Stratos Chintzidis (, born 13 December 1987) is a Greek professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Career

Chintzidis started his career with

Polykastro Polykastro (, before 1928 , ''Karasoúli''; ''Pandektis: Name Changes of Settlements in Greece'', compiled by the/ref>) is a town and a former municipality in Kilkis (regional unit), Kilkis regional unit of Central Macedonia, Greece. Since the 20 ...

in 2006. Subsequently, he played for

Enosi Alexandroupoli Enosi Alexandroupoli (also named Enosi Thraki) was a football club based in Alexandroupoli, Greece. History Orfeas Alexandroupoli was formed in the summer of 1995 from the merger of two local clubs, AO Alex and Ethnikos Alexandroupoli. The nam ...

, Fokikos, Anagennisi Giannitsa,

Eordaikos 2007 Eordaikos Football Club (Εορδαϊκός Φ.Σ.) (former Ptolemaida-Lignitorikhi) is a football club based in Ptolemaida, Greece. History The club named Eordaikos 2007 is following the history of Eordaikos which is one of the better known fo ...

and Pontioi Katerini. Chintzidis signed for

Paniliakos Paniliakos Football Club () is a Greek association football club based in Pyrgos, Elis, Pyrgos, Elis (regional unit), Elis, Greece. It plays its home matches at the Pyrgos Stadium. Paniliakos was the team of Serbia and Montenegro international Pre ...

in January 2012. On 24 July 2012, he signed a contract with

Apollon Smyrnis Apollon Smyrnis Football Club () is a professional football club based in Athens, Greece, which competes in the Athens FCA first division. It is part of GS Apollon Smyrnis (Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Απόλλων Σμύρνης), ...

spending the entire 2012–13 season with the club and getting crowned Football League champion. On 13 August 2013, he signed a contract with Greek Football League club Iraklis, but he was released in November before appearing in any official matches. A few weeks later he signed for

Panachaiki Panachaiki G.E. (Greek: Παναχαϊκή Γυμναστική Ένωση, ''Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi'', "Pan- Achaean Gymnastic Union") is a Greek multi-sport club based in the city of Patras, Greece. The history of Panachaiki began in 1891, ...

. He was released from the club in July 2014. On 7 August 2017,

Trikala Trikala () is a city in northwestern Thessaly, Greece, and the capital of the Trikala (regional unit), Trikala regional unit. The city straddles the Lithaios river, which is a tributary of Pineios (Thessaly), Pineios. According to the Greek Natio ...

officially announced the signing of the experienced defender. On 24 March 2018, he scored his first goal with a magnificent long free-kick in a 1–1 away draw against Apollon Pontou. On 14 July 2018, he joined Kissamikos on a free transfer. Roughly a month later, however, he terminated his contract with the team and joined Iraklis.

Honours

Apollon Smyrnis * Greek Football League:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chintzidis, Stratos 1987 births Living people Greek men's footballers Fokikos A.C. players Paniliakos F.C. players Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) players Panachaiki F.C. players Olympiacos Volos F.C. players PAE Kerkyra players Trikala F.C. players Men's association football fullbacks Footballers from Alexandroupolis 21st-century Greek sportsmen