- Ioannis Amanatidis
Football player infobox
playername= Ioannis Amanatidis
nickname = Ama
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|12|3
cityofbirth =Kozani
countryofbirth =Greece
height = height|m=1.83
currentclub =Eintracht Frankfurt
clubnumber = 18
position =Striker
years = 1999-2004
2000-2002
2004
2004-2005
2005–
clubs =VfB Stuttgart
→ Greuther Fürth "(loan)"
→Eintracht Frankfurt "(loan)"
KaiserslauternEintracht Frankfurt
caps(goals) = 35 0(6)
42 (12)
15 0(6)
23 0(6)
94 (32)
nationalyears = 2002–
nationalteam = Greece
nationalcaps(goals) = 31 0(3)
pcupdate =September 1 2008
ntupdate =October 11 2008 Ioannis Amanatidis ( _el. Γιάννης Αμανατίδης) (born
3 December 1981 inKozani ,Greece ) is a Greek footballer currently playing forEintracht Frankfurt .Amanatidis family immigrated when he was 9 years old to
Stuttgart ,Germany where he joined SC Stuttgart. Two years later he went toVfB Stuttgart academy.In 2002 he started his Bundesliga career having already played on loan for Greuther Fürth in lower divisions.After a clash with thenVfB Stuttgart coachFelix Magath over his luck of opportunities he was given on loan to struggling Bundesliga sideEintracht Frankfurt where he impressesed despite the eventual relegation of the team to second division.In the summer he signed on free to Kaiserslautern but after only one season he signed again to the newly promoted
Eintracht Frankfurt side and has been instrumental in the team's attack ever since scoring regularly and eventually becoming the captain of the team since the 2007/08 season.In November 2002 he earned his first cap for the
Greece national football team against Republic of Ireland, and as of November 2007 he has earned 22 caps scoring twice, netting the only goal of the national team's away win against Turkey that secured Greece a place in Euro 2008. He is considered already a starter in the right flank of midfield of Greece.In April 2008 it was reported that the captain of Eintracht has agreed to an extension of his contract till 2012 with the club.
He is in a relationship with the Greek singer
Maro Lytra .External links
* en icon gr icon [http://www.ioannis-amanatidis.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.eintracht.de/saison/mannschaft/amanatidis/ Profile at Eintracht Frankfurt's Official Website]
* [http://www.eintracht-archiv.de/amanatidis.html Ioannis Amanatidis at eintracht-archiv.de]
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