Pantelis Konstantinidis

Pantelis Konstantinidis
Personal information
Full name	Panteleimon Konstantinidis
Date of birth	16 August 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Florina, Macedonia, Greece
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Left winger, left back
Team information
Current team	PAOK (Assistant)
Youth career
–1993	PAS Florina
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–1996	AEK Athens
1994–1996	→ Kavala (loan)
1996–1998	Apollon Athens
1998–2002	PAOK
2002–2005	Panathinaikos
2005–2009	PAOK
2009–2010	OFI
Total
International career
1999–2003	Greece
Managerial career
2010	PAOK (Interim)
2010–2015	PAOK (Technical Director)
2015–2016	Al-Ittihad (Assistant)
2016–2019	PAOK (Team Manager)
2019–2021	Al-Hilal (Assistant)
2021–	PAOK (Assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pantelis Konstantinidis (Greek: Παντελής Κωνσταντινίδης; born 16 August 1975) is a Greek former footballer. He was born in Florina. Konstantinidis played as a left winger for most of his career, earning the nickname Svouras (spinning top) for his quick dribbling in his youth. During 2010 Konstantinidis took the position of the Technical Director to PAOK, succeeding Zisis Vryzas. He could also play as a defender.^[1]

Career

He has played for many clubs in Greece, starting his career with AEK Athens in 1993, but did not make a single appearance. He was loaned to Kavala for two seasons. He was given at Apollon Athens as an exchange for the transfer of Demis Nikolaidis to AEK^[2] and played there for two seasons.

He signed with PAOK in 1998 and stayed there for four years. He topped his game and made himself steady in the starting eleven as a left winger, where the fans loved him. Due to the club's financial problems he was sold to Panathinaikos where he stayed for three years, making over 60 appearances before returning to PAOK in 2005. In his career, he made 175 league appearances with PAOK, scoring 25 goals. He also captained PAOK during his second stay in Thessaloniki.

In the summer of 2009, Konstantinidis fell out of favor in coach Fernando Santos' plans, and so signed with OFI, continuing his career for the Cretan side in Beta Ethniki. After the season's end, in which OFI narrowly failed to achieve promotion to the first division, Konstantinidis decided to retire, aged 35.