AEK Athletic Club was one of the first Greek clubs to found a youth academy back in 1934, while AEK Athens Football Club have managed them since 1979.
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Full name | AEK Athens Football Club Academy | |||
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Founded | 1934; 88 years ago (1934) | |||
Ground | OPAP Sports Centre | |||
Owner | AEK Athens Football Club | |||
Chairman | Evangelos Aslanidis | |||
General Director | Ilias Kyriakidis | |||
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AEK Athletic Club was one of the first Greek clubs to found a youth academy back in 1934.
Famous players have been produced by AEK youth development system over the years.
Some of the most notable include: Tryfon Tzanetis (1933–1950), Kleanthis Maropoulos (1934–1952), Andreas Stamatiadis (1950–1969), Stelios Skevofilakas (1960–1973), Spyros Pomonis (1961–1973), Giorgos Karafeskos (1963–1974), Nikos Karoulias (1973–1974), Spyros Ikonomopoulos (1978–1994), Stelios Manolas (1978–1998), Vangelis Vlachos (1979–1985), Lysandros Georgamlis (1979–1986), Pantelis Konstantinidis (1993–1994), Dionisis Chiotis (1995–1998, 2000–2007), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (2005–2008), Savvas Gentsoglou (2006–2012), Panagiotis Tachtsidis (2007–2010), Kostas Manolas (2009–2012), Victor Klonaridis (2010–2012, 2017–2020) and Kostas Galanopoulos (2015–).
AEK Athens U19 is the youth team of AEK. They participate in the Super League U19 championship. They play their home games at the OPAP Sports Centre in Spata.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable players coming from the club's youth departments include:
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General Director | ![]() |
Administrative Director | ![]() |
Secretary | ![]() |
U19 Head coach | |
U17 Head coach | ![]() |
U15 Head coach | ![]() |
U13 Head coach | ![]() |
U12 Head coach | ![]() |
U10 Head coach | ![]() |
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Fitness coaches | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Goalkeeping coaches | ![]() ![]() |
Head of scouting | ![]() |
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Doctors | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Physiotherapists | ![]() ![]() |
Ergophysiologist | ![]() |
Nutritionist | ![]() |
Psychologist | ![]() |
Caregiver | ![]() |
Travel guides | ![]() |
Hostel man | ![]() |
Source: AEK Athens F.C.
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