Andreas Stamatiadis was a Greek professional footballer who played as a forward for AEK Athens and a later manager.
13 Facts About Andreas Stamatiadis
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Andreas Stamatiadis was the longest serving captain of the club from 1960 to 1969.
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Andreas Stamatiadis, encouraged by his father, was already a fan of the yellow-blacks, joined the team's academies.
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Andreas Stamatiadis was a regular of the Athens Mixed Team selections during the 1950s.
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Andreas Stamatiadis was one of the main players of the team that won second place in the Balkans Cup in 1967, losing only in the final by Fenerbahce.
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The first team undertaken by Andreas Stamatiadis was Rodos, in 1969.
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Andreas Stamatiadis left the club after the end of the season and in the summer of 1974 he was hired as an assistant coach at AEK, where he worked next to Frantisek Fadrhonc, Zlatko Cajkovski and Ferenc Puskas, while he stepped in as the club's coach twice.
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In 1981 Andreas Stamatiadis was the coach of Diagoras, but in the summer of 1982 he returned to Egaleo.
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Andreas Stamatiadis coached Rodos, Trikala, Lamia, Anagennisi Karditsa, Chalkida and Acharnaikos.
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Andreas Stamatiadis continuously participated in the events of the Veterans Association of AEK Athens, where he was their president, while bequeathing his adoration for the team to his two sons, Dimitris and Kostas, who are actively involved with AEK Amateur sections offering from administrative positions their services to the club.
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Andreas Stamatiadis died after series of health issues in Athens, on 23 January 2025, at the age of 89.
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Fast and with excellent technical training, competing close to the touchline, Andreas Stamatiadis had the ability to converge and sometimes threaten the opposition goal with thunderous shots.
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Andreas Stamatiadis was the assist man of AEK Athens, as many goals that were scored by team stars such as Mimis Papaioannou, Kostas Nestoridis, Miltos Papapostolou and Giannis Marditsis, came from his feet.