Stavros Stamatis

Stavros Stamatis (; born 13 January 1966) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as midfielder.

Club career Stamatis started his football career in 1980 at Ilioupoli. In 1986 he signed for the second division side, Charavgiakos. His performances earned him a transfer to AEK Athens on 14 December 1988 for a fee of 22 million drachmas.

Stamatis played mainly as an attacking midfielder when signed for AEK, but he eventually became a versatile footballer who played in all positions of the midfield and the defense, but established himself mainly as a defensive midfielder. A player with good technique and passing, with the ability to "stick" the ball in his feet and carry it over long distances on the pitch, but not without his defensive capabilities. A useful tool under Dušan Bajević, often contributed as the "12th player" of the team. His lack of speed was his main playing disadvantage.

On 7 May 1989, he had a good performance in the historic 0–1 away win against Olympiacos, which gave AEK the title. His greatest appearance was at 21 October 1992, in the victory against Eindhoven with 1–0 for the European Cup, where he was very effective as a sweeper. Stamatis played at AEK for 7 years, where he won 4 league titles, 1 Greek Super Cup and 1 Greek League Cup. where he played for 3 seasons. Afterwards, he signed for Panelefsiniakos and Atromitos for one season each, before retiring in 2000.

After football After the end of his career, Stamatis maintains his own cafeteria business in Athens.

Honours

AEK Athens Alpha Ethniki: 1988–89, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94 Greek Super Cup: 1989 Greek League Cup: 1990