Hristos Karipidis
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christos Karipidis | ||
| Date of birth | 2 December 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Thessaloniki, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back / Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Platanias | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2001 | PAOK | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2006 | PAOK | 63 | (2) |
| 2001–2002 | →Kavala (loan) | 40 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | →Kerkyra (loan) | 25 | (2) |
| 2006–2009 | Heart of Midlothian | 62 | (3) |
| 2009–2012 | Omonia | 72 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | APOEL | 18 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Apollon Limassol | 26 | (4) |
| 2014–2016 | Skoda Xanthi | 38 | (1) |
| 2016– | Platanias | 24 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004 | Greece Olympic | 0 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 May 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 January 2009 |
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Christos Karipidis (Greek: Χρήστος Καρυπίδης; born 2 December 1982 in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a Greek professional footballer currently playing for Superleague Greece club Platanias as a Centre back.
Karipidis started his career in U20 PAOK in 2000 to be promoted the next season in the first team. PAOK has given him to Kavala (2001-2002) and to Kerkyra (2002-2003). He returned to PAOK, where he stayed until 2006 (69 appearances, 3 goals in all competitions) when he made the big step to play abroad accepting the proposal of Hearts.
He joined Hearts from PAOK on 3 August 2006 for a fee of around £200,000. Karipidis made his Hearts debut against AEK Athens in a third-round UEFA Champions League qualifier at Murrayfield on 9 August 2006 in a defensive midfield role, Hearts lost the game 2-1.
In August 2008 Karipidis looked set for a return to his former club PAOK following an indifferent start to his Hearts career and the birth of his daughter. Hearts negotiated a fee in the region of £200,000 as they looked to recoup the fee they paid to sign him from the Greek club 2 years earlier and he was offered a four-year deal by PAOK. However, newly appointed manager Csaba László convinced Karipidis to stay and decided to use him as a holding midfielder, an idea which was initially met with a negative reaction by Hearts fans. Karipidis himself insisted he was happy to play anywhere László decided. Despite having played most of his career as either a central defender or occasionally a right-back Karipidis performed well in his new role, prompting László to say "Karipidis, at the moment, is the discovery of the year in the number six position."
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