Ilias Atmatsidis

Ilias Atmatsidis
Personal information
Full name	Ilias Atmatsidis
Date of birth	24 April 1969
Place of birth	Kozani, Greece
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988–1992	Pontioi Veria
1992–2002	AEK Athens
2002–2005	PAOK
Total
National team
1994–1999	Greece
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ilias Atmatsidis (Greek: Ηλίας Ατματσίδης; born 24 April 1969) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Atmatsidis played most of his career for AEK Athens. He played with AEK as a starter achieving 251 apps in 10 years. He managed to celebrate the Alpha Ethniki with AEK 2 times playing in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup. His presence was important for AEK with games against big clubs such as Ajax and Milan. He also spent the last three years in PAOK. In January 2014 he came out of retirement to play for local Herakleion based club Omonia NOVA Apolimantiki.

Having debuted for the Greek national team on 23 March 1994 he played 47 matches, and was a participant at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, playing as starting goalkeeper in a 0–4 loss against Bulgaria.

Honours

AEK Athens

Alpha Ethniki: 1992–93, 1993–94
Greek Cup: 1995–96, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2001–02
Greek Super Cup: 1996

PAOK

Greek Cup: 2002–03

External links

Weltfussball (in German)

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