Alexis Alexandris (, sometimes wrongly called ''Alekos Alexandris'' born 21 October 1968) is a Greek former professional

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who played as a striker. He has won 10 Greek championships from 1992 until 2003 and is also one of the youngest players to score a

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in Greek football.

Club career

Alexandris began his career where he was born and raised, in Pelopas Kiato and in 1986 played for

Veria Veria (; ), officially transliterated Veroia, historically also spelled Beroea or Berea, is a city in Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia, northern Greece, capital of the regional unit of Imathia. It is located north-nor ...

. In the summer of 1991 he moved to

AEK Athens A.E.K. (; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople'') is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadelfeia, Attica. The club is more commonly known in European competitions as A.E.K. Athens. Establishe ...

where he won 3 consecutive championships. In 1994 Alexandris decided not to renew his contract with the club and moved to

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, ...

where he also had a very successful career winning 7 Greek championships and 1 Greek cup. At the dawn of his career he was also both player and

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for APOP Kinyras during the team's first participation in the

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

International career

Alexandris made 42 appearances and scored 10 goals for

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, making his debut on 27 March 1991. He was a member of the squad that participated in the

1994 FIFA World Cup The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States w ...

group stage in the

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Managerial career

Alexandris started his managerial career on 12 February 2008, taking over

Kerkyra Corfu ( , ) or Kerkyra (, ) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands; including its small satellite islands, it forms the margin of Greece's northwestern frontier. The island is part of the Corfu regional unit, and is admin ...

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. He left Kerkyra after a disagreement with the club's owner and then moved to Olympiacos as the manager of the under-21 squad.

Honours

;AEK Athens *

Alpha Ethniki The Super League Greece 1 (), or Stoiximan Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Greece and the highest level of the Greek football league system. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and repla ...

: 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94 ;Olympiacos *Alpha Ethniki: 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03 *

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: 1998–99 ;Individual *Alpha Ethiniki top scorer: 1993–94, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2001–02 *Beta Ethiniki top scorer: 1989–90 *Greek Cup top scorer: 1996–97, 2000–01 *

Greek Footballer of the Year The Greek football PSAPP awards are a number of awards given annually by the Panhellenic Association of Professional Football Players (PSAPP) ''()''. These awards are given annually to players playing in the Super League Greece, Super League Greece ...

: 2001

References

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Tribute to Alexandris (Greek)
( ( 2009-10-25) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alexandris, Alexios 1968 births Living people People from Sikyona Greek men's footballers Expatriate football managers in Cyprus Greek football managers Greece men's international footballers Greek expatriate men's footballers Veria F.C. players AEK Athens F.C. players Olympiacos F.C. players Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players Athens Kallithea F.C. players APOP Kinyras FC players 1994 FIFA World Cup players A.O. Kerkyra managers Men's association football forwards Greek expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Super League Greece players Football League (Greece) players Cypriot First Division players APOP Kinyras FC managers Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games medalists in football Competitors at the 1991 Mediterranean Games Footballers from the Peloponnese 20th-century Greek sportsmen