Georgios Saitiotis (; born 25 July 1981) is a Greek former professional

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who played as a striker.

Career

Olympiakos Volou

In the 2004–2005 season he moved on loan to Olympiakos Volos in

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Niki Volou

In the 2005–2006 season he played on loan for

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PAS Giannina

In summer 2006, Saitiotis signed a contract with

PAS Giannina PAS Giannina Football Club (), or with its full name Panipirotikós Athlitikós Síllogos Giánnina (, ''Panepirotic Athletic Club Giannina'') is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in the city of Ioannina, the capita ...

in the second division. He made 31 appearances and scored 18 goals in his first year. PAS reached in the semi-finals of the

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. He made 6 appearances and scored 4 goals. He scored twice against

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. His free kick against Iraklis allowed PAS to draw 1–1 in

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. Also he scored against Iraklis at home, in

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. The following season, 2007–08 he made 31 appearances and scored 12 goals. In the season 2008–2009 he made 33 appearances and scored 20 goals contributing to the promotion of PAS Giannina in

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. In the season 2009–10 he made 25 appearances and scored 6 goals. He reached 56 goals, becoming the fourth-best scorer in club history, behind Edouardos Kontogeorgakis, Oscar Alvarez and Alfredo Glasman, who made history at Ajax of

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Veria

In summer 2010, after 4 years in PAS, Saitiotis decided to sign for the club

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AEL

In the summer of 2011 he joined AEL. On 18 December, he scored his first two goals in a 5–2 win over Anagennisi Epanomi. In February 2012, he retired as a professional footballer due to heart problems at the age of thirty.

Later years

In January 2018, Saitiotis came out of retirement signing for Moudania, playing at the amateur divisions of Chalkidiki.

Honours

* Greek Second Division promotion: 2008–09 Individual * Top Scorer of

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: 2006–07 (together with

Jozef Kožlej Jozef Kožlej (born 8 July 1973) is a Slovak retired professional footballer who played as a forward. He played in Czechoslovakia, Germany, Greece and Cyprus. Club career Born in Stropkov, Kožlej began playing youth football for Tesla Stropk ...

)

References

External links

Guardian Football

Veria ProfileVideo of Saitiotis
Two Goal of Saitiotis with PAS Giannina against Atromitos {{DEFAULTSORT:Saitiotis, Georgios 1983 births Living people Greek men's footballers Super League Greece players Kassandra F.C. players Xanthi F.C. players Olympiacos Volos F.C. players Niki Volos F.C. players PAS Giannina F.C. players Veria F.C. players Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players Men's association football forwards People from Chalkidiki Footballers from Central Macedonia 21st-century Greek sportsmen