was the team's first player in appearances in the league scoring 11 times. The following season alongside Batista, Tsiartas, Ketsbaia and Savevski, he formed an incredible offensive midfield line. On 28 October 1995 he scored in the derby against Olympiacos at home making the final 1–1. In 18 November of the same year, he also scored the winner in the Athenian derby against Panathinaikos. On 3 January 1996 he scored at the away win against Olympiacos for the first leg of the round of 16 for the cup. Competing during this particular season mainly on the left flank of the attack, he was again first in appearances in the league scoring 19 times, while he won the Cup with the yellow-blacks. His best season was in 1996–97, where he won the cup again, while he was again their first player in league appearances and the top…

He debuted for Greece on 10 March 1993 and went to score 4 times during his 15 caps.

Club

As of 11 October 2024

International

AEK Athens

Greek Cup: 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2001–02 Greek Super Cup: 1996