Fanis Katergiannakis

Ethnikos Pylaias

Katergiannakis started his career in the young team for Ethnikos Pylaias a team in his town in Tracia. In the season 1992–93 Ethnikos Pylaias, with Katergiannakis as goalkeeper achieved a great season, gained the Greek Fourth Division. After that Katergiannakis received an offer from Aris Thessaloniki F.C. the mean club in Thessaloniki quite hard to refuse.

Aris

In the summer 1994, Katergiannakis signed for Aris and in the season 1997–1998 Katergiannakis, achieved a great season becoming the first goalkeeper and helping the team a soon the promotion to the First Division. The next season made his great contribution to promote Aris for the UEFA Cup and saved a penalty to Greek top scorer Demis Nikolaidis. The match of 27 January 2002 between Olympiacos and Aris Thessaloniki F.C., Katergiannakis saved so many opportunity from Stelios Giannakopoulos, Alexandros Alexandris, Predrag Đorđević, Christian Karembeu. The club of Thessaloniki won 1–0 in Athens and this was the only match lost at home for Olympiacos that in that season won the league and after this match few teams try to make a new contract for Katergiannakis.

Olympiacos

In the summer 2002 Katergiannakis signed a two-year contract with Olympiacos to become second goalkeeper behind Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos. He won the league with Olympiacos in the 2002–03 season, after a big competition with the other goalkeeper Eleftheropoulos that he become injured during the match with the…

He made his debut for the Greece national football team in November 1999 against Bulgaria replacing the Greek goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis. Katergiannakis was included in the national team that won Euro 2004 in Portugal with the other goalkeepers Antonis Nikopolidis and Konstantinos Chalkias.

Olympiacos

Alpha Ethniki: 2002–03 Aris

Beta Ethniki: 1997–98 Kavala

Beta Ethniki: 2007–08 Greece

European Championship: 2004 Individual

Greek Best Goalkeeper of the Beta Division: 2009