Antonis Gaitanidis

Antonis Gaitanidis (Greek: Αντώνης Γαϊτανίδης; born 18 March 2000) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a forward for Super League 2 club Panachaiki.

Antonis Gaitanidis

Personal information
Full name	Antonios Gaitanidis
Date of birth	(2000-03-18) 18 March 2000
Place of birth	Ioannina, Greece
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Panachaiki
Number	7
Youth career
2014–2018	PAOK
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2021	PAOK	0	(0)
2020	→ Apollon Smyrnis (loan)	1	(0)
2020–2021	→ Levadiakos (loan)	1	(0)
2021–2022	PAOK B	15	(0)
2022	Tatran Prešov	13	(1)
2023–	Oskarshamns AIK	25	(4)
International career‡
2016	Greece U16	4	(1)
2016–2018	Greece U17	10	(1)
2018–2019	Greece U19	6	(4)
2019	Greece U21	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 April 2019

Career

Early career

Antonis Gaitanidis came from Ioannina to PAOK in 2014 and then settled in the PAOK Academy House. In his first year at the club he was crowned champion with the Under-15s with 13 goals and five assists in 18 games. In his second season he was crowned a champion with the Under-17s with four goals and three assists. He won two championships with the Under-19s posting excellent stats in the 2018-19 season, when he scored 18 goals and provided an equal number of assists. He is of course a youth international. He is a left winger, but can also operate on the right wing. With pace and capable of beating players one-on-one, he is a player who also knows how to assist and to score. He trained with the first team in the pre-season of 2019, even scoring three goals in friendlies against Nordsjælland, Cluj and Anderlecht. In the process, he was loaned to Apollon and Levadiakos.