Triantafyllos Macheridis

Triantafyllos Macheridis (Greek: Τριαντάφυλλος Μαχαιρίδης; born 10 November 1973) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Triantafyllos Macheridis

Personal information
Date of birth	(1973-11-10) 10 November 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Dortmund, Germany
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder, defender
Youth career
–1990	Pandramaikos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1993	Pandramaikos	57	(1)
1993–1994	Skoda Xanthi	9	(1)
1994	Pandramaikos	9	(1)
1994–1996	Skoda Xanthi	39	(1)
1996–1999	AEK Athens	42	(0)
1998–1999	→PAOK (loan)	22	(0)
1999	PAOK	9	(0)
1999–2000	Benfica	14	(0)
2001	→ Kalamata (loan)	7	(0)
2002	Alki Larnaca	4	(0)
2003	Doxa Drama
2005–2006	Chania	4	(0)
Total		216	(4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Macheridis began his professional career in 1990 with boyhood club Pandramaikos. After two spells with Pandramaikos and Skoda Xanthi, Triantafyllos signed for Greek football giants AEK Athens in 1996. His stay with the Athens side would prove to be successful, as on his first appearance his side won the Greek Super Cup defeating Panathinaikos on penalties. He was also an integral part of the AEK side who won the 1996–97 Greek Football Cup. After two successful seasons with AEK, Macheridis moved to PAOK as an exchange with Paris Zouboulis.

On 30 December 1999, Macheridis was signed by Benfica of Portugal who was at the time led by German coach Jupp Heynckes.^[1] Macheridis debuted for the Encarnados on 9 January 2000 in the Lisbon derby match against Sporting CP.^{[citation needed]} Despite his stay with Benfica being short, Macheridis was used as a regular and the team eventually finished third in the domestic league campaign behind Porto and Sporting CP.^{[citation needed]} He would finish the 1999–2000 season with sixteen appearances to his name.^{[citation needed]}

In the transfer season of 2000, Macheridis failed to report to the preseason, with threats of having to compensate Benfica for unilaterally terminating his contract.^[2] After negotiations,^[3] he joined Kalamata on loan for the remainder of the season,^[4] leaving permanently in June 2001.^[5] Following Benfica, Triantafyllos would sign for Alki Larnaca of Cyprus where he would remain their for two seasons before finishing his career with boyhood club Doxa Drama in 2004.

Honours

AEK Athens

• Greek Football Cup: 1996–97
• Greek Super Cup: 1996

Alki Larnaca

• Cypriot Second Division: 2000–01