Michael Korkidas

Michael Korkidas

Personal information
Nickname	Korki
Born	12 January 1981 (1981-01-12) (age 30) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	107 kg (16 st 12 lb) [1]
Playing information
Position	Prop
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2001–02	Sydney Roosters	8	0	0	0	0
2003–06	Wakefield Wildcats	109	11	0	0	44
2007–08	Salford City Reds	27	1	0	0	4
2008	Castleford Tigers	21	1	0	0	4
2009	Huddersfield Giants	6	1	0	0	4
2010–	Wakefield Wildcats	28	1	0	0	4
	Total	199	15	0	0	60
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2005	Greece
As of 05:07, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
Source: NRL Stats, Rugby League Project

Michael Korkidas (born 12 January 1981) is an Australian-Greek rugby league player who currently plays for the Keighley Cougars. He primarily plays at Prop.

Playing career

While attending Marist College Kogarah, Korkidas played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1998.^[2]

Korkidas made his professional rugby league career playing for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL in Australia in 2001, playing there until the end of 2002. He has played in the Super League since 2003, playing for several club like Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (2003–2006), Salford City Reds (2007–2008), Castleford Tigers (2008), Huddersfield Giants (2009) and returning to the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in 2009.

Korkidas captained Greece during their 44–26 victory over Serbia in Athens on 28 October 2006.^[3]

He signed with Huddersfield Giants on a three year contract from 2009 after negotiating a release from Castleford for his final season.^[4][5] However, in late May 2009, it was announced that Korkidas will return to Wakefield mid-season in a deal with both clubs.^[6]

References

1. ^ "Official site of the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats". web page. Wakefield wildcats. 2011. http://www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/squad/first-team-squad/8-michael-korkidas/. Retrieved 16 June 2011. 
2. ^ "SportingPulse Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". SportingPulse. http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=7-2130-0-0-0&sID=26424. Retrieved 2008-10-10. 
3. ^ "History made in Greece". Rugby League Review. 2006-10-29. http://www.rleague.com/db/article.php?id=26896. Retrieved 2007-10-29. 
4. ^ "Korkidas released by Tigers". Sky Sports. 2008-09-30. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12196_4227019,00.html. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 
5. ^ "Korkidas joins Huddersfield Giants". giantsrl.com. 23 Oct 2008. http://www.rleague.com/db/article.php?id=31750. Retrieved 2008-11-08. 
6. ^ http://www.rleague.com/db/player/k/korkidas_michael/index.php

External links

• Michael Korkidas Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
• Castleford Tigers profile

Persondata
Name	Korkidas, Michael
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Short description
Date of birth	12 January 1981
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales
Date of death
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