Andreas Niniadis

Andreas Niniadis

Personal information
Full name	Andreas Niniadis
Date of birth	(1971-02-18) 18 February 1971
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Soviet Union (now Georgia)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
-1980-1988	FC Dinamo Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1991	FC Dinamo Batumi	20	(13)
1991–1994	Pontioi Verias	80	(15)
1994–1996	Ethnikos Piraeus	49	(15)
1996–2004	Olympiacos	140	(20)
2004–2005	Kerkyra	25	(5)
International career
1995–2001	Greece	17	(2)
Managerial career
2005-2011	Olympiacos (assistant coach, chief scout)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andreas Niniadis (Greek: Aνδρέας Nινιάδης; born 18 February 1971 in Georgia) is a Pontic Greek former professional footballer.

Olympiacos

Since his retirement, Niniadis has been employed by his former club Olympiacos as a chief scout and an assistant manager, a position he holds today.

Football Career

He was one of the dominant players in one of Olympiacos FC gold eras (1997–2003) and he helped his team to reach 7 Greek superleague championships successively and 1 Greek cup as well. He also played for Pontioi Veroia, Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. and Kerkira FC.

He played 23 Champions League matches with Olympiakos scoring 5 goals and 3 UEFA Cup matches scoring 1 goal.

Niniadis earned 17 caps for the Greek national team scoring two goals.

Manager Career

In the 2006-07and 2009-10 season he was the assistant coach of Olympiacos FC manager Takis Lemonis and Bozidar Bandovic.