AEK Athens F.C. Academy

Players of AEK's youth academy (1934)

AEK Athletic Club was one of the first Greek clubs to found a youth academy back in 1934.

Famous players have been produced by AEK youth development system over the years.

Some of the most notable include: Tryfon Tzanetis (1933–1950), Kleanthis Maropoulos (1934–1952), Andreas Stamatiadis (1950–1969), Stelios Skevofilakas (1960–1973), Nikos Karoulias (1973–1974), Stelios Manolas (1978–1998), Spyros Ikonomopoulos (1978–1994), Vangelis Vlachos (1979–1985), Lysandros Georgamlis (1979–1986), Pantelis Konstantinidis (1993–1994), Dionisis Chiotis (1995–1998, 2000–2007), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (2005–2008), Savvas Gentsoglou (2006–2012), Panagiotis Tachtsidis (2007–2010), Kostas Manolas (2009–2012), Victor Klonaridis (2010–2012, 2017–2020) and Kostas Galanopoulos (2015–).

AEK Athens U19 is the youth team of AEK. They participate in the Super League 1 U19 championship. They play their home games at the OPAP Sports Center in Spata.

P. ^{^} Players with professional contract.

As of 9 October 2020 [1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  GRE Giorgos Theocharis [P] — GK  GRE Petros Kyritsas — GK  GRE Angelos Angelopoulos — DF  GRE Manolis Arvanitis — DF  GRE Menelaos Tsiachmatiotis — DF  GRE Thanasis Kotsios — DF  GRE Giorgos Mantzouranakis — DF  GRE Dimitris Lionis — DF  ALB Gilberto Gega — DF  GRE Odysseas Giannakou — DF  GRE Nikos Kanellopoulos — MF  GRE Konstantinos Roukounakis [P] — MF  GRE Lefteris Metaxas — MF  GRE Leonidas Pozatzidis — MF  GRE Giannis Koromilas

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ALB Mario Mitaj [P] — MF  ALB Laert Papa — MF  GRE Filippos Tsarouchas — MF  GRE Manolis Tsiokris — MF  GRE Nikos Loukas — MF  GRE Stefanos Katsikas [P] — MF  GRE Vasilis Besis — FW  GRE Sofoklis Michopoulos — FW  GRE Apostolos Christopoulos — FW  GRE Michalis Kosidis [P] — FW  GRE Panagiotis Georgeas — FW  GRE Anestis Vlachidis — FW  GRE Nikos Panteleos — FW  GRE Anastasios Kakolyris

• AEK Athens U19 Staff
  • Head Coach: Ilias Kalopitas
  • Physical Trainer: Giorgos Koudounis
  • Goalkeeping Coach: Giorgos Kioupis

As of 9 March 2022 [2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  GRE Dimitrios Anargyrou — GK  GRE Nikolaos Zarkadis — GK  GRE Marios Balamotis — DF  GRE Savvas Giamatzidis — DF  GRE Giannis Giorgalis — DF  GRE Filippos Skiadaresis — DF  GRE Manolis Planakis — DF  GRE Petros Svigos — DF  GRE Dimitrios Tsiachmatiotis — DF  GRE Christos Kosidis — DF  GRE Georgios Chatziroditis — MF  GRE Dimitrios Valkanis — MF  GRE Alexandros Elezi — MF  GRE Nikolaos Dimitriadis — MF  GRE Loukas Marioutsis

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  GRE Markos Koulouridis — MF  GRE Dionysis Sehou — MF  GRE Andreas Chatzinikolaou — MF  ALB Ardit Cadiou — MF  GRE Alexandros Krushelnytsky — MF  ALB Leonardo Muxha — FW  GRE Aristidis Andrikopoulos — FW  GRE Antonis Georgeas — FW  GRE Nathanail Katopodis — FW  GRE Christoforos Kolimatsis — FW  GRE Panagiotis Kontakis — FW  GRE Anastasios Klapsas — FW  GRE Anastasios Kontorouchas — FW  GRE Pantelis Papazisis — FW  GRE Ilias Petratos

• AEK Athens U17 Staff
  • Head Coach: Gennaios Karachalios
  • Physical Trainer: Angelos Kontarinis
  • Goalkeeping Coach: Antonis Lykouris

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  Players of the academy of AEK in 1934
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  Dionisis Chiotis
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  Sokratis Papastathopoulos
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  Victor Klonaridis

Notable players coming from the club's youth departments include:

• Christos Aravidis
• Dionisis Chiotis
• Lysandros Georgamlis
• Savvas Gentsoglou
• Victor Klonaridis
• Pantelis Konstantinidis
• Kostas Manolas
• Stelios Manolas
• Kleanthis Maropoulos
• Sokratis Papastathopoulos
• Michalis Pavlis
• Andreas Stamatiadis
• Stelios Skevofilakas
• Panagiotis Tachtsidis
• Tryfon Tzanetis
• Vangelis Vlachos

• AEK Academies