Career
Georgios Georgiadis (Greek: Γιώργος Χ Γεωργιάδης, born 8 March 1972) is a former Greek football player, now a football coach. He made 61 appearances for the Greek national team, and played for several Greek clubs including Panathinaikos Football Club and two spells at PAOK Thessaloniki Football Club. He was also signed by the English club Newcastle for a season. After retiring in 2008 he coached the Greece U21 side, and is now manager of Veria.
Born in Kavala, Greece, Georgiadis" family, soon after his birth, left for Stuttgart, Germany, where young Giorgos first learned to play football.
He returned to Greece, as a teenager and signed up for amateur side Keravnos Krinides. Soon he was discovered by Alpha Ethniki club Doxa Drama who signed him at age 17.
He transferred to powerhouse Panathinaikos and played for the Athens greens from the 1993 until the 1998 season. His exposure to European football brought an offer from English Premiership side, Newcastle United, for £420,000 and Georgiadis joined fellow Greek Nikos Dabizas at Saint James Park in the 1999 season.
Georgiadis returned to Greece to play for PAOK Thessaloniki Football Club from 2000 until 2003 before transferring to Olympiakos.
He was released by Olympiakos after the 2005 season and was signed up by Iraklis Thessaloniki. After one and a half season with Iraklis, Georgiadis left the club as a free transfer to PAOK Football Club in January 2007.He retired in the 2007-2008 season with PAOK. He has been capped 61 times and has scored 11 goals for Greece. On 5 May it was announced that Georgiadis was appointed as a scout at his former club
Georgios Georgiadis after was called up to coach the Greece U21, after the previous coach Nikos Nioplias was named to coach Panathinaikos Football Club. In May 2013, Georgiadis was appointed caretaker manager for PAOK in place of Giorgos Donis successfully steering them to a 1st-place finish in the Super League playoffs.
On March 2014, was appointed, for once more, caretaker manager for PAOK in place of Huub Stevens. On 18 June 2015, he was appointed as Veria F.C. manager.