Career
He started his career in Iraklis, debuting on 18 January 1981 when Iraklis was participating in the Beta Ethniki. In Iraklis"s team he played seven seasons before heading to Olympiacos. His three appearances at the 1994 World Cup rounded off his national team career, which lasted from 1982 to 1994, giving him 67 caps and 1 international goal (9 January 1985, against Israel).
He retired from professional football in 1999.
During the 2002–2003 period he was the assistant coach of Ivan Jovanovic in Iraklis, as well as the next period, assisting head coach Sergio Markarián. After Markarián resigned, Kofidis took in charge as the head coach.
During the summer, however, many key players were sold as the team was in heavy debt, and the following year was anything but successful. In January 2007 he became head coach in Skoda Xanthi following Takis Lemonis"s resignation, but soon left the job.
On 30 October 2009 Iraklis F.C. club officials have sacked coach Oleg Protasov to replace him with Kofidis.
