Mimis Anastasiadis

Mimis Anastasiadis (; 26 October 1936 – 7 February 2002) was a Greek professional footballer who played as a defender.

Club career Anastasiadis started football in 1951 at his local club, A.O. Nea Ionia playing as a forward and soon attracted the interest of the big clubs. In the summer of 1956 attracted the interest of AEK Athens, Panathinaikos, Olympiacos and Apollon Athens. With the actions of their former footballer, Christos Ribas, AEK Athens managed to prevail in the battle of signing Anastasiadis, but with a 2-year ban to the player, due to the disagreement of A.O. Nea Ionia. The actions of the administration of AEK to reduce his punishment proved to be effective and his participation in the official matches of the club was allowed from the summer of 1957. During the period of his punishment, he competed with the team of Supreme School of Economics and Business, in which he was a student, in the Supreme Schools' championship. At the same time, he also coached the team of his neighborhood, PAO Safrabolis, which competed in the third division of Athens.

His inclusion in the squad also meant the change of position for Anastasiadis, as he was relocated from the offensive to the defensive line of the team by the then coach Tryfon Tzanetis, On 19 March 1961 he scored his last goal, with a penalty at the 35th minute of the 2–4 away victory against Thermaikos, making it 0–2. With AEK he won a championship in 1963 and a Greek Cup in 1964. He left the club in the summer of 1964.

International career Anastasiadis played for the Greek military team, where he was also their captain. He made his debut on 3 July 1960 in the away friendly defeat by 7–2 against Denmark. on 20 December 1960 he also played in the defeat by West Germany with 0–3 at home for the qualifiers for the 1962 FIFA World Cup and on 11 December 1960 he played his last match in the away 0–0 draw against France B for the Mediterranean Cup.

After football After his retirement as a footballer, Anastasiadis worked as a coach. He attended international seminars and was one of the first unionized coaches. In the first years he was a technical guide at the second division side, Olympiacos Loutraki, while for the last 15 years he was the secretary of the Greek Coaches Association, with his old teammate at AEK, Miltos Papapostolou as president. Anastasiadis died on 7 February 2002, at the age of 65.

Honours

AEK Athens Alpha Ethniki: 1962–63 Greek Cup: 1963–64