Constantinos Makrides

Constantinos Makrides

Personal information
Full name	Constantinos Makrides
Date of birth	January 13, 1982 (1982-01-13) (age 29)
Place of birth	Limassol, Cyprus
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club	AC Omonia
Number	13
Youth career
	Apollon Limassol
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001-2002	Apollon Limassol	1	(0)
2002	→Ethnikos Assia (loan)	22	(4)
2002-2004	Apollon Limassol	35	(2)
2004-2008	APOEL FC	107	(29)
2008-2009	FC Metalurh Donetsk	29	(3)
2009-	AC Omonia	65	(5)
National team‡
2004-	Cyprus[1]	52	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 May 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 December 2009

Constantinos Makrides (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Μακρίδης) is a Cypriot football player. He now plays and captains at AC Omonia.

Career

Apollon

Makrides started playing football at Apollon Academies and because of his talent was soon training with the first team. Despite of this talent, the Limassol team decided to give him more time to mature his game, so he was transferred as a loan to Ethnikos Assia in 2001. The next season, he returned to Apollon and under the coaching of Dusan Mitošević became a starting line-up regular for the team, with 25 appearances. A star was rising but the 2002-03 was not a season for Makrides to remember since Ilie Dumitrescu did not use him. Having problems with the board and the coach, Makrides demanded to leave the team. His manager proposed him to Omonia but the Nicosia team refused. At the very last minute of the January transfer window he was signed to APOEL.

APOEL

Makrides move to APOEL was a successful one, and established himself as one of the best in the Cyprus League and also became a regular to the national team. He played in the attacking-midfield position for APOEL and won many domestic honours, as well as European competitions appearances. Probably the best goal in his career so far is the goal against Maccabi Tel-Aviv in the UEFA Cup where he started from his own half, passed the entire Maccabi defence and slid a shot past the goalkeeper.^[2]

Metalurh Donetsk

Makrides decided after the victory win over Anorthosis in the cup final 2008, to make a big step outside Cyprus and sign for Ukrainian outfit FC Metalurh Donetsk, a club that his friend and ex APOEL teammate Ricardo Fernandes played for. He was considered one of the key figures of the team, that finished 4th place in the Ukrainian Premier League 2008–09, winning a spot to the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

Omonoia

Makrides decided after one year in Ukrainian Premier League 2008–09, to return to Cyprus. He signed for AC Omonia a 4-years contract on August 2009. He took the shirt with number 13. He established himself as one of the best players of AC Omonoia and he help the team to return to the titles afte seven years without champion.In the 2011-2012 he is named as captain of the team.

International

Constantinos Makrides is also a regular player for the Cyprus national football team. He played the full 90 minutes in all 4 games of Cyprus' Euro 2008 qualification campaign to date, including a 5-2 victory over Ireland and a 1-1 draw with Germany.^[3]

Honours

APOEL

• Cypriot Championship (2) : 2004, 2007
• Cypriot Cup (2) :2006, 2008
• Cyprus FA Shield (1) : 2004

Omonia

• Cypriot Championship: 2010
• Cypriot Cup: 2011
• Cyprus FA Shield: 2010

References

1. ^ Cyprus - Record International Players, rssf.com, 2008-02-06, http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/cyp-recintlp.html, retrieved 2008-05-15 
2. ^ APOEL show winning stamina, UEFA.com, August 25, 2005, http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UEFACup/FixturesResults/Round=2207/match=81522/Report=RP.html 
3. ^ World Cup clockwatch, BBC News, October 8, 2005, http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/4319784.stm 

External links

• Profile on UEFA.com [1]
• Profile on National Football Teams [2]

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Name	Makrides, Constantinos
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Date of birth	1982-01-13
Place of birth	Limassol, Cyprus
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