Nikos Pantidos
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Nikos Pantidos (born 19 April 1991 in Athens
) is a young Greek
footballer currently playing for Panathinaikos FC
and Greece U-17
. He started playing football at Ethnikos academy in Pallini
. In 2004 he joined Panathinaikos FC football academy
and soon enough became an important member of Panathinaikos FC youth team which lead the club's officials to offer him his first professional contract. On 30 January 2008, Pantidos signed a 3 year deal with Panathinaikos FC.
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
) is a young Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
footballer currently playing for Panathinaikos FC
Panathinaikos FC
Panathinaikos Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in Athens. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Greek football history. They have won 20 Greek Championships and 17 Greek Cups.Panathinaikos is the most...
and Greece U-17
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...
. He started playing football at Ethnikos academy in Pallini
Pallini
Pallini , ancient form and Latin: Pallene, is a suburb and a municipality in the northeastern part of Athens, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Gerakas. It is located east of Athens, midway between it and the Petalies Gulf. It is the seat of administration of the East Attica Prefecture...
. In 2004 he joined Panathinaikos FC football academy
Youth system
Youth system is a sporting terminology used to refer to a youth investment program within a particular team or league, which develops and nurtures young talent in farm teams, with the vision of using them in the first team if they show enough promise, and to fill up squads numbers in some teams...
and soon enough became an important member of Panathinaikos FC youth team which lead the club's officials to offer him his first professional contract. On 30 January 2008, Pantidos signed a 3 year deal with Panathinaikos FC.