Giorgos Famelis

Giorgos Famelis

Personal information
Full name	Georgios Famelis
Date of birth	(1967-08-19) 19 August 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth	Athens, Greece
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1980–1983	Aris Voulas
1983–1985	Panathinaikos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985–1992	Panathinaikos	0	(0)
1983–1991	→AO Vouliagmenis (loan)
1988–1991	→AEK Athens (loan)	51	(5)
1991–1992	→Apollon Athens (loan)	7	(0)
1992–1995	Panionios
1995–1996	Panetolikos
1996–1997	Marko
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giorgos Famelis (Greek: Γιώργος Φαμέλης; born 19 August 1967) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as midfielder.

Club career

Famelis started playing football in 1980 at Aris Voulas. He was transferred to Panathinaikos in 1983 and he was immediately loaned to AO Vouliagmenis.^[1] There, he was scouted by AEK Athens in a match that they had gone to watch his teammate, Kostas Frantzeskos. In the summer of 1988, AEK were interested in signing him and despite the agreement between the presidents of the clubs, the transfer stuck due to the exorbitant clause of 30 million drachmas that Panathinaikos put for his transfer to AEK.^[2] The solution was found through a three-year loan with a purchase option.^[3] He helped the team to a large extent, being a useful tool in the hands of Dušan Bajević, as he was often the "twelfth player" of the team. In his first season with AEK, Famelis won the 1989 championship. On 5 May 1991 he scored a brace in an away 2–5 win over Apollon Athens.^[4] During his spell at AEK he won a championship, a Greek Super Cup and a Greek League Cup.

After his loan expired in the summer of 1991 he was reloaned to Apollon Athens for a season. He then was released from Panathinaikos and signed for Panionios, playing in the second division for a season, where they got promoted. In 1995, he moved to the third division side, Panetolikos, where he contributed in winning the league of their group and getting their promotion to the second division, in the end of the season. In 1996 he signed for Marko, where he ended his career at the end of the season.^[5]

After football

After the end of his career as a footballer, Famelis worked as a scout in Panionios, worked in the small national teams, was a partner of Fernando Santos in Greece. In 2013 he became the General Manager of Asteras Varis.^[6] From January 2015, he took over as a scout for the academies of Panathinaikos.^[7] In July 2019, he resigned and was added to the scouting team of the academies of Olympiacos.^[8] In 2023 he became the technical director of Keravnos Keratea.^[9]

Honours

AEK Athens

• Alpha Ethniki: 1988–89
• Greek Super Cup: 1989
• Greek League Cup: 1990

Panetolikos

• Gamma Ethniki: 1995–96 (South Group)

References

1. "Η ομαδα". aovouliagmenis.gr. 8 September 2014.
2. "Τριάντα εκατ. θα στοιχίσει στην ΑΕΚ ο Φαμέλης". Athetic Echo (in Greek). 12 August 1988. pp. 1, 2.
3. https://sportday.gr/specials/synentefkseis/144314_synentefksi-giorgos-famelis-poia-fota-kai-poia-dakrygona-stin-ellada-panta-pairnei-ton-titlo-o-kalyteros.html
4. "1990-91 (30) ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ-ΑΕΚ" – via youtube.com.
5. "Γιώργος Φαμέλης". aekpedia.com.
6. "Ο Φαμέλης Γενικός Διευθυντής στον Αστέρα Βάρης". stoplekto.gr.
7. "Σκάουτερ στον Παναθηναϊκό ο Φαμέλης". sdna.gr. 20 January 2015.
8. "Ο Γιώργος Φαμέλης στην οικογένεια του ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΥ". olympiacos.org. 15 July 2019.
9. https://www.lavriaki.gr/2023/06/08/%CE%BF-%CE%B3%CE%B9%CF%8E%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%82-%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%82-%CE%BD%CE%AD%CE%BF%CF%82-%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%87%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82-%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%B5%CF%85%CE%B8/