Kostas Mendrinos

Kostas Mendrinos (Greek: Κώστας Μενδρινός, born 28 May 1985) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Vyzas Megaron. He has previously played for Olympiacos, Atromitos, Ionikos, PAS Giannina, Aris, Panachaiki and Panionios.

Kostas Mendrinos
Personal information
Full name Konstantinos Mendrinos
Date of birth (1985-05-28) 28 May 1985
Place of birth Piraeus, Greece
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Vyzas Megaron
Youth career
–2002 Olympiacos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2009 Olympiacos 30 (1)
2002–2003 → Atromitos (loan) 7 (1)
2003–2004 → Ionikos (loan) 10 (0)
2005–2006 → Ionikos (loan) 7 (0)
2009–2010 PAS Giannina 24 (1)
2010–2011 Aris 20 (0)
2011–2012 Panachaiki 10 (1)
2012–2014 Panionios 48 (1)
2014–2017 Platanias 83 (4)
2017–2018 Apollon Smyrni 21 (0)
2018 Iraklis 8 (0)
2019–2020 Panargiakos
2020– Vyzas Megaron 0 (0)
National team
2004–2006 Greece U-21 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 December 2018

Club career

Mendrinos started his career at the youth teams of Olympiacos, where he broke into the first team in 2002.[1] He left Olympiakos on 27 April 2009, after a disagreement with the club for renewal of his contract.[2] He joined PAS Giannina on 27 May 2009,[3] but left in May 2010, shortly after his team was relegated to next season's Football League.[4]

Mendrinos joined Aris on 15 June 2010.[5] He was released from the Thessaloniki club in late June of the following year after reports involving him in attempting to manipulate a UEFA Europa League match's kick-off against Manchester City.[6][7] In September 2011 he joined Football League side Panachaiki[8] and on 16 January 2012 he moved to Superleague side Panionios.[9] At the end of 2013, Mendrinos has announced a 1,5 year contract with Platanias. On 27 May 2015, he renewed his contract with the club till the summer of 2017.[10] On 23 May 2017 Apollon Smyrni announced that Mendrinos would join them on a free transfer after the expiry of his contract.[11] On 7 August 2018, he joined Iraklis on a two-year contract.[12]

Until the end of 2013 Mendrinos has 11 international appearances with Olympiakos and Aris in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

Honours

Club
Olympiacos

References
  1. Gogoulis, Evanthis (9 August 2002). "Olympiacos 2002–03 squad". Athlitiki Echo (in Greek).
  2. Christofidelis, Dimitris (28 April 2009). ""Ολα για το τρόπαιο" ("Everything for the trophy")". Eleftherotypia (in Greek).
  3. "Στον ΠΑΣ ο Μενδρινός (Mendrinos to PAS)". Eleftherotypia (in Greek). Ioannina. 27 May 2009.
  4. "Διαζύγιο με Μενδρινό (Break-up with Mendrinos)". Eleftherotypia (in Greek). 8 May 2010.
  5. "Ανακοίνωση για μετεγγραφές στον Άρη (Aris announcement of transfers)". Eleftherotypia (in Greek). Thessaloniki. 15 June 2010.
  6. "Tevez 'inadvertently' dragged into match-fixing scandal". The Times of India. 27 June 2011.
  7. "Στην πόρτα της εξόδου από τον Άρη ο Κώστας Μενδρινός (Kostas Mendrinos soon-to-be released from Aris)". Eleftherotypia (in Greek). Thessaloniki. 23 June 2011.
  8. "Μενδρινός στη Πάτρα (Mendrinos to Patra)". Eleftherotypia (in Greek). 1 September 2011.
  9. "Ανακοίνωσε την απόκτηση του Μενδρινού ο Πανιώνιος (Panionios announced Mendrinos)" (in Greek). Athens: in.gr. 16 January 2012.
  10. "Διετές στον Πλατανιά ο Μενδρινός" (in Greek). sport24.gr. 27 May 2015.
  11. "Συμφωνία Μενδρινού-Απόλλωνα" (in Greek). sport24.gr. 23 May 2017.
  12. "Στον Ηρακλή κι ο Μενδρινός" (in Greek). Retrieved 7 August 2018.

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