Kostas Aidiniou
Greek footballer
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Kostas Aidiniou (Greek: Κώστας Αϊδινίου; born 2 February 1948) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Konstantinos Aidiniou | ||
| Date of birth | 2 February 1948 | ||
| Place of birth | Psarades, Florina Greece | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1963–1965 | Iraklis | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965–1974 | Iraklis | 219 | (57) |
| 1974–1978 | Olympiacos | 40 | (7) |
| 1978–1979 | Iraklis | 13 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1968–1974 | Greece | 7 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1987 | Iraklis | ||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 February 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 February 2014 | |||
Club career
Aidiniou was born on 2 February 1948 in Psarades.[1][2] Although he was a track and field athlete, he was talked into signing for Iraklis by two teachers of him, themselves fans of the club.[1] After joining the youth ranks of Iraklis in 1963, Aidiniou made his first team debut in 1965, scoring against Olympiacos in a 2–1 away defeat of Iraklis.[1][3] Aidiniou was the star player of Iraklis until 1974, when he signed for Olympiacos for 11,000,000 drachmas.[4][5]
Aidiniou could not compete for the 1974–75 season as his transfer was considered overdue.[3] For the whole season he only contested in friendly matches and training courses and that humped his adaptation to his new club.[3] In Olympiacos Aidiniou failed to demonstrate the same level of football as he did in Iraklis and he was released from Olympiacos after the 1977–78 season.[3][4] Aidiniou appeared in a total of 40 league matches for Olympiacos, scoring 7 goals.[1][3][4]
Aidiniou returned to Iraklis for the 1978–79 season appearing in 13 matches and failing to score any goals.[6] He retired after that season, aged 31.[1] In his two spells with Iraklis Aidiniou totalled 232 appearances and 57 goals.[1]
International career
Managerial career
Aidiniou had a stint as Iraklis' manager together with Giorgos Koudas in 1987.[4][10] He has also held several positions in the club's technical staff.[4]
