Background
His career began at the age of 8 in a local team (Romeo football team, coached by his father Panagiotis Pechlivanidis).
His career began at the age of 8 in a local team (Romeo football team, coached by his father Panagiotis Pechlivanidis).
He has played in the Greek Cup for Skoda Xanthi F.C. Pechlivanidis comes from a family with a football heritage. He was team’s first scorer.
At the age of 10 he was called by Komotini’s football youth academy. In the age of 14 he was called by Skoda Xanthi, a Greek team playing in the First League (Super League).
By the age of 17 he was playing for Skoda Xanthi junior team as a Left Back Half.
Meanwhile he was called to join the National Junior and U21 football team At his 18 he signed his first professional contract with Skoda Xanthi. His first match as a professional player was against Iraklis for the Greek championship.
During the same season he played also against Kerkyra.
The same year (2004) he participated in two matches as a Skoda Xanthi player in the National Cup, against Levadiakos (scoring one goal) and Atromitos. Next year (2005) he was loaned to Thraki Football Club (Alexandroupoli).
During the 2005-2006 season he played for Kalamata F.C., while he was fulfilling his military obligations. In the first half of 2007-2008 he played for Thraki Football Club (Alexandroupoli) and in the second half he played for Olympiakos Volou.
In the first half of 2008-2009 he played for Eolikos Football Club (Mytilini) and in the second half for Echinos Sport (Xanthi).
In 2009-2010 season he played for the team Anagennisi Giannitsa F.C. In 2010, he joined Anagennisi Epanomi F.C. in Football League 2 (Greece).
