Career
Christos Kontis started his career at Ethnikos Piraeus. In Greece he played also for Panionios, and AEK Athens. In the summer of 2006 he moved to Cyprus and signed with.
He also appeared in four official 2009-2010 Union of European Football Associations Champions League group stage matches with.
End of career After a successful career at, Christos Kontis was forced to retire due to heart failure problems. During the first official 2011-2012 Cypriot First Division match (29 August 2011) between AEK Larnaca and, Kontis felt a slight discomfort and a pain in his chest.
Later that night the discomfort continued to exist and the pain got worse, thus the Club"s doctors moved him to Nicosia"s General Hospital. lieutenant was diagnosed that Kontis had suffered a minor heart attack that had damaged one of the veins in his heart.
Consequently, he was forced to retire from his professional football career 9 months before his contract with expires.
He was one of "s fans" favorite players and he will always be remembered for his passion and for the low profile that he always kept. These virtues earned him the respect and admiration of all Cypriot football fans. He wore the jersey with the number 24.
When Christos Kontis recovered fully from the heart incident that forced him to retire, the Board of Directors of appointed him as an assistant of the head coach of, Ivan Jovanović.
He served as an assistant manager of Ivan Jovanović at for two years, until the end of 2012-2013 season.
