Georgios Fotakis (; born 29 October 1981) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a

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. He last played for Panachaiki.

Club career

Fotakis spent his early career in his native Greece, playing for

PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

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and Egaleo. He moved to Scotland in January 2006 to sign for Kilmarnock, but he never made a league appearance for them. He then returned to Greece in 2006 with Larissa, before moving to

in the summer of 2009. He played with

for four consecutive years, before he moved for a 1+1 year contract to Şanlıurfaspor. At 31 January 2014 he signed with Atromitos a one-and-a-half-year contract. On 27 May 2014 Atromitos announced the end of cooperation with Fotakis. On 31 August 2015 Fotakis signed with

Panetolikos Panetolikos Football Club (), or with its full name officially romanized as Panaitolikós Gymnastikós Filekpaideftikós Sýllogos (''; Pan- Aetolian Gymnastic and Educational Club''), is a Greek professional football club. It is based in Agrini ...

for a year contract. On 25 June 2015, Fotakis made an oral agreement with the Greek club Veria, but never signed a contract and remained without a team in the first round of the season. On 5 February 2016,

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club Panthrakikos officially announced the signing of Fotakis until the end of the season. On 8 August 2016, Fotakis has signed a contract with Gamma Ethniki club Panachaiki.

International career

Fotakis has played for the Greek under-21 side, and also made three appearances in the

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. Fotakis made his international debut for the Greek senior team in 2009.

Honours

AEL *

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: 2006–07

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fotakis, Georgios 1981 births Living people Footballers from Kalamata Greek men's footballers Greece men's international footballers Greece men's youth international footballers Olympic footballers for Greece Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics UEFA Euro 2012 players Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Greek expatriate men's footballers Greek expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Super League Greece players PAOK FC players Egaleo F.C. players Athens Kallithea F.C. players Kilmarnock F.C. players Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players Şanlıurfaspor footballers TFF 1. Lig players Atromitos F.C. players Veria F.C. players Panetolikos F.C. players Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Greek sportsmen