Emilios Theofanidis
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 Emilios Theofanidis with AEK Athens | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Emilios Theofanidis | ||
| Date of birth | 30 November 1939 | ||
| Place of birth | Ptolemaida, Greece | ||
| Date of death | 7 February 1999 (aged 59) | ||
| Place of death | Ptolemaida, Greece | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1963 | Aris Ptolemaida | ||
| 1963–1965 | AEK Athens | 6 | (0) |
| 1965–1970 | PAOK | 145 | |
| Total | 151 | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Emilios Theofanidis (Greek: Αιμίλιος Θεοφανίδης; 30 November 1939 – 7 February 1999) was a Greek professional footballer who played as midfielder and a later manager.
Theofanidis started football from Aris Ptolemaida where he distinguished himself competing in the second division,[1] while in 1963 he emerged as the top scorer in his respective group.[2]
In the summer of 1963, he took the big step of his career by transferring to the then Greek champion, AEK Athens.[3] With the yellow-blacks, he played for 2 years, making his debut in the first division and remarkably, participated in both matches against Monaco for the qualifying phase of the European Cup,[4][5] even scoring and 1 goal in the second leg in Athens on 2 October 1963 which ended 1–1.[6] During his spell in the club he won a Greek Cup in 1964.[7]
In the summer of 1965, he transferred to PAOK, where he played for 5 seasons[8] and played in the first 2 European matches in the history of the club against the Wiener Sport-Club for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1965. He was also a finalist of the Greek Cup in the period 1970.[9]