Sotiris Konstantinidis ( gr, Σωτήρης Κωνσταντινίδης; born 19 April 1977) is a Greek former professional

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who played as a

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. His nickname was "doctor" because he had been studying medicine.

Club career

Konstantinidis started his career at Iraklis in 1994, where his very good performances with the club, attracted the interest of

AEK Athens A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadelf ...

and

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

. The player negotiated in the last six months before the end of his contract his transfer to a team of his choice and he agreed with AEK. But the president of Iraklis, Petros Theodoridis wanted to give him to Olympiacos, from whom he had an offer. Finally, the two sides ended up in the courts and Konstantinidis was left out of the squad for a few months. In the summer of 1999, the player was finally vindicated and signed with AEK. His most important goal with AEK was the one against Olympiacos in the 2002

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final. During his presence at the club, he won 3 Cups and a

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in 1996. Konstantinidis left AEK in 2005 and then played for Ionikos, where he played for 3 years and then signed for

Panserraikos Panserraikos Football Club ( el, Πανσερραϊκός 1964), the ''All-Serres Football Club'', is a Greek football club based in Serres in Central Macedonia, Greece. Panserraikos is one of the most important and well-supported clubs in no ...

. In 2010 he played a season at

Agrotikos Asteras Agrotikos Asteras Football Club ( el, Π.Μ.Α.Σ. Αγροτικός Αστήρ) is a Evosmos-based football club, currently playing in Gamma Ethniki. It was founded in 1932 by refugees from Asia Minor. History Agrotikos Asteras was founded fro ...

. He then went to Ethnikos Gazoros until 2015 when he signed at Apollon Paralimnio. From 2017 he plays for Digenis Lakkomatos.

International career

Konstantinidis was a member of

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team that reached the final of the

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, where he played in all 3 games. Konstantinidis also made three appearances for

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during 1999.

Honours

AEK Athens *

: 1999–2000, 2001–02

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Konstantinidis, Sotiris 1977 births Living people Greek footballers Greece international footballers Greece under-21 international footballers Super League Greece players Football League (Greece) players Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. players AEK Athens F.C. players Ionikos F.C. players Panserraikos F.C. players Association football forwards People from Sidirokastro Footballers from Central Macedonia