Alekos Chatzistavridis

Alekos Chatzistavridis

Chatzistavridis (left) with Tzanetis, Maropoulos and Christodoulou
Personal information
Full name	Alexios Stavridis
Date of birth	1915 (1915)
Place of birth	Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Date of death	1998 (aged 82–83)
Place of death	Piraeus, Greece
Position	Forward
Youth career
–1933	Vyzantion Piraeus
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1933–1943	AEK Athens	6	(2)
1944–1949	Olympiacos	22	(11)
Total		28	(13)
International career
1949	Greece	2	(1)
Managerial career
1949–1952	Panpaianiakos
1957–1958	Egaleo
1959–1960	AE Nikea
1961–1962	Olympiacos
1967	Proodeftiki
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alekos Chatzistavridis (Greek: Αλέκος Χατζησταυρίδης; 1915 – 1998) was a Greek footballer who played as a forward and a later manager.^[1] His real name was "Stavridis".

Chatzistavridis started football at Vyzantion Piraeus. In 1933 he joined AEK Athens and changed his name to "Chatzistavridis", because he officially belonged to his previous club. He established himself as one of the main attackers of the club. On 28 May 1939, he opened the score in the Greek Cup final, defeating PAOK by 2–1.^[2] He played with the "yellow-blacks" for a decade and won 2 consecutive Panhellenic Championships, 1 Cup and 1 Athens FCA Championship in 1940, including the first domestic double in by a Greek club in 1939.^[3]

In 1944, during the period of the Occupation, when Greek football was inactive and Chatzistavridis joined Olympiacos. On 30 June 1946 he was expelled in the match against AEK alongside his former teammate Kleanthis Maropoulos.^[4] On 8 June 1947, he played in the 5–0 win against Iraklis in the Cup final.^[5] He played as a regular at the club of Piraeus, until 1949, when he ended his career as a footballer. At Olympiacos he won in total another 2 consecutive Panhellenic Championships, 1 Cup and 4 consecutive Piraeus FCA Championships, including another domestic double in by a Greek club in 1947.^[6][7][8][9]

Chatzistavridis played in two games with Greece under Kostas Negrepontis, for the Mediterranean Cup in May 1949 both held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.^[10] His debut was on 16 May in the 1–2 defeat against Turkey, coming in as a sub at the 46th minute in the place of Giannis Petsanas. He scored his only international goal in his second and final appearance on 18 May, playing the full match in the 1–3 defeat against Egypt.^[11]

Immeditately after his retirement as a footballer, Chatzistavridis enacted with coaching at Pampaianikos Peanias until 1952. Afterwards, he took as various clubs such as Egaleo, AE Nikea, Olympiacos for 6 months^[12] and a brief spell at Proodeftiki.

Chatzistavridis fought in the World War II and in the battle of Tepelenë and was seriously injured in the leg, where he recovered after great efforts. He died in 1998 at Piraeus.^[13]

AEK Athens

• Panhellenic Championship: 1938–39, 1939–40
• Greek Cup: 1938–39
• Athens FCA League: 1940

Olympiacos

• Panhellenic Championship: 1946–47, 1947–48
• Greek Cup: 1946–47
• Piraeus FCA League: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949

• Alekos Chatzistavridis at WorldFootball.net
• Alekos Chatzistavridis at EU-Football.info
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• "National Greece, march through time", "Papazisis" Publications, Athens 2001,
• 80 years, 80 forms, Greek Letters Publications, ISBN 960-442-021-6