The new blood at the PAOK Academy
Consistent in the club’s perpetual goal of finding and training young talented footballers from every corner of Greece and beyond, the people of the PAOK Academy start the new season with a few additions to their departments.
The foundation remains stable, of course, with the youngsters who have been training for a number of years at PAOK and, as with every year, some new faces are added. And so let’s introduce them to you:
One addition to the Under-19 side is forward Christoforos Galtsev (2006).
Five players are added to the Under-17 squad, born in 2007. Yiannis Karagiannidis (defender) comes from Danaos Kozani, Antonis Theodosiadis (midfielder) from the Athletic Union of Kozani, Daniil Kosteas (attacker) from Panionios, Stavros Paschalidis (goalkeeper) from Ethnikis Asteras Pylaias and Giorgos Daoularis (defender) from Shooters.
One year younger (2008) are the players who come in for the Under-16 side. And there are six. Giorgos Lelekas (defender) from Bempides, Michalis Papadopoulos (midfielder) from Iraklis Zygou, Antonis Aretis (forward) from Ajax Stars, Dimitris Lazaridis (defender) from Pro Soccer Academy, Konstantinos Tolios (defender) from Doxa Petrousas and Konstantin Maligin (goalkeeper) from FC Forte.
There are also many new incoming transfers at Under-15 level (born in 2009). From the Calсetto FС academy in Chania is midfielder Lefteris Kondekas, from Asteras Mesolongiou midfielder Aurelios Sefa, from Poseidon Igoumenitsas forward Dimitris Mintis, from PAOD defender Nikos Telidis, from the Pro Soccer Academy midfielder Christos Demiris, from Katerini FC the forward Giannis Topalidis, and from Ermilios Chalkidas the midfielder Konstantinos Mischos.
There is also new «blood» at Under-14 level, and those born in 2010 with Dimitris Karapantazis (midfielder) from the German Academy, Theodoros Vlachopoulos (defender) from Anagennisi Panorama, Vangelis Vertkas (attacker) from PAS Florina, Vassilis Xefteris ( goalkeeper) from PAOD, and Marvin Gadzi (striker) from Bebides.
There are eight additions to the Under-12s (2012). Alexandros Nisiotis (attacker) comes from AMS Marathon Kalamarias, Kyriakos Hadjichidiroglou (defender) from Olympian Katerinis, Aristos Kalliantzas (midfielder) from PAOK Stavrou, Polychronis Doumbis (attacker) from Telemachus Alexandria, Athanasios Theodoropoulos ( forward) from Bembides, Petros Angelakis (attacker) from PAOK Serron, Serafim Koukoutzelis (attacker) from Ethniki Sohou and Efstathios Melissas (midfielder) from PAOD.
In the Under-11s we welcome three youngsters, born in 2013, Konstantinos Karantalis (midfielder) from IEK DELTA 360, Michalis Salpingidis (forward) from Ethniki Evosmou and Nikos Tsarouha (midfielder) from Diaplasis. At Under-10 level (2014), Albion Pepa and Antonis Leontiadis come from the Dinos Kouis academy. In the Under-9 age group we have Christos Tosnaridis (2015), and in the Under-8-7 age level there are Savvas Dimitriadis and Andreas Alexiou (2016).