Nikos Pourtoulidis

Nikos Pourtoulidis (; born 7 October 1983) is a Greek retired professional association football player, who played as a central midfielder, and coach. He is the current sporting director of Iraklis youth academy.

Club career Pourtoulidis started his career at Nea Karvali. On 10 June 2002 he signed his first professional contract at AEK Athens. After one and a half season at the club he only appeared for the club in 4 Cup matches. On 19 January 2004 he was loaned out to Thrasyvoulos. On 17 June 2005 his loan to the team of Fyli was renewed for another season. He stayed with Thrasyvoulos for two and a half years in total scoring 69 appearances and 13 goals. In the summer of 2006 his contract with AEK expired and Pourtoulidis signed for Asteras Tripolis in the Greek Super League. Pourtoulidis signed for Kalamata in 2008.

In June 2010 he signed an annual contract for Pierikos. Although he suffered a torn cruciate ligament ending the 2010–11 season, he signed a contract extension for one more year. On 27 August 2012 Pourtoulidis signed for Niki Volos. In 2013, he signed for Football League club Iraklis. He made his league debut for Iraklis in an away match against Kavala. He scored his first goal for the club to help the club achieve a 3–1 home win against Anagennisi Karditsa. For his performance in the season, he was named as Football League North Group's best player.

On 15 July 2016, he signed a year contract with Apollon Smyrnis for an undisclosed fee. On 30 January 2017, after the arrival of Christian Obodo, Portoulidis left the club by mutual consent. A day later, he signed with Football League club OFI, aiming to help the club to be promoted to the Super League.

Honours Asteras Tripolis Beta Ethniki: 2006–07