{"id":676305,"date":"2022-02-18T12:51:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T10:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/uncategorized-en\/20220218-xronia-polla-gianni\/"},"modified":"2022-02-18T17:35:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T15:35:41","slug":"20220218-xronia-polla-gianni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20220218-xronia-polla-gianni\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Giannis!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As one of those young players who are determined to do what they love from day one, <strong>Giannis Michailidis<\/strong> was only five years old when he started his football education. And of course, he has never looked back.<\/p>\n<p>Born on <strong>February 18, 2000<\/strong>, he became a member of the <strong>Giannitsa Sports Academy<\/strong>, moving through all the age level groups until he was 16, when he joined <strong>PAOK.<\/strong> Relatively \u201cold\u201d for the <strong>PAOK Academy<\/strong> at that stage, he showed impressively good prospects for<strong> PAOK<\/strong> not to try and &laquo;exploit&raquo; them. From<strong> Giannitsa<\/strong> to <strong>Thessaloniki<\/strong> then, and from his family home to <strong>PAOK Academy<\/strong> house. The transition was difficult at first, as he admitted, mainly due to the intensive training and attending school at the same time. However, this did not affect his performance on the pitch at all.<\/p>\n<p>Up until that point <strong>Michailidis<\/strong> played as a defensive midfielder, but he immediately made his presence felt in the defensive line of the <strong>Under-17s.<\/strong> A stopper with impressive physical characteristics, being tall and strong, he is also nimble, smart, and fast. A left-footer, <strong>Michailidis<\/strong> is also talented with the ball at his feet, standing out for his accurate long passes and the maturity he shows in his game.<\/p>\n<p>With full seasons, first for the <strong>Under-17s<\/strong> and then for the<strong> Under-19s,<\/strong> he celebrated three consecutive league championships (seasons 2017-18, 2018-19, and 2019-20), and was part of a group of players who went an astonishing series of 70 games without defeat, while he also played in the <strong>UEFA Youth League<\/strong>. Having represented <strong>Greece<\/strong> at youth level, he was also called up to the full <strong>Greece<\/strong> senior squad in <strong>August 2020<\/strong> for the <strong>UEFA Nations League<\/strong> matches.<\/p>\n<p>Since being elevated to the <strong>PAOK<\/strong> first team squad in <strong>March 2019,<\/strong> he has made 58 appearances, scored two goals, produced one assist, and has won one <strong>Greek Cup <\/strong>in the <strong>2020-21 <\/strong>season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Our defender Giannis Michaildis turns 22 today, and PAOK FC would like to wish him many years of health, happiness and successes on both a personal and professional level.","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":676194,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1520,5],"tags":[2457,2534,3268,3766],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.5.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Happy Birthday Giannis! 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