page_title: Kostas Stafylidis
section_title: International career
hierarchical_section_title: Kostas Stafylidis / International career
caption_attribution_description: English: Kostas Stafylidis playing for Greece against Estonia
context_page_description: Kostas Stafylidis is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a left-back for German club 1899 Hoffenheim and the Greece national team.
context_section_description: He also played a major role in the Greek squad at the Under-19 European Champions and won a runners-up medal, after losing 1–0 to Spain U19, being named to the team of the tournament. Stafylidis made his debut with Greece national football team in a friendly match against Republic of Ireland on 14 November 2012, in which Greece won 1–0. On 11 October 2015, he scored his first goal with Greece in a 4–3 home win against Hungary when he opened the score, scoring their first home goal of the campaign as he turned in a cross from Stelios Kitsiou at close range in the fifth minute. On 10 October 2016, an exact year after his first goal, he scored  from a free kick with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner, sealing a 2–0 away 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification win against Estonia.
caption: Stafylidis playing for Greece under-19s against Estonia under-19s in July 2012
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