Giannis Skondras

Giannis Skondras (Greek: Γιάννης Σκόνδρας; born 21 February 1990) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Lamia.

Giannis Skondras

Personal information
Full name	Ioannis Skondras
Date of birth	21 February 1990
Place of birth	Trikala, Greece
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Club information
Current team	Lamia
Number	23
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2013	Atromitos	93	(3)
2013–2016	PAOK	63	(2)
2016–2018	Hamilton Academical	34	(4)
2018–	Lamia	54	(2)
National team^‡
2006–2007	Greece U17	3	(0)
2008–2009	Greece U19	4	(0)
2009–2012	Greece U21	13	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 September 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 August 2013

Club career

Atromitos

Skondras began his career in 2004 with Asklipios Trikalon and joined after only one year in July 2005 with Atromitos.[1] In July 2008 was promoted to the senior team who played in the Beta Ethniki here earned his first professional match on 30 November 2009 against Diagoras.[2]

Skondras gave a solid performance for Atromitos in 2011/12 Greek Cup where he virtually kept then top-scorer Kevin Mirallas quiet for most of the evening; a display that prompted plenty of interest from the Olympiakos brass. The Greece U-21 international was rumored to be on his way to the Giorgos Karaiskakis Stadium this past summer as doubt over Vasilis Torosidis’ future at the club circled the port city. When speculation regarding Torosidis' departure for Roma died down, the pursuit of Skondras was abandoned for a while.[3]

PAOK

On 21 June 2013, Skondras, left Atromitos to sign a four-year contract with PAOK for the sum of €300.000.[4][5]

He made his debut with the club on 17 August 2013 in a 3–0 home win against Xanthi. On 16 April 2014 in a semi-final for the Greek Cup against Olympiakos where the game is held up for over an hour after fans throw hundreds of flares onto the pitch and set fire to a dug outs has a key role in a 1–0 win following a 2–1 defeat in the first leg in Athens helping PAOK eventually went through the final.[6] Giannis Skondras experienced two defeats in Greek Cup finals during his spell at Atromitos. His third attempt to silverware –with the black-and-white kit this time round- is nearing and he believes that he will be lucky that time.[7][8] Unfortunately, Skondras did not manage to win the Greek Cup in his third presence on it as his club lost 1–4 against Panathinaikos.[9] In a mediocre 2014–15 season with the club, he had his best professional year so far with 37 appearances (2 goals, 7 assists) in all competitions.

On 8 October 2015, rumour transfers for a possible move of the player in the rivals Panathinaikos, are rejected by the club as the Greens do not intend to make a move for the 25-year-old right back since they want to support the players that are already chosen (Jens Wemmer, Nikos Marinakis and Christos Bourbos) for the teams' roster.[10] The 2016–17 season did not start well for the 26-year-old international as the Serbian manager Vladimir Ivić did not include him in his team's pre-season squad (along with Erik Sabo, Terry Antonis, Panagiotis Deligiannidis) and it seems that Giannis Skondras will be finally released from the Greek club this summer, after three seasons and 93 official performances with two goals. On 26 January 2017, PAOK officially announced the mutual termination of the Greek right defender contract, six-month before its actual expiration.

Hamilton Academical

Skondras signed a short-term contract with Scottish Premiership club Hamilton Academical in January 2017.[11] On 8 April 2017, in his 8th appearance for the club, he was dismissed just before half time for a foul on the counter-attacking Ryan Dow at home to Ross County.[12] The decision was later overturned following an appeal.[13] On 20 May 2017, Skondras scored his first goal for the club with a thunderous long-range strike in a 4–0 win against Dundee, a result that meant Hamilton avoided automatic relegation to the Scottish Championship.[14][15] Accies announced in June 2017 that Skondras had decided to leave,[16] but he changed his mind and signed a new one-year contract in July.[17]

On 16 December 2017, in a 3–2 home win against Ross County, following a foul by Hamilton's Georgios Sarris on Davis Keillor-Dunn which led to a touchline confrontation between players from both sides, Skondras was sent-off having raised a hand towards Ross County defender Kenny van der Weg. During the incident he also appeared to man-handle an assistant referee.[18] Two days later he was charged with excessive misconduct by the Scottish Football Association.[19]

On 30 March 2018, Skondras was released by Hamilton.[20]

Lamia

On 4 September 2018, Skondras returned to the Superleague, joining Lamia on a free transfer.[21] On 11 November 2019, he scored a brace in a crucial 3–0 away win against AEL.[22]

Career statistics

As of match played 29 July 2020[23][24]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Atromitos	2008–09	Beta Ethniki	14	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	14	0
	2009–10	Superleague Greece	7	0	2	0	—		—		0	0	9	0
	2010–11		12	0	5	0	—		—		0	0	17	0
	2011–12		27	1	5	0	—		—		0	0	32	1
	2012–13		33	2	1	0	—		2[lower-alpha 1]	0	0	0	36	2
	Total		93	3	13	0	—		2	0	0	0	108	3
PAOK	2013–14	Superleague Greece	22	0	6	0	—		3[lower-alpha 2]	0	0	0	31	0
	2014–15		28	2	2	0	—		7[lower-alpha 1]	0	0	0	37	2
	2015–16		13	0	5	0	—		7[lower-alpha 1]	0	0	0	25	0
	Total		63	2	13	0	—		17	0	0	0	93	2
Hamilton Academical	2016–17	Scottish Premiership	13	1	3	0	0	0	—		2[lower-alpha 3]	0	18	1
	2017–18		21	3	0	0	2	0	—		—		23	3
	Total		34	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	41	4
Lamia	2018–19	Superleague Greece	22	0	7	0	—		—		0	0	29	0
	2019–20		31	2	2	0	—		—		0	0	34	2
Career total			243	11	38	0	2	0	19	0	2	0	305	11

1. Appearances in the Europa League
2. One appearance in the Champions League and two in the Europa League
3. Appearances in the Premiership play-offs

References

1. "Atromitos Profile". Archived from the original on 25 July 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
2. "PAOK squad". soccerway.com.
3. "Skondras, Samaris set for winter moves to Piraeus!". footballhellas.com. 18 October 2012.
4. Στον ΠΑΟΚ ο Γιάννης Σκόνδρας (Ioannis Skondras moved to PAOK) Archived 24 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine; PAOK's official website, 21 July 2013 (in Greek)
5. "Giannis Skondras transferred from Atromitos to PAOK". soccerfame.com.
6. "PAOK vs Olympiakos". mirror. 17 April 2014.
7. "Third time lucky for Skondras?". paokfc.gr. 20 April 2014.
8. Σκόνδρας: "Θα τα καταφέρουμε"! (in Greek). sport-fm.gr. 19 April 2014.
9. ΠΑΟΚ – Παναθηναϊκός 1–4 (in Greek). sport-fm.gr. 26 April 2014.
10. "Panathinaikos reject Skondras reports". sdna.gr. 8 October 2015.
11. "Hamilton sign Giannis Skondras after defender's PAOK exit". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
12. Crawford, Kenny (8 April 2017). "Hamilton 1–1 Ross County". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
13. Coyle, Andy (13 April 2017). "Hamilton handed boost as Skondras wins red card appeal". STV Sport. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
14. "HAMILTON 4–0 DUNDEE: DARK BLUES END SEASON WITH A WHIMPER". eveningtelegraph.co.uk. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
15. "Η γκολάρα του Γιάννη Σκόνδρα". sport24.gr. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
16. http://www.hamiltonacciesfc.co.uk/dacol-and-skondras-depart/
17. "Hamilton Accies: Giannis Skondras signs new Hamilton contract". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
18. Crawford, Kenny (16 December 2017). "Hamilton 3–2 Ross County". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
19. "Hamilton Academical, Ross County and Giannis Skondras charged over melee". BBC Sport. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
20. "Player Departures". hamiltonacciesfc.co.uk. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
21. "Επίσημο: Στη Λαμία ο Σκόνδρας". Sport24.gr. 4 September 2018.
22. "ΑΕΛ - Λαμία 0-3: Σπουδαία νίκη παραμονής με δύο γκολ Σκόνδρα". sport24.gr. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
23. "Giannis Skondras profile". Guardian. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
24. Giannis Skondras at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 November 2017.

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