Irlandos Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 To make matters more confusing, didn't PAO have two players named Giorgios Georgiadis back in the 1990s? One was G.C. Georgiadis who later played for PAOK and was a squad player at the Euro 2004 finals. Georgios Charalambous Georgiadis and Georgios Savva Georgiadis. PAO also had a player named Georgios Georgiadis in the 1960s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAOmelbourne Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Guys, I remember having a pretty big discussion about this on the gs.com forums. Would it be accurate to say that there are many Pontians whose last names are Papadopoulos? I heard it somewhere and it makes sense because many Greeks with the last name of Papadopoulos come from the north. Also, any Pontian all time starting 11 has to include Torosidis. My yiayias maiden name is Papadopoulos, and she is pontian My last name is also pontian and it ends in 'zis' Not all pontian names end in 'idis' However majority of them do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdkmangosalsa Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 no love in this thread for salpi at all huh... well, he's not really active right now, would get beat out in the all-time XI by nikolaidis and antoniadis, and probably by georgiadis on the wing. but he'd probably at least make the bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pontos Posted October 8, 2015 Author Share Posted October 8, 2015 (edited) Tsalouchidis former Olympiakos, and Georgiadis formerly of PAO, PAOK & Newcastle. Its possible I did make some errors, a lot of the players were before my time and I could only really go by reputation and what I had read. Feel free to post your own XI, I'm sure there are some great players I've left out that I did not know were Pontian Edited October 8, 2015 by Pontos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pontos Posted November 20, 2015 Author Share Posted November 20, 2015 While I knew Mitroglou was of Romani origin I've recently read he also stated that he has Pontic roots from his father. The town in Pontos which they hail from is called Bafra. A revised squad. ________Mitroglou___Klaus_____________________Fetfatzidis____________Klonaridis__________________Aravidis____________Tachtsidis____________Stafylidis Tavlaridis Khacheridi Torosidis_____________Lodygin_____________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommas Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 While I knew Mitroglou was of Romani origin I've recently read he also stated that he has Pontic roots from his father. The town in Pontos which they hail from is called Bafra. A revised squad. ________Mitroglou___Klaus_________ ____________Fetfatzidis____________ Klonaridis__________________Aravidis ____________Tachtsidis____________ Stafylidis Tavlaridis Khacheridi Torosidis _____________Lodygin_____________ Hello Pontos, can you name any other current football player from Pontos? What about Salpi and Dimi Papadopoulos, are they also? And can you name any football club pre-1922 of Pontian heritage? I only found club from Merzifon. Tnx in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pontos Posted March 11, 2016 Author Share Posted March 11, 2016 (edited) Salpingidis and D. Papadopoulos are two, you're right, others off the top of my head are Fytanidis (Atromitos) Mystakidis (PAOK) Tsilianidis (Iraklis) Konstantinidis (PAOK) Georgiadis (Veria) There are still professional club's operating in Turkey, one named Beyoglu S.K, they are/were not exclusively Pontian (although had players of Pontian descent) but made up of the Greek community of Constantinoupoli. the other club Kurtulus S.K is the oldest sports club in Turkey, it also was founded by Greeks in Constantinoupoli. Could you tell me more about the club you found from Merzifon? I've seen an image of footballers from Ponto but don't know much about it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyo%C4%9Flu_S.K. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurtulu%C5%9F_SK Edited March 11, 2016 by Pontos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soprano76 Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 On 11/20/2015 at 12:09 PM, Pontos said: While I knew Mitroglou was of Romani origin I've recently read he also stated that he has Pontic roots from his father. The town in Pontos which they hail from is called Bafra. Cool thread, interesting to see how influential Pontians have been in Greek society post-population exchange. Is Mitroglou really part Romani/gypsy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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