Ioannis Potouridis (, born 27 February 1992) is a Greek professional

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who plays as a

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for the Greek club

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Club career

Potourídis made has first league appearances for Olympiakos during 2010. He made his debut on the match against Ilioupoli F.C. in the

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. Ironically, he is most famous in Greece for two costly mistakes he made in a match against

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towards the end of the 2010–2011 season. In the game, Potourídis twice headed the ball directly to Atromitos attackers who scored two goals as Olympiakos embarrassingly lost 3–1. On 23 November 2011, he substituted on for Rafik Djebbour during Olympiacos' 1–0 victory over Marseille in the Champions League at the Stade Vélodrome, in Group F. On 10 August 2012, he was loaned to the newly promoted

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side

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. He made a total of 30 appearances without scoring any goal. On 15 July 2013, he was sold to Novara Calcio. A year later he returned to Greece, signing a two years contract with

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for an undisclosed fee. On 30 August 2016, Potouridis signed a three years contract with

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club AEL. On 17 January 2017, he solved his contract with the club. On 1 March 2017, Potouridis signed a six months contract with the Polish

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club

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. On 31 July 2017, Potouridis signed a year (plus an additional year) contract with

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club OFI for an undisclosed fee. Having not played competitively since April 2019, Potouridis signed for

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club

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in late October. In the summer of 2022, Potouridis moved to

Proodeftiki Proodeftiki Football Club, also known as Proodeftiki Piraeus, simply as Proodeftiki, or with its full name as A.O. Proodeftiki Neolea (, transliterated "Athlitikós Όmilos Proodeftiki Neolea", ''Athletic Club Progressive Youth''), is a Greek fo ...

where he played the following season, making 14 appearances. After

, Potouridis played for a while at Aiolikos, recording 22 appearances. In August 2023, Potouridis found himself again at another club, this time at

Panionios Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan-Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis''), ...

, making 13 appearances in one season. In July 2024, Potouridis agreed and transferred to

, where he plays to this day.

International career

He has represented his country at Under-17 level and has played in the qualifying and elite round of the UEFA Under-17 European Championship.

Honours

Olympiacos *

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, 2011–12 *

: 2011–12 OFI *

: 2017–18 Proodeftiki *

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: 2021–22 Aiolikos *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Potouridis, Ioannis Living people 1992 births Men's association football central defenders Greek men's footballers Greece men's youth international footballers Greece men's under-21 international footballers Olympiacos F.C. players Platanias F.C. players Novara FC players Panthrakikos F.C. players Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players Miedź Legnica players OFI Crete F.C. players Cape Town City F.C. (2016) players Proodeftiki F.C. players Aiolikos F.C. players Panionios F.C. players Super League Greece players Football League (Greece) players Gamma Ethniki players Serie B players I liga players III liga players South African Premier Division players Greek expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Greek expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Greek expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa Footballers from Thessaloniki 21st-century Greek sportsmen