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Stavros Stamatis

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Stavros Stamatis
Personal information
Full name Stavros Stamatis
Date of birth (1966-01-13) 13 January 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth Athens, Greece
Position(s) Midfielder, defender
Youth career
1980–1984 Ilioupoli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1986 Ilioupoli
1986–1988 Charavgiakos
1988–1995 AEK Athens 122 (8)
1995–1998 Ionikos
1998–1999 Panelefsiniakos
1999–2000 Atromitos
International career
1989–1990 Greece 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stavros Stamatis (Greek: Σταύρος Σταματής; born 13 January 1966) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as midfielder.

Club career

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Stamatis started his football career in 1980 at Ilioupoli. In 1986 he played for Charavgiakos before making his big move to AEK Athens in December 1988.[1]

Stamatis played mainly as an attacking midfielder when signed for AEK, but he eventually became a versatile footballer who played in all positions of the midfield and the defense, but established himself mainly as a defensive midfielder. A player with good technique and passing, with the ability to "stick" the ball in his feet and carry it over long distances on the pitch, but not without his defensive capabilities. A useful tool under Dušan Bajević, often contributed as the "12th player" of the team. His lack of speed was his main playing disadvantage.[2]

On 7 May 1989, he had a very good performance in the historic 0–1 away win against Olympiacos, which gave AEK the title. His greatest appearance was at 21 October 1992, in the victory against Eindhoven with 1–0 for the European Cup, where he was very effective as a sweeper.[2] On 1 April 1995, he scored his last goal for AEK in the derby against Olympiacos to form the final 2–2 at home.[3] Stamatis played at AEK for 7 years, where he won 4 league titles, 1 Greek Super Cup and 1 Greek League Cup.[4][2]

In December 1995 he left for Ionikos where he played for 3 seasons, and later in Panelefsiniakos and Atromitos for one season each, before retiring in 2000.[2]

International career

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Stamatis made 5 appearances with Greece between 1989 and 1990.[5]

After football

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After the end of his career, Stamatis maintains his own cafeteria business in Athens.[2]

Personal life

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His son Andreas, played at AEK for the 2012–13 season and in fact the two of them are the only father-son "duo" who have both scored for AEK.[6][7]

Honours

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AEK Athens

References

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  1. ^ "Συνέντευξη Σταύρος Σταματής: «Μιλούν άλλοι για αδικία; Εμείς μείναμε 20 χρόνια χωρίς γήπεδο, λόγω Καραϊσκάκη»". Sportday.gr. 30 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Σταύρος Σταματής". aekpedia.com.
  3. ^ "NS Στιγμές - ΑΕΚ - Ολυμπιακός 2-2, ο Μπατίστα πλήγωσε την πρώην και επόμενη..." – via youtube.com.
  4. ^ https://www.aekfc.gr/uploads/50434/9c3d_mp_aek_levadiakos_web.pdf
  5. ^ "Συμμετοχές και γκολ όλων των διεθνών (Π-Σ)". epo.gr. 31 December 2009. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008.
  6. ^ "Ιστορικό το γκολ του Σταματή". contra.gr.
  7. ^ "Το μοναδικό ρεκόρ της οικογένειας Σταματή". enwsi.gr. 22 March 2015.