Georgios Koumantarakis

Koumantarakis started out at South African team AmaZulu F.C. in 1992. He left the club after six months, however, to join Manning Rangers where he won the South African title. He joined one of South Africa's most successful teams, Supersport United FC, in 1996 for a then record South African club to club transfer. He was a success at Supersport and his big move to Europe came in 1998 when he signed for Swiss club FC Luzern. He had a good debut European season in Luzern and did enough to impress FC Basel. Koumantarakis joined Basel's first team for their 1999–2000 season under new head coach Christian Gross. After playing one test match, he played his debut for his new club in the home game in the Stadion Schützenmatte on 26 June 1999 as Basel beat Korotan 6–0 in return leg of the first round of the 1999 UI Cup and advanced to the next round. He scored his first goal for his new club in the same game. In fact he scored four of the six goals in that game. After playing in another UIC and another test game Koumantarakis played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the Cornaredo on 7 July 1999 as Basel played a 1–1 draw against Lugano. Koumantarakis scored his first domestic league goal for his new club on 5 August in the away game in the Charmilles Stadium, Geneva as Basel played a 1–1 draw against Servette. He spent three and a half seasons with Basel and during this time Koumantarakis played a total of 130 games for Basel scoring a total of 51 goals. 84…

Koumantarakis played for the South African national team from 1997 until 2004. He was drafted into the squad often (over 60 times) but was usually a reserve behind the likes of Benni McCarthy and Shaun Bartlett. He made his international debut against Congo, in a 2–0 defeat, on 6 April 1997 and played his last game for Bafana Bafana on 20 June 2004 in a 3–0 defeat to Ghana. The high point of his international career was playing at the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan where he made a substitute appearance in all three of South Africa's group matches. In total, he accumulated 13 caps scoring one goal.

International goals

Club

Premier Soccer League: 1996–97 Swiss Cup: 2001–02 Swiss Super League: 2001–02

Individual

Premier Soccer League Top Goal-Scorer: 1997