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Michalis Sifakis
Personal information
Full name	Michalis Sifakis
Date of birth	September 9, 1984 (1984-09-09) (age 25)
Place of birth	Heraklion, Greece,
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Aris FC
Number	1
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999-2007 2007-2008 2008-	OFI Crete Olympiacos Piraeus (loan) Aris FC	100 (0) 2 (0) 34 (0)
National team
2005-	Greece	1 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Michalis Sifakis (born 9 September 1984) is a Greek international goalkeeper.

Contents 1 Early years 2 Career 2.1 Club play 2.2 National team play 3 Honors 4 Statistics 5 External links

[edit] Early years

Born in Heraklion, Greece, Sifakis starts playing football at the age of 9. His first team was Atsalenios Herakliou (P.O.A.).

[edit] Career

[edit] Club play

In 1999 Sifakis was transferred to the soccer club OFI Crete where he played with the B squad of OFI until 2002. In 2002 he signed his first professional contract with the club. He played for OFI until 2007 and participated in 112 matches for the Greek championship and cup.

In 2007 the team Olympiacos made a one year loan offer for Sifakis, which was accepted by OFI, and he played as a replacement of the national goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis. During the season 2007-2008 his team won the Greek championship, the Greek Cup and the Greek Super Cup.

In 2008 Aris Thessaloniki made an offer to OFI and Sifakis was transferred to that club. During the 2008-2009 season Sifakis participated in 27 league and cup matches. He has participated in all league games of the ongoing season (2009 - 2010).

[edit] National team play

In 2004 Sifakis was called for the Greece national under-21 football team. He played 15 games with the U21 selection. In 2009 Greece’s national team coach, Otto Rehhagel, invited Sifakis to help the national team qualify for the South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup. On the 14 October he contributed to his team's victory against Luxembourg.

[edit] Honors

In 2009 the Greek Professional Players Association honored Sifakis for his professionalism and ethos.

[edit] Statistics

 Greek National Team 

Game	Score
Greece- Luxembourg	2-1
Greece U-21 - Irland U-21	0-2
Greece U-21 - Hungary U-21	0-2
Greece U-21 - Romania U-21	0-2
Denmark U-21 - Greece U-21	2 -1
Greece U-21 - Ukraine U-21	0-1
Τurkey U-21 - Greece U-21	0-1
Greece U-21 - Albania U-21	2-0
Georgia U-21 - Greece U-21	1-1
Greece U-21 - Denmark U-21	0-1
Greece U-21 - Kazakhstan U-21	5-0
Greece U-21 - Turkey U-21	2-1
Albania U-21 - Greece U-21	1-1
Greece U-21 – Cyprus U-21	0-1
Cyprus U-21 - Greece U-21	1-5
Greece U-21 - Bulgaria U-21	3-1

 Clubs 

Season	Club	No of games
2002-2003	OFI	4
2003-2004	OFI	15
2004-2005	OFI	29
2005-2006	OFI	31
2006-2007	OFI	33
2007-2008	OSFP	7
2008-2009	ΑRIS	27
2009-2010	ARIS	12

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Aris team page
• Greek Superleague website