# Georgios Iordanidis (defender)

Georgios Iordanidis (Greek: Γεώργιος Ιορδανίδης, Greek pronunciation:; born 17 October 1989) is a Greek professional football coach and former player. He was most recently the head coach of the Greece Amputee FA of the European Amputee Football Federation (EAFF).

## Early life, coaching career, and education

He was born in Athens into a middle-class household as the younger son of an auto electrician and his wife, a secondary school principal. He played senior-level football for Eleftheroupoli, PAO Kalyvion, IFA Blackpool, Sholing, Cosmos Giants, and QK Southampton, but several injuries terminated his career. In July 2014, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Football Studies from Southampton Solent University, and earlier that year, he received the FA Level 2 coaching badge from the English FA. On February 12, 2016, Greece Amputee FA appointed him as the national team's head coach. In his debut, Greece Amputee FA drew 3-3 to AEK Futsal in a friendly game. In June 2016, he led the national team in its inaugural participation in the EAFF Amputee Football Weeks camp. In January 2017, he organized a charity event to collect food supplies for homeless people in Athens. On January 11, 2017, he resigned from his position due to military service obligations. In an effort to raise the awareness of young offenders on road culture and safety issues, RSI invited him to visit the Avlonas juvenile detention center on January 18, 2017, as an experiential guest. He has also worked as a talent identification scout for GKS Górnik Łęczna and Wisła Kraków in the Lotto Ekstraklasa for two straight seasons (2016–17, 2017–18). In October 2022, he received his Master of Science in Football Coaching from the University of East London's Global Institute of Sport. In October 2023, he obtained the UEFA B coaching license from the Hellenic Football Federation. Apart from his native Greek, he speaks English, Spanish, and French to varying degrees of fluency.
   "He is a bright lad; he likes our set-up, and he speaks ever such good English. He should fit in well."

## Career statistics

    As of matches played in 2013-14 football season
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Eleftheroupoli | 2007–08 | Athens FCA | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| PAO Kalyvion | 2009–10 | Athens FCA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| IFA Blackpool | 2010–11 | Youth System | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| Sholing | 2011–12 | Southern League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cosmos Giants | 2012–13 | Sunday League | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 |
| QK Southampton | 2013–14 | Hampshire League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
* ↑ Exhibition game against ACG Soccer Academy.
* ↑ Exhibition game against Eastleigh.

## Managerial statistics

    As of 9 July 2024
| Team | Nat | From | To | Tenure | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Ref. |
| Team | Nat | From | To | Tenure | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Ref. |
| QK Southampton (youth) | | 26 November 2011 | 4 May 2013 | 1 year, 5 months and 8 days | 28 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 90 | 54 | +36 | 057.14 | |
| Greece Amputee FA | | 12 February 2016 | 11 January 2017 | 10 months and 30 days | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 040.00 | |
| Olympiacos (youth) | | 26 July 2019 | 27 July 2019 | 1 day | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— | |
| Career totals | Career totals | Career totals | Career totals | Career totals | 33 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 99 | 60 | +39 | 054.55 | |

## Popular culture
### Clubs support

He is a supporter of Super League 1 club AEK Athens, and an admirer of Primera División club Boca Juniors.

### Relatives

The engineer, Alex Sinoyannis, who worked as a dynamic vehicle engineer for Team Penske No. 22 in the NASCAR Cup Series from 2013 to 2016, is his cousin.
The referee, Alexandros Dimitropoulos, who officiated forty Super League 1 and seven Greek Cup matches from 2011 to 2016, is his half-cousin. He has also served as a fourth official in twenty Super League 1 games and as a referee in twenty-seven Super League 2 games.
The guitarist, songwriter, and composer Dimitris Sinoyannis, who has collaborated with top artists in the music industry (e.g., Goran Bregović, Thanos Mikroutsikos, Manolis Mitsias, George Dalaras, Haris Alexiou, Marinella, Dimitris Mitropanos, Vasilis Karras, and Vasilis Papakonstantinou), is his uncle.
The opera singer Meropi Jordano née Iordanidou, who performed in Austria, Switzerland, and Germany, is his great-aunt.

### Sport video games

He is featured, as a scout for Wisła Kraków of the Lotto Ekstraklasa, in the 2018 edition of the Football Manager simulation video game.