AEK F.C. Academy

Main article: AEK (sports club)
AEK FC Academy
Full name AEK FC Academy
Founded 1930's
Ground OPAP Sports Center
Owner AEK F.C.
Chairman Evangelos Aslanidis
Technical Director Michalis Mitrotasios

AEK (sports club) was one of the first Greek clubs to found a youth academy back in 1934, while AEK F.C. manage them since 1979.

History

AEK was one of the first Greek clubs to found a youth academy back in 1934.

Famous players have been produced by AEK youth development system over the years.

Some of the most notable include: Tryfon Tzanetis (1933–1950), Kleanthis Maropoulos (1934–1952), Andreas Stamatiadis (1950–1969), Stelios Skevofilakas (1960–1973), Nikos Karoulias (1973–1974) Stelios Manolas (1978–1998), Spyros Oikonomopoulos (1978–1994), Vangelis Vlachos (1979–1985), Lysandros Georgamlis (1979–1986), Pantelis Konstantinidis (1993–1994), Dionisis Chiotis (1995–1998, 2000–2007), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (2005–2008), Savvas Gentsoglou (2006–2012), Panagiotis Tachtsidis (2007–2010), Kostas Manolas (2009–2012) and Viktor Klonaridis (2010–2012).

Players

AEK U20 squad

AEK U20 is the youth team of AEK. They participate in the Superleague U20 championship. They play their home games at the OPAP Sports Center in Spata.

P. ^ Players with professional contract.
As of 22 April 2016 [1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Greece GK Athanasios Pantos
Greece GK Giannis Papadopoulos
Greece GK Evangelos Gritsopoulos
Greece DF Giannis Vidalis
Greece DF Dimitrios Pechlivanidis
Greece DF Giannis Grammatikas
Greece DF Panagiotis Kontoes
Greece DF Panagiotis Kofsanidis
Greece DF Alkiviadis Markopouliotis [P]
Greece DF Giorgos Giannoutsos
Greece DF Giorgos Papazoglou
Greece DF Dimitrios Psanis
Greece MF Konstantinos Galanopoulos [P]
No. Position Player
Greece MF Dimitrios Georgamlis
Greece MF Vassilios Karvounidis
Albania MF Dimitri Lici
Greece MF Lazaros Michas
Armenia MF Vasil Posoyan
Greece MF Ilias Tselios [P]
Greece FW Christos Antoniou
Greece FW Nikos Spiliotis
Greece FW Alexandros Asprogiannis
Greece FW Andreas Vlachomitros [P]
Greece FW Antonios Kyriazis [P]
Greece FW Dimitrios Tzathas [P]
Serbia FW Velemir Dobrivoje

Notable players

Notable players coming from the club's youth departments include:

Personnel

Academies staff

Position Name Nationality
Technical Director Michalis Mitrotasios Greece
Coordinator on organizational issues Nikos Georgeas Greece
Head Scouting and operational issues Stavros Letsas Greece
Departments caretaker Dimitris Sarafidis Greece
Goalkeeping coach Chrisostomos Michailidis Greece
Goalkeeping coach Elias Atmatsidis Greece
Fitness coach Dimitris Stergiopoulos Greece
Under20 coach Stelios Manolas Greece
Under20 assistant coach Nikos Panagiotaras Greece
Under17 coach Markos Dimos Greece
Under16 coach Dimitris Roussos Greece
Under15 coach Ivan Nedeljković Serbia
Under14 coach Angelos Chatzopoulos Greece
Under13 coach Dionysis Katramados Greece
Under12 coach Stelios Orfanidis Greece
Under11 coach Tasos Kyriakopoulos Greece
Under10 coach Michalis Pavlis Greece
Scout Michalis Vlachos Greece
Scout Charis Kopitsis Greece

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