Grigorios Georgatos
Encyclopedia
Grigoris Georgatos also known as "Trelos Karaflos" (literally translated, "crazy bald"), is a retired Greek
footballer
. He typically played as a defensive midfielder or attacking winger for Greek Championship club Olympiacos. Georgatos also earned 35 caps and scored 3 goals for the Greek national team
having debuted on 6 September 1995.
He first appeared for Greece in a EURO '96 qualifier against San Marino
in September 1995. He prematurely retired from international football in September 2001 following a reported dispute with coach Otto Rehhagel
but won more than 30 caps for his country.
In the 1998-1999 season
, while playing in a UEFA Champions League
match against Juventus
, Georgatos caught the eye of Italian
club Inter Milan, signing him in the 1999-2000 season
for €7 million. He settled well in Serie A
, playing 28 matches and scoring 2 goals for Inter. Despite that, he returned home the next season to Olympiacos for a season-long loan, where his love affair with the club lasted just one year. The following season he returned to the Serie A
, with Georgatos choosing to rejoin Inter after losing his first-team place at Olympiacos. Although he returned to Inter, he could not get back into the first-team because of an injury that kept him out for a while, playing only 10 matches and scoring 1 goal that season.
With his second spell in Italy
being unsuccessful, Georgatos quickly returned to Greece, joining AEK Athens. In the 2002-03 season he played 23 games as AEK finished third and also featured in four of the club's six UEFA Champions League
matches. The next season, he scored six goals in six games but was unsettled at AEK and in the January
transfer window began his third spell at Olympiacos, helping them finish second. In 2006 Georgatos expressed his intention to end his career at Olympiacos when he signed a one-year contract until July 2007, retiring at the end of the season.
|1991/92||rowspan="5"|Panachaiki
||rowspan="3"|Alpha Ethniki
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|1992/93||26||3||||||||||||||||
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|1993/94||28||5||||||||||||||||
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|1994/95||Beta Ethniki
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|1995/96||Alpha Ethniki
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|1995/96||rowspan="4"|Olympiacos
||rowspan="4"|Alpha Ethniki
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|1996/97||33||6||||||||||||||||
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|1997/98||30||2||||||||||||||||
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|1998/99||26||12||||||||||||||||
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|1999/00||Internazionale Milano||Serie A
||28||2||||||||||||||||
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|2000/01||Olympiacos
||Alpha Ethniki
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|2001/02||Internazionale Milano||Serie A
||10||1||||||||||||||||
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|2002/03||rowspan="2"|AEK Athens
||rowspan="2"|Alpha Ethniki
||23||1||||||||||||||||
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|2003/04||6||5||||||||||||||||
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|2003/04||rowspan="4"|Olympiacos
||rowspan="3"|Alpha Ethniki
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|2004/05||25||3||||||||||||||||
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|2005/06||22||1||||||||||||||||
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|2006/07||Super League
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343||61||||||||||||||||
38||3||||||||||||||||
381||64||||||||||||||||
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|1995||4||0
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|1996||0||0
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|1997||6||0
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|1998||5||0
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|1999||11||3
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|2000||7||0
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|2001||2||0
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!Total||35||3
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A Ethniki: 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2004-05, 2005-06
Super League (former A Ethniki): 2006-07
Greek Cup
1998-99, 2004-05, 2005-06
Greeks
The Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....
footballer
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
. He typically played as a defensive midfielder or attacking winger for Greek Championship club Olympiacos. Georgatos also earned 35 caps and scored 3 goals for the Greek national team
Greece national football team
The Greece national football team represents Greece in association football and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation, the governing body for football in Greece. Greece's home ground is Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus and their head coach is Fernando Santos...
having debuted on 6 September 1995.
Career
His abilities were first noted in the 1991-92 season when he made his debut in the Alpha Ethniki for Panachaiki GE. After four and a half seasons and 22 goals in 126 league appearances, he moved to Olympiacos CFP in the 1995–1996 season, lifting the championship with them in 1997, 1998, and 1999 - when he finished as the side's top scorer despite his defensive role.He first appeared for Greece in a EURO '96 qualifier against San Marino
San Marino national football team
The San Marino national football team is the national football team of San Marino, controlled by the San Marino Football Federation...
in September 1995. He prematurely retired from international football in September 2001 following a reported dispute with coach Otto Rehhagel
Otto Rehhagel
Otto Rehhagel is a German football coach and former football player. Along with Helmut Schön, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Udo Lattek and Hennes Weisweiler, he is considered one of the most successful German managers....
but won more than 30 caps for his country.
In the 1998-1999 season
UEFA Champions League 1998-99
The 1998–99 UEFA Champions League was the seventh season of the UEFA Champions League, Europe's premier club football tournament, since it was renamed from the "European Champion Clubs' Cup" or "European Cup". The competition was won by Manchester United, coming back from a goal down in the last...
, while playing in a UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
match against Juventus
Juventus F.C.
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...
, Georgatos caught the eye of Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
club Inter Milan, signing him in the 1999-2000 season
Serie A 1999-00
Lazio won the title on the final day of the season in controversial cirumstances. Juventus, the only other team left in contention on the day lost their match against Perugia in terrible conditions at a rain-sodden Stadio Renato Curi, many considering the pitch unplayable. Pierluigi Collina the...
for €7 million. He settled well in Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
, playing 28 matches and scoring 2 goals for Inter. Despite that, he returned home the next season to Olympiacos for a season-long loan, where his love affair with the club lasted just one year. The following season he returned to the Serie A
Serie A 2001-02
In the 2001-02 season, the Serie A, the major football Italian professional league, was composed by 18 teams, for the 14th consecutive time from season 1988-89....
, with Georgatos choosing to rejoin Inter after losing his first-team place at Olympiacos. Although he returned to Inter, he could not get back into the first-team because of an injury that kept him out for a while, playing only 10 matches and scoring 1 goal that season.
With his second spell in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
being unsuccessful, Georgatos quickly returned to Greece, joining AEK Athens. In the 2002-03 season he played 23 games as AEK finished third and also featured in four of the club's six UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League 2002-03
The 2002–03 UEFA Champions League was the 11th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, since its rebranding in 1992, and the 48th European Cup tournament overall. The competition was won by Milan, who beat Juventus on penalties in the European Cup's...
matches. The next season, he scored six goals in six games but was unsettled at AEK and in the January
January 2004
January 2004: ← – January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – December – →-Events:-January 1:...
transfer window began his third spell at Olympiacos, helping them finish second. In 2006 Georgatos expressed his intention to end his career at Olympiacos when he signed a one-year contract until July 2007, retiring at the end of the season.
Statistics
|-|1991/92||rowspan="5"|Panachaiki
Panachaiki
Panachaiki, known officially as Panachaiki GE , the Pan-Achaean Athletic Union, is a Greek multisport club based in the city of Patras, Greece.- History :...
||rowspan="3"|Alpha Ethniki
Super League Greece
The Superleague Greece is the highest professional football league in Greece. It was formed on July 16, 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. The league consists of 16 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 30 games each...
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|1992/93||26||3||||||||||||||||
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|1993/94||28||5||||||||||||||||
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|1994/95||Beta Ethniki
Beta Ethniki
Football League, former Beta Ethniki, is the second highest professional football league in Greece.-History:In its first years, the system of conduct was very intriguing. It began in 1954 as regional championship, separated in two groups, North and South. Then, the participating teams were the...
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|1995/96||Alpha Ethniki
Super League Greece
The Superleague Greece is the highest professional football league in Greece. It was formed on July 16, 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. The league consists of 16 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 30 games each...
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|1995/96||rowspan="4"|Olympiacos
Olympiacos CFP
----Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus, , , transliterated Olympiakos Sindesmos Filathlon Pireos, is the most popular multisport club and the most successful in Greece, based in Piraeus....
||rowspan="4"|Alpha Ethniki
Super League Greece
The Superleague Greece is the highest professional football league in Greece. It was formed on July 16, 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. The league consists of 16 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 30 games each...
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|1996/97||33||6||||||||||||||||
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|1997/98||30||2||||||||||||||||
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|1998/99||26||12||||||||||||||||
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|1999/00||Internazionale Milano||Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
||28||2||||||||||||||||
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|2000/01||Olympiacos
Olympiacos CFP
----Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus, , , transliterated Olympiakos Sindesmos Filathlon Pireos, is the most popular multisport club and the most successful in Greece, based in Piraeus....
||Alpha Ethniki
Super League Greece
The Superleague Greece is the highest professional football league in Greece. It was formed on July 16, 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. The league consists of 16 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 30 games each...
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|2001/02||Internazionale Milano||Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
||10||1||||||||||||||||
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|2002/03||rowspan="2"|AEK Athens
AEK Athens FC
AEK Athens F.C. , the Athletic Union of Constantinople, is a Greek association football club based in the city of Athens, Greece. Outside Greece, the club is also known as AEK Athens, however, the word Athens is not part of the club's official title.Established in Athens in 1924 by Greek refugees...
||rowspan="2"|Alpha Ethniki
Super League Greece
The Superleague Greece is the highest professional football league in Greece. It was formed on July 16, 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. The league consists of 16 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 30 games each...
||23||1||||||||||||||||
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|2003/04||6||5||||||||||||||||
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|2003/04||rowspan="4"|Olympiacos
Olympiacos CFP
----Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus, , , transliterated Olympiakos Sindesmos Filathlon Pireos, is the most popular multisport club and the most successful in Greece, based in Piraeus....
||rowspan="3"|Alpha Ethniki
Super League Greece
The Superleague Greece is the highest professional football league in Greece. It was formed on July 16, 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. The league consists of 16 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 30 games each...
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|2004/05||25||3||||||||||||||||
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|2005/06||22||1||||||||||||||||
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|2006/07||Super League
Super League Greece
The Superleague Greece is the highest professional football league in Greece. It was formed on July 16, 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. The league consists of 16 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 30 games each...
||8||0||||||||||||||||
343||61||||||||||||||||
38||3||||||||||||||||
381||64||||||||||||||||
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|1995||4||0
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|1996||0||0
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|1997||6||0
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|1998||5||0
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|1999||11||3
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|2000||7||0
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|2001||2||0
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!Total||35||3
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Honors
Greek ChampionshipA Ethniki: 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2004-05, 2005-06
Super League (former A Ethniki): 2006-07
Greek Cup
1998-99, 2004-05, 2005-06