AEK F.C. Academy
| Full name | AEK FC Academy | |||
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| Founded | 1930's | |||
| Ground | OPAP Sports Center | |||
| Owner | AEK F.C. | |||
| Chairman | Evangelos Aslanidis | |||
| Technical Director | Michalis Mitrotasios | |||
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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.
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Notable players
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Players of the academy of AEK in 1934
Notable players coming from the club's youth departments include:
- Christos Aravidis
- Dionisis Chiotis
- Lysandros Georgamlis
- Savvas Gentsoglou
- Viktor Klonaridis
- Pantelis Konstantinidis
- Kostas Manolas
- Stelios Manolas
- Kleanthis Maropoulos
- Sokratis Papastathopoulos
- Michalis Pavlis
- Andreas Stamatiadis
- Stelios Skevofilakas
- Panagiotis Tachtsidis
- Tryfon Tzanetis
- Vangelis Vlachos
Personnel
Academies staff
| Position | Name | Nationality |
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| Technical Director | Michalis Mitrotasios |  |
| Coordinator on organizational issues | Nikos Georgeas | |
| Head Scouting and operational issues | Stavros Letsas | |
| Departments caretaker | Dimitris Sarafidis | |
| Goalkeeping coach | Chrisostomos Michailidis | |
| Goalkeeping coach | Elias Atmatsidis | |
| Fitness coach | Dimitris Stergiopoulos | |
| Under20 coach | Stelios Manolas | |
| Under20 assistant coach | Nikos Panagiotaras | |
| Under17 coach | Markos Dimos | |
| Under16 coach | Dimitris Roussos | |
| Under15 coach | Ivan Nedeljković |  |
| Under14 coach | Angelos Chatzopoulos | |
| Under13 coach | Dionysis Katramados | |
| Under12 coach | Stelios Orfanidis | |
| Under11 coach | Tasos Kyriakopoulos | |
| Under10 coach | Michalis Pavlis | |
| Scout | Michalis Vlachos | |
| Scout | Charis Kopitsis | |