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Giorgos Petridis (; 10 February 1938 – 2 February 2017) was a
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professional
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who played as an
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and a later manager.


Club career

Petridis started his career at Pera Club in the local divisions of Athens and with his impressive performances and his talent he attracted the interest of the big teams. In 1957, the doctor and vice-president of
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 ...
, Loutsidis, who knew him, mediated his transfer to the club, which took place under the presidency of Nikos Goumas. AEK gave some sports equipment to Pera Club, as exchange for his transfer. Petridis joined a very strong AEK with great players, such as Nestoridis, Poulis, Kanakis, Emmanouilidis. He made his debut replacing Kanakis who at that time had come into conflict the coach, Vittore Martini. He impressed with his performances competing as an attacking midfielder as well as an attacker. He scored a hat-trick on 16 December 1961 a 3–6 away win against Panelefsiniakos. On 23 December 1962 he impressed with his performance in the derby against
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, ...
at
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where AEK won by 3–1. In that season AEK, coached by
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and with the attacking duo of Nestoridis- Papaioannou, impressed and finally won the title after a play-off match against
Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club based in the City of Athens. Panathinaikos is one of the mos ...
. During his spell at AEK Athens, he won the
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of 1963 and 2
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. In the summer of 1966 Petridis left AEK and although he had a tempting offer to continue his career in
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, he was influenced by his mother and decided to stay in
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and eventually move to Vyzas Megara, where he played for a year before ending his career as a footballer.


International career

Petridis appeared once with
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in 1963. He did so on 16 October 1963 in a friendly home 3–1 win against
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, under his former manager at AEK,
Tryfon Tzanetis Tryfon Tzanetis () was a Greeks, Greek Association football, footballer and a later manager. He was best known as a great figure for AEK Athens F.C., AEK Athens during the 30's and 40's, partnering Kleanthis Maropoulos in AEK's front line. Tzane ...
, coming in as replacement of Giannis Cholevas at the 46th minute and scoring the last goal of the match 20 minutes later.


Managerial career

After the end of his career as a footballer Petridis became involved in coaching. He worked at Panarkadikos, Eordaikos,
Levadiakos Levadiakos Football Club (officially romanized: ''Levadeiakos'' ) is a Greek professional football club that plays in the Super League Greece. Based in Livadeia, Greece, the club was promoted to the Alpha Ethniki, forerunner of the Super League, ...
and AEL among others, while he was also assistant to
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at AEK. Later he was for a number of years in the training team of the
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of AEK.


Personal life

Petridis was a good friend, best man and neighbor with the legend of AEK Athens,
Kleanthis Maropoulos Kleanthis Maropoulos (; 1919 – 3 January 1991) was a Greek footballer who played as a striker for AEK Athens. He was a star footballer during the 1930s and 1940s and arguably the greatest Greek player of his generation. He was affectionately ...
. He died on 2 February 2017, at the age of 78, in a car accident. Coincidentally, another former player of AEK Athens and his former teammate,
Miltos Papapostolou Miltiadis "Miltos" Papapostolou (, 9 September 1935 – 2 February 2017) was a Greek professional footballer and manager. Club career Papapostolou started his career at Omvros Omvriakis, where in 1951 he joined Egaleo. He played there for 5 sea ...
also died on the same day.


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 ...
:
1962–63 Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this yea ...
*
Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup (), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Betsson Greek Cup for sponsorship reasons is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second-most important domestic men's footba ...
: 1963–64, 1965–66


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