Giannis Skondras
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Giannis Skondras | ||
| Date of birth | 21 February 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Trikala, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Hamilton Academical | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2013 | Atromitos | 93 | (3) |
| 2013–2017 | PAOK | 63 | (2) |
| 2017– | Hamilton Academical | 9 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006–2007 | Greece U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Greece U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2009–2012 | Greece U21 | 13 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 August 2013 |
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Giannis Skondras (Greek: Γιάννης Σκόνδρας; born 21 February 1990) is a Greek professional footballer who plays for Hamilton Academical in the Scottish Premiership as a right back.
Skondras began his career in 2004 with Asklipios Trikalon and joined after only one year in July 2005 with Atromitos F.C.. In July 2008 was promoted to the senior team who played in the Beta Ethniki here earned his first professional match on 30 November 2009 against Diagoras F.C..
Skondras gave a solid performance for Atromitos in 2011/12 Greek Cup where he virtually kept then top-scorer Kevin Mirallas quiet for most of the evening; a display that prompted plenty of interest from the Olympiakos brass. The Greece U-21 international was rumored to be on his way to the Giorgos Karaiskakis Stadium this past summer as doubt over Vasilis Torosidis’ future at the club circled the port city. When speculation regarding Torosidis’ departure for AS Roma died down, the pursuit of Skondras was abandoned for a while.
On 21 June 2013, Skondras, left Atromitos to sign a four-year contract with PAOK F.C. for the sum of €300.000.
He made his debut with the club on 17 August 2013 in a 3-0 home win against Xanthi. On 16 April 2014 in a semi-final for the Greek Cup against Olympiakos where the game is held up for over an hour after fans throw hundreds of flares onto the pitch and set fire to a dug outs has a key role in a 1-0 win following a 2-1 defeat in the first leg in Athens helping PAOK eventually went through the final. Giannis Skondras experienced two defeats in Greek Cup finals during his spell at Atromitos. His third attempt to silverware –with the black-and-white kit this time round- is nearing and he believes that he will be lucky that time. Unfortunately, Skondras did not manage to win the Greek Cup in his third presence on it as his club lost 1-4 against Panathinaikos. In a mediocre 2014-15 season with the club, he had his best professional year so far with 37 appearances (2 goals, 7 assists) in all competitions.
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