# Theofilos Karasavvidis

Theofilos Karasavvidis (Greek: Θεόφιλος Καρασαββίδης; born 27 April 1971) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

## Club career

Theofilos Karasavvidis started his career in 1989 until 1995 in Apollon Smyrnis. In 1995 he moved to Olympiacos, where he won the Greek Championship in the season 1996–97. In 1997, he moved to Panionios where he won the Greek Cup in the season 1997–98 against Panathinaikos at Karaiskakis Stadium. In 1999, he moved to Italy, in Sassari, where he played for Polisportiva Sassari Torres, then for Como, for Catania and Lanciano. In 2002, he moved to Frosinone, Pro Patria, Monza and Caratese.

## International career

Karasavvidis in 1993 he played for Greece U21 in a friendly match against Germany U21 ended 3-3. He also played for Greece from 1992 until 1995, where on 29 January 1992, he made his debut in the senior team against Albania.

## After retirement

After retiring from competitive activity, he worked as a physiotherapist in a Wellness Center in Como. In February 2018, he returned to Sassari and was warmly welcomed by the Sassari Torres fans at the Stadio Vanni Sanna. He also became the agent of some players such as Marios Oikonomou, Dimitris Diamantakos, Charalampos Lykogiannis. He is the agent of Dušan Vlahović and Alfredo Morelos.

## Career statistics
### Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europe | Europe | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Apollon Smyrnis | 1989–90 | Alpha Ethniki | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 |
| Apollon Smyrnis | 1990–91 | Alpha Ethniki | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 |
| Apollon Smyrnis | 1991–92 | Alpha Ethniki | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3 |
| Apollon Smyrnis | 1992–93 | Alpha Ethniki | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 |
| Apollon Smyrnis | 1993–94 | Alpha Ethniki | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 |
| Apollon Smyrnis | 1994–95 | Alpha Ethniki | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 4 |
| Olympiacos | 1995–96 | Alpha Ethniki | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| Olympiacos | 1996–97 | Alpha Ethniki | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Panionios | 1997–98 | Alpha Ethniki | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 |
| Panionios | 1998–99 | Alpha Ethniki | 27 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 11 |
| Sassari Torres | 1999–2000 | Serie D | 32 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 18 |
| Sassari Torres | 2000–01 | Serie C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Como | 2000–01 | Serie B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Catania | 2000–01 | Serie C | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Lanciano | 2001–02 | Serie C | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 7 |
| Frosinone | 2002–03 | Serie D | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 |
| Pro Patria | 2002–03 | Serie C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Pro Patria | 2003–04 | Serie C | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Monza | 2004–05 | Serie C | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| Caratese | 2005–06 | Serie C | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 436 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 436 | 95 |

### International

Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Greece | 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| Greece | 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| Greece | 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 5 | 0 |

## Honours

Olympiacos
* Greek Championship: 1996–97
Panionios
* Greek Cup: 1997–98
Sassari Torres
* Serie D: 1999–2000
Individual
* Serie C1 top scorer: 1999–2000 (19 goals)