Personal information | |||
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Full name | Andreas Niniadis | ||
Date of birth | 18 February 1971 | ||
Place of birth | Tbilisi, Soviet Union (now Georgia) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
–1980–1988 | FC Dinamo Tbilisi | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1990–1991 | FC Dinamo Batumi | 20 | (13) |
1991–1994 | Pontioi Verias | 80 | (15) |
1994–1996 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 49 | (15) |
1996–2004 | Olympiacos | 140 | (20) |
2004–2005 | Kerkyra | 25 | (5) |
National team | |||
1995–2001 | Greece | 17 | (2) |
Teams managed | |||
2005–2011 | Olympiacos (assistant coach, chief scout) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Andreas Niniadis (Greek: Aνδρέας Nινιάδης; born 18 February 1971) is a Pontic Greek former professional footballer.
Since his retirement, Niniadis has been employed by his former club Olympiacos as a chief scout and an assistant manager, a position he holds today.
He was one of the dominant players in one of Olympiacos FC gold eras (1997–2003) and he helped his team to reach 7 Greek superleague championships successively and 1 Greek cup as well. He also played for Pontioi Veroia, Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. and Kerkira FC.
He played 23 Champions League matches with Olympiakos scoring 5 goals and 3 UEFA Cup matches scoring 1 goal.
Niniadis earned 17 caps for the Greek national team scoring two goals.
In the 2006-07and 2009-10 season he was the assistant coach of Olympiacos FC manager Takis Lemonis and Bozidar Bandovic.