Giannis Mystakidis

Giannis Mystakidis (Greek: Γιάννης Μυστακίδης, born 7 December 1994) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a forward for Super League 2 club Veria.

Club Career

Born in Thessaloniki, Mystakidis started his career in Germany playing for Fusball-Regionalliga Sudwest club Freiburg II. In his actually first professional season (2014–15 season) with Pierikos, he worked very hard and his improvement is obvious. Mystakidis since his beginning in professional football, characterized as a talent with shoots, crosses and passes equally well with both feet. It can cover all three positions behind the forward is not predictable in his playing and has good finishes in both short and long distance.

Mystakidis scores his first goal for PAOK on an unofficial match against Dnipro. On 16 July 2015 he made his debut with PAOK in an away loss game against Lokomotiva Zagreb for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. He scored his first goal in 2015–16 season in a 3–1 away win against Kalloni. On 25 August 2016, PAOK extended the contract of the young striker till the summer 2020.

On 29 January 2017, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 Superleague Greece away win against Panetolikos. Two days later scored another goal in a 2–0 away win against AEL and a week after he scored 2–1 Greek Cup away win against Xanthi On 14 February 2017, it seems that talented winger of PAOK will be called up in Greece National Team very soon, after his recent impressive performances, as the German manager Michael Skibbe is watching closely the progress of 22-year-old player.

The 2016–17 season was an establishment year for the young striker, as he had gradually managed to gain the trust of Vladimir Ivic. On April 2, in the 80th minute of the match against AEL for the 26th day of the Superleague Greece, the 23-year-old ace was forced to request an immediate change after an attempt to avert a throw-out. A day later, Mystakidis had a surgery, faced a cruciate ligament rupture that probably kept him out o

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