Babis Stefanidis
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charalambos Stefanidis | ||
| Date of birth | 8 March 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Skellefteå, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Olympiacos Stockholm FC (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987–1998 | IF Brommapojkarna | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2001 | Iraklis | 14 | (1) |
| 2001–2004 | Djurgårdens IF | 62 | (8) |
| 2004–2005 | Brøndby IF | 15 | (1) |
| 2005–2007 | Helsingborgs IF | 51 | (7) |
| 2007–2009 | Malmö FF | 10 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Landskrona BoIS (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | IF Brommapojkarna | 19 | (1) |
| 2012 | Akropolis IF | 7 | (2) |
| Total | 192 | (21) | |
| International career | |||
| 2002–2004 | Sweden U21 | 18 | (4) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013– | Olympiacos Stockholm FC | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Charalambos "Babis" Stefanidis (Template:Lang-el; born 8 March 1981) is a Greek–Swedish former footballer, and now manager. He is the current manager of the Swedish team Olympiacos Stockholm FC.
Career
Born in Skellefteå, Stefanidis started his career at youth level at IF Brommapojkarna and has also represented the Greek team Iraklis. He got his senior level debut for Djurgårdens IF in 2001, and won the Swedish Allsvenskan championship with the club in 2002 and 2003.[1] In 2004, he moved abroad to play for Danish club Brøndby IF, with whom he won the 2005 Danish Superliga championship. He moved back to Sweden in 2005 in order to join Helsingborgs IF.[2]
On 23 July 2007, it was announced that Stefanidis had signed for Helsingborgs' rivals Malmö FF, a contract starting on 1 January 2008.[3] However, fans of Helsingborgs IF were greatly upset and subsequent harassment and personal persecution led to Stefanidis' changing clubs prematurely, on 2 August 2007. The disappointment came from the fact that Stefanidis refused to sign a new contract with Helsingborg and thereafter switched to the main rivals.[4]
On 27 July 2009, Stefanidis moved on loan from Malmö FF to Landskrona BoIS, in exchange for Ivo Pekalski who moved from Landskrona to Malmö.[5] In the Winter 2009, Stefanidis moved back to play for his childhood club IF Brommapojkarna.
In February 2012, Stefanidis joined Akropolis IF in the Division 1 Norra.
Honours
Club
- Allsvenskan (2): 2002, 2003
- Svenska Cupen (1): 2002
- Danish Superliga (1): 2004–05
- Danish Cup (1): 2005
- Svenska Cupen (1): 2006
References
- ^ Statistik från SvFF 2007- Archived 13 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Statistik från SvFF 2002-2007 Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Stefanidis klar för MFF (mff.se, 2 augusti 2007)
- ^ „Babis klar för MFF efter derbyt“ by sydsvenskan.se (retrieved 23 January 2008)
- ^ Babis Stefanidis lånas ut till Landskrona BoIS Archived 4 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Swedish people of Greek descent
- Swedish footballers
- Sweden under-21 international footballers
- Superleague Greece players
- Allsvenskan players
- Danish Superliga players
- Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players
- Brøndby IF players
- Helsingborgs IF players
- Landskrona BoIS players
- Malmö FF players
- Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. players
- IF Brommapojkarna players
- Swedish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Denmark
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Association football midfielders