Constantinos Makrides
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Constantinos Makrides | ||
| Date of birth | 13 January 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Limassol, Cyprus | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Central midfielder / Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Apollon Limassol | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Apollon Limassol | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2004 | Apollon Limassol | 36 | (2) |
| 2002 | →Ethnikos Assia (loan) | 22 | (4) |
| 2004–2008 | APOEL | 107 | (29) |
| 2008–2009 | Metalurh Donetsk | 29 | (3) |
| 2009–2012 | Omonia | 84 | (9) |
| 2012–2015 | Metalurh Donetsk | 67 | (3) |
| 2015–2016 | APOEL | 14 | (0) |
| 2016– | Apollon Limassol | 11 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004– | Cyprus | 76 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:14, 15 May 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2015 |
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Constantinos Makrides (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Μακρίδης; born 13 January 1982) is a Cypriot international footballer who plays for Apollon Limassol as a central midfielder.
Makrides started playing football at Apollon Academies and because of his talent was soon training with the first team. Despite of this talent, the Limassol team decided to give him more time to mature his game, so he was transferred as a loan to Ethnikos Assia in 2001. The next season, he returned to Apollon and under the coaching of Dusan Mitošević became a starting line-up regular for the team, with 25 appearances. A star was rising but the 2002-03 was not a season for Makrides to remember since Ilie Dumitrescu did not use him. Having problems with the board and the coach, Makrides demanded to leave the team. His manager proposed him to Omonia but the Nicosia team refused. At the very last minute of the January transfer window he was signed to APOEL.
Makrides move to APOEL was a successful one, and established himself as one of the best in the Cyprus League and also became a regular to the national team. He played mainly as a right winger for APOEL and won two championships, two cups and one super cup. He had also many European competitions appearances. Probably the best goal in his career so far is the goal against Maccabi Tel-Aviv in the UEFA Cup where he started from his own half, passed the entire Maccabi defence and slid a shot past the goalkeeper.
Makrides decided after the victory win over Anorthosis in the cup final 2008, to make a big step outside Cyprus and sign for Ukrainian outfit FC Metalurh Donetsk, a club that his friend and ex APOEL teammate Ricardo Fernandes played for. He was considered one of the key figures of the team, that finished 4th place in the Ukrainian Premier League 2008–09, winning a spot to the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.
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