Charalambos "Babis" Stefanidis (Greek: Χαράλαμπος "Μπάμπης" Στεφανίδης; born 8 March 1981) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, and now manager. He is the current manager of the Swedish team Olympiacos Stockholm FC.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charalambos Stefanidis | ||
| Date of birth | 8 March 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Skellefteå, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Olympiacos Stockholm FC (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987–1998 | IF Brommapojkarna | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2001 | Iraklis | 14 | (1) |
| 2001–2004 | Djurgårdens IF | 62 | (8) |
| 2004–2005 | Brøndby IF | 15 | (1) |
| 2005–2007 | Helsingborgs IF | 51 | (7) |
| 2007–2009 | Malmö FF | 10 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Landskrona BoIS (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | IF Brommapojkarna | 19 | (1) |
| 2012 | Akropolis IF | 7 | (2) |
| Total | 192 | (21) | |
| International career | |||
| 2002–2004 | Sweden U21 | 18 | (4) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013– | Olympiacos Stockholm FC | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editBorn in Skellefteå, Stefanidis started his career at youth level at IF Brommapojkarna and has also represented the Greek team Iraklis. He got his senior level debut for Djurgårdens IF in 2001, and won the Swedish Allsvenskan championship with the club in 2002 and 2003.[1] In 2004, he moved abroad to play for Danish club Brøndby IF, with whom he won the 2005 Danish Superliga championship. He moved back to Sweden in 2005 in order to join Helsingborgs IF.[2]
On 23 July 2007, it was announced that Stefanidis had signed for Helsingborgs' rivals Malmö FF, a contract starting on 1 January 2008.[3] However, fans of Helsingborgs IF were greatly upset and subsequent harassment and personal persecution led to Stefanidis' changing clubs prematurely, on 2 August 2007. The disappointment came from the fact that Stefanidis refused to sign a new contract with Helsingborg and thereafter switched to the main rivals.[4]
On 27 July 2009, Stefanidis moved on loan from Malmö FF to Landskrona BoIS, in exchange for Ivo Pekalski who moved from Landskrona to Malmö.[5] In the Winter 2009, Stefanidis moved back to play for his childhood club IF Brommapojkarna.
In February 2012, Stefanidis joined Akropolis IF in the Division 1 Norra.
Honours
edit- Djurgårdens IF
- [6]
- Brøndby IF
- Helsingborgs IF
- Svenska Cupen: 2006
References
edit- ^ "Statistik från SvFF 2007-". Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "Statistik från SvFF 2002-2007". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "Nyhetsarkiv". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ „Babis klar för MFF efter derbyt“ by sydsvenskan.se Archived 14 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved 23 January 2008)
- ^ "Malmö FF". Malmö FF. Archived from the original on 4 December 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ Förteckning över samtliga SM-guld för Djurgårdens IF på seniornivå genom tiderna (in Swedish) Archived 11 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine
External links
edit- Malmö FF Profile
- (in Danish) Brøndby IF profile