Giorgos Koudas

Giorgos Koudas
Koudas in 2006
Personal information
Full name Georgios Koudas
Date of birth (1946-11-23) 23 November 1946
Place of birth Thessaloniki, Greece
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1958–1963 PAOK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1984 PAOK 504 (133)
International career
1967–1982 Greece 43 (4)
Managerial career
1987 Iraklis
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giorgos Koudas (Greek: Γιώργος Κούδας; born 23 November 1946) is a Greek former international footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Regarded as one of the greatest Greek players of all-time, he spent his entire career at PAOK. Being the most capped player in club's history, Koudas is a figure totally linked with the White-blacks of the North. His competitiveness, leadership, creativity and huge quality as a player, along with his Macedonian heritage, gave him the nickname Alexander the Great of Greek football.