Andreas Niniadis

Andreas Niniadis
Personal information
Full name	Andreas Niniadis
Date of birth	18 February 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Soviet Union (now Georgia)
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
–1980–1988	FC Dinamo Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years	Team
1990–1991	Dinamo Batumi
1991–1994	Pontioi Veria
1994–1996	Ethnikos Piraeus
1996–2004	Olympiacos
2004–2005	Kerkyra
International career
1995–2001	Greece
Managerial career
2005–2011	Olympiacos (assistant coach, chief scout)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andreas Niniadis (Greek: Aνδρέας Nινιάδης; born 18 February 1971) is a Pontic-Greek former professional footballer.

Club career

He was one of the dominant players in one of Olympiacos gold eras (1997–2003) and he helped his team to reach seven Greek superleague championships successively and one Greek cup as well.^[1] He also played for Pontioi Veria, Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. and Kerkira FC.

He played 23 Champions League matches with Olympiakos, scoring five goals, and three UEFA Cup matches, scoring one goal.

International career

Niniadis earned 17 appearances for Greece, scoring two goals.^[2]

Managerial career

Since his retirement, Niniadis has been employed by his former club Olympiacos as a chief scout and an assistant manager. In the 2006–07 and 2009–10 seasons he was the assistant coach of Takis Lemonis and Bozidar Bandovic.^[3]

Honours

Olympiacos

Alpha Ethniki: 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03
Greek Cup: 1998–99

References

^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (21 March 2004). "Greece 2002/03". RSSSF.
^ ΕΘΝΙΚΕΣ ΟΜΑΔΕΣ > Εθνική Ομάδα Ανδρών (in Greek). Hellenic Football Federation. Archived from the original on 30 November 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
^ "Ανδρέας Νινιάδης". SPORT.GR ΠΟΔΟΣΦΑΙΡΟ. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2010.

"Οκτώ χρόνια, οκτώ τίτλοι". SPORT.GR ΠΟΔΟΣΦΑΙΡΟ. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2010.

[1] Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (21 March 2004). "Greece 2002/03". RSSSF.

[2] ΕΘΝΙΚΕΣ ΟΜΑΔΕΣ > Εθνική Ομάδα Ανδρών (in Greek). Hellenic Football Federation. Archived from the original on 30 November 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2010.

[3] "Ανδρέας Νινιάδης". SPORT.GR ΠΟΔΟΣΦΑΙΡΟ. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2010.

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