Pantelis Kafes
Encyclopedia
Pantelis Kafes (born on 24 June 1978 in Veria
, Greece) is a Greek footballer currently playing as a deep-lying playmaker for AEK Athens in the Greek Super League
. He is known for being one of very few outfield players to have worn the number 1 jersey and has won acclaim for his creative abilities and passing skills.
that summer and the following May were demoted again. The one shining light was Kafes, who joined PAOK in January 1997.
triumphs. Yet his spell in Thessaloniki
ended acrimoniously as he was released from his contract after a dispute over unpaid wages. Olympiacos stepped in with a three-year contract.
appearances, five in all. Kafes played in the majority of Olympiacos' league matches on their way to the domestic double
, and only a mid-season injury preventing him from matching his record in Europe, where he took part in all of the club's Champions League and UEFA Cup games. Likewise for next season, 2005–2006
, where he played 22 domestic league games, earned another double and scored two truly memorable tying goals from the edge of the box for Olympiacos in the UEFA Champions League
. Kafes was released from Olympiacos during 2006–07 season. A few days later he signed a 2 year contract with rival side AEK Athens.
The following season on 12 January 2008 Kafes scored his first goal for AEK against Veria
. On February 30 of the same year, Kafes scored against his former club Olympiacos and put AEK 4 – 0 in front. AEK initially finished in first place in the Greek League, but after the court case between Apollon Kalamaria and Olympiacos for the illegal usage of a player (Roman Wallner) in the 1–0 Apollon Kalamaria win earlier in the season, Olympiacos were awarded the 3 points in a court hearing, thus finishing 2 points ahead of AEK Olympiacos. In his third season with the "Dikefalos-Aetos", AEK did not live up to their expectations and finished third, Kafes was a key figure in there revival inwich he captained the side on a few occasions. On 12 June 2009, Kafes signed a new 3 year deal which will keep him at AEK until 2012. He agreed to reduce his wages to help the clubs financial difficulties. On 11 July 2009, Kafes was given the captains armband and will be the new captain for the upcoming season. On 13 September 2009, Kafes scored his first goal of the 2009–10 season versus Iraklis. Kafes also scored 2 goals against PAS Giannina
. He has made great appearances throughout the 2009–10 season, with much silent work as a defensive midfielder and some great assists to his teammates. In the summer 2010, Kafes found his ex-teammate Traianos Dellas
that he joy to AEK Athens and also they won EURO 2004 with the Greek national Team
. On 30/4/11, Kafes won the Greek Cup scoring AEK's 3rd goal in a 0-3 win against Atromitos
.
against Croatia
in April 2001 and scored his first goal against Austria
in Vienna
in March 2003. Kafes made two appearances in UEFA EURO 2004 qualifying, and was in the finals squad and he won Euro 2004 with Greece
. Kafes participated in 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign, the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup. Kafes has been re-called into the team from the new coach Fernando Santos during the qualification for Euro 2012
. On 8 October 2010 Kafes came on as a substitute against Latvia
replacing Giorgos Karagounis
. This was Kafes' first competitive match under new coach Fernando Santos. On 17 November 2010, Kafes played also the second halp of the friendly match against Austria, giving a big contribution, where Greece
beat Austria.
| 1994–95
| rowspan=3| ΑΕP Verias
| Beta Ethniki
| 15||2||?||?||0||0||15||2
|-
| 1995–96
| rowspan=2| Gamma Ethniki
| 28||5||?||?||0||0||28||5
|-
| rowspan=2| 1996–97
| 0||0||?||?||0||0||0||0
|-
| rowspan=7| P.A.O.K.
| rowspan=10| Alpha Ethniki
| 4||0||?||?||0||0||4||0
|-
| 1997–98
| 14||2||?||?||?||?||14||2
|-
| 1998–99
| 27||7||?||?||?||?||27||7
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| 1999-00
| 26||4||2||0||?||?||28||4
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| 2000–01
| 27||4||12||2||?||?||39||6
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| 2001–02
| 23||4||7||3||?||?||30||7
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| 2002–03
| 25||8||7||1||?||?||32||9
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| 2003–04
| rowspan=4| Olympiacos
| 30||4||7||1||?||?||37||5
|-
| 2004–05
| 21||2||5||1||?||?||26||3
|-
| 2005–06
| 22||2||5||0||?||2||27||2
|-
| rowspan=2| 2006–07
| rowspan=7| Superleague
| 8||0||2||0||?||?||10||0
|-
| rowspan=6| AEK Athens
| 7||1||0||0||2||0||9||1
|-
| 2007–08
| 25||3||2||0||8||0||35||3
|-
| 2008–09
| 27||3||5||1||2||0||34||4
|-
| 2009–10
| 29||5||0||0||7||0||36||5
|-
| 2010–11
| 24||3||4||1||7||1||35||5
|-
| 2011–12
| 0||0||0||0||2||0||2||0
112||15||11||2||28||1||151||18
365||59||54||9||69||3||488||71
| 3
| 0
|-
| 2002
| 8
| 0
|-
| 2003
| 5
| 2
|-
| 2004
| 5
| 0
|-
| 2005
| 6
| 1
|-
| 2006
| 3
| 0
|-
| 2008
| 1
| 0
|-
| 2010
| 4
| 0
|-
| 2011
| 5
| 0
|-
! Total
! 40
! 3
Olympiacos
AEK Athens
Greece
Veria
Veria is a city built at the foot of Vermion Mountains in Greece. It is a commercial center of Macedonia, the capital of the prefecture of Imathia, the province of Imathia and the seat of a bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church...
, Greece) is a Greek footballer currently playing as a deep-lying playmaker for AEK Athens in the Greek Super League
Super League Greece
The Superleague Greece is the highest professional football league in Greece. It was formed on July 16, 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. The league consists of 16 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 30 games each...
. He is known for being one of very few outfield players to have worn the number 1 jersey and has won acclaim for his creative abilities and passing skills.
Pontioi Verias
He started playing professional football in January 1995 at the age of 17 for Pontioi Verias. The club were relegated to the third divisionGamma Ethniki
Football League 2, formerly known as Gamma Ethniki, is the third highest professional football league in Greece.-History:It began in 1965 as an amateur championship, while in 1983 it was changed to professional...
that summer and the following May were demoted again. The one shining light was Kafes, who joined PAOK in January 1997.
PAOK
Kafes burst on to the Alpha Ethniki scene in 1998–99, scoring seven times. He continued to impress and was instrumental in PAOK's 2000–01 and 2002–03 Greek CupGreek football Cup
The Greek Football Cup , commonly known as the Greek Cup or for sponsorship reasons the Football Cup OPAP, is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation....
triumphs. Yet his spell in Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...
ended acrimoniously as he was released from his contract after a dispute over unpaid wages. Olympiacos stepped in with a three-year contract.
Olympiacos
He was ever-present in his first season at Olympiacos as they finished second in the Alpha Ethniki in 2003, and made his first UEFA Champions LeagueUEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
appearances, five in all. Kafes played in the majority of Olympiacos' league matches on their way to the domestic double
The Double
The Double is a term in association football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season...
, and only a mid-season injury preventing him from matching his record in Europe, where he took part in all of the club's Champions League and UEFA Cup games. Likewise for next season, 2005–2006
2005-06 in Greek football
The 2005-06 Greek Football season saw Olympiacos claim its second consecutive and 34th Greek title in the Alpha Ethniki. However, the season was somewhat overshadowed by the suspension of the Greek FA by UEFA, which jeopardized the European places of the Champions League, UEFA Cup, and Intertoto...
, where he played 22 domestic league games, earned another double and scored two truly memorable tying goals from the edge of the box for Olympiacos in the UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
. Kafes was released from Olympiacos during 2006–07 season. A few days later he signed a 2 year contract with rival side AEK Athens.
AEK Athens
Soon after signing for AEK and continuing his tradition of wearing the number 1, Kafes broke into the first team and was a mainstay in AEK's fight for the championship, but they had to settle for second.The following season on 12 January 2008 Kafes scored his first goal for AEK against Veria
Veria F.C.
Veria FC is a football club based in Veroia, Imathia, Greece. Veria FC was founded in 1960 when two local teams merged. Their nicknames are "Queen of the North" and "Rossoblu". They played in Alpha Ethniki at last for the 2007-2008 season and relegated twice in two seasons and found in Gamma Ethniki...
. On February 30 of the same year, Kafes scored against his former club Olympiacos and put AEK 4 – 0 in front. AEK initially finished in first place in the Greek League, but after the court case between Apollon Kalamaria and Olympiacos for the illegal usage of a player (Roman Wallner) in the 1–0 Apollon Kalamaria win earlier in the season, Olympiacos were awarded the 3 points in a court hearing, thus finishing 2 points ahead of AEK Olympiacos. In his third season with the "Dikefalos-Aetos", AEK did not live up to their expectations and finished third, Kafes was a key figure in there revival inwich he captained the side on a few occasions. On 12 June 2009, Kafes signed a new 3 year deal which will keep him at AEK until 2012. He agreed to reduce his wages to help the clubs financial difficulties. On 11 July 2009, Kafes was given the captains armband and will be the new captain for the upcoming season. On 13 September 2009, Kafes scored his first goal of the 2009–10 season versus Iraklis. Kafes also scored 2 goals against PAS Giannina
PAS Giannina
PAS Giannina , the Panepirotic Athletic Association Giannina, is a Greek association football club based in the city of Ioannina, the capital of Greece’s Epirus region.Following the 2010–11 season, PAS was promoted to Greece’s Super League division...
. He has made great appearances throughout the 2009–10 season, with much silent work as a defensive midfielder and some great assists to his teammates. In the summer 2010, Kafes found his ex-teammate Traianos Dellas
Traianos Dellas
Traianos Dellas is a Greek international footballer currently playing as a centre back for AEK Athens in the Greek Super League...
that he joy to AEK Athens and also they won EURO 2004 with the Greek national Team
Greece national football team
The Greece national football team represents Greece in association football and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation, the governing body for football in Greece. Greece's home ground is Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus and their head coach is Fernando Santos...
. On 30/4/11, Kafes won the Greek Cup scoring AEK's 3rd goal in a 0-3 win against Atromitos
Atromitos
Atromitos FC is a football club based in Peristeri, Athens that plays in the Super League Greece.-History:Atromitos FC was officially founded in May 1923 when Kalomvounis, Petos, Glykofridis, Stathopoulos, Synodinos, Rigopoulos, Stamatopoulos, and other students living in Victoria Square decided...
.
International career
Kafes made his debut in the national teamGreece national football team
The Greece national football team represents Greece in association football and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation, the governing body for football in Greece. Greece's home ground is Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus and their head coach is Fernando Santos...
against Croatia
Croatia national football team
The Croatia national football team represents Croatia in international football. The team is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation, the governing body for football in the country, and has been managed since 2006 by former player Slaven Bilić...
in April 2001 and scored his first goal against Austria
Austria national football team
The Austria national football team is the association football team that represents the country of Austria in international competition and is controlled by the Austrian Football Association ....
in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
in March 2003. Kafes made two appearances in UEFA EURO 2004 qualifying, and was in the finals squad and he won Euro 2004 with Greece
Greece national football team
The Greece national football team represents Greece in association football and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation, the governing body for football in Greece. Greece's home ground is Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus and their head coach is Fernando Santos...
. Kafes participated in 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign, the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup. Kafes has been re-called into the team from the new coach Fernando Santos during the qualification for Euro 2012
UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
The qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2012 is a series of parallel association football competitions held over 2010 and 2011 to decide the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2012, to be held in Poland and Ukraine...
. On 8 October 2010 Kafes came on as a substitute against Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
replacing Giorgos Karagounis
Giorgos Karagounis
Giorgos Karagounis is a Greek footballer who currently plays for Panathinaikos . He is best remembered for scoring the first goal of UEFA Euro 2004, a very long range effort that helped his team to win the opening game of the tournament, in which the Greeks surprisingly emerged as champions.His...
. This was Kafes' first competitive match under new coach Fernando Santos. On 17 November 2010, Kafes played also the second halp of the friendly match against Austria, giving a big contribution, where Greece
Greece national football team
The Greece national football team represents Greece in association football and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation, the governing body for football in Greece. Greece's home ground is Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus and their head coach is Fernando Santos...
beat Austria.
Club
|-| 1994–95
| rowspan=3| ΑΕP Verias
| Beta Ethniki
Beta Ethniki
Football League, former Beta Ethniki, is the second highest professional football league in Greece.-History:In its first years, the system of conduct was very intriguing. It began in 1954 as regional championship, separated in two groups, North and South. Then, the participating teams were the...
| 15||2||?||?||0||0||15||2
|-
| 1995–96
| rowspan=2| Gamma Ethniki
Gamma Ethniki
Football League 2, formerly known as Gamma Ethniki, is the third highest professional football league in Greece.-History:It began in 1965 as an amateur championship, while in 1983 it was changed to professional...
| 28||5||?||?||0||0||28||5
|-
| rowspan=2| 1996–97
| 0||0||?||?||0||0||0||0
|-
| rowspan=7| P.A.O.K.
| rowspan=10| Alpha Ethniki
Super League Greece
The Superleague Greece is the highest professional football league in Greece. It was formed on July 16, 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. The league consists of 16 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 30 games each...
| 4||0||?||?||0||0||4||0
|-
| 1997–98
| 14||2||?||?||?||?||14||2
|-
| 1998–99
| 27||7||?||?||?||?||27||7
|-
| 1999-00
| 26||4||2||0||?||?||28||4
|-
| 2000–01
| 27||4||12||2||?||?||39||6
|-
| 2001–02
| 23||4||7||3||?||?||30||7
|-
| 2002–03
| 25||8||7||1||?||?||32||9
|-
| 2003–04
| rowspan=4| Olympiacos
| 30||4||7||1||?||?||37||5
|-
| 2004–05
| 21||2||5||1||?||?||26||3
|-
| 2005–06
| 22||2||5||0||?||2||27||2
|-
| rowspan=2| 2006–07
| rowspan=7| Superleague
| 8||0||2||0||?||?||10||0
|-
| rowspan=6| AEK Athens
| 7||1||0||0||2||0||9||1
|-
| 2007–08
| 25||3||2||0||8||0||35||3
|-
| 2008–09
| 27||3||5||1||2||0||34||4
|-
| 2009–10
| 29||5||0||0||7||0||36||5
|-
| 2010–11
| 24||3||4||1||7||1||35||5
|-
| 2011–12
2011–12 Superleague Greece
The 2011–12 Superleague Greece is the 53rd season of the highest football league of Greece and the sixth under the name Superleague. The season will begin in late August or early September 2011 and will end in May 2012 with the last matches of the European playoff round...
| 0||0||0||0||2||0||2||0
112||15||11||2||28||1||151||18
365||59||54||9||69||3||488||71
International
| 2001| 3
| 0
|-
| 2002
| 8
| 0
|-
| 2003
| 5
| 2
|-
| 2004
| 5
| 0
|-
| 2005
| 6
| 1
|-
| 2006
| 3
| 0
|-
| 2008
| 1
| 0
|-
| 2010
| 4
| 0
|-
| 2011
| 5
| 0
|-
! Total
! 40
! 3
Honours
PAOK- Greek CupGreek football CupThe Greek Football Cup , commonly known as the Greek Cup or for sponsorship reasons the Football Cup OPAP, is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation....
: 2
-
- 2001, 2003
Olympiacos
- Greek Championship: 2
-
- 2005, 2006
- Greek CupGreek football CupThe Greek Football Cup , commonly known as the Greek Cup or for sponsorship reasons the Football Cup OPAP, is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation....
: 2
- Greek Cup
- 2005, 2006
- 2005, 2006
AEK Athens
- Greek CupGreek football CupThe Greek Football Cup , commonly known as the Greek Cup or for sponsorship reasons the Football Cup OPAP, is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation....
: 1
-
- 20112010–11 Greek CupThe 2010–11 Greek Cup is the 69th season of the Greek Football Cup. A total of 67 clubs were accepted to enter, after the withdrawal of Egaleo, Kalamata and Pyrsos Grevena and their relegation to Delta Ethniki....
- 2011
Greece
Greece national football team
The Greece national football team represents Greece in association football and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation, the governing body for football in Greece. Greece's home ground is Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus and their head coach is Fernando Santos...
- UEFA European ChampionshipUEFA European Football ChampionshipThe UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA . Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations Cup, changing to the current...
: 1
-
- 2004