Giorgos Katsikas was born at Thessaloniki on the 14th of June 1990 and he is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Romanian club Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti. Katsikas started his career in the youth teams of Iraklis. He was brought there, when he was eight years old, by his father, a former player of Iraklis. In the summer of 2008 he was loaned out to Olympiakos Volos, in the football league, to gain first team experience. He debuted for Olympiakos Volos in the opening game of the 2008-09 season, a 0-0 away draw against Pierikos. He even managed to score for Olympiakos Volos, to help the club grab a 1-1 home draw against Veria. Until the end of the season he totally featured in 19 matches not managing to score any other goals. After his loan spell in Volos Katsikas returned to Iraklis for the 2009-10 season. He could not break into the starting lineup, but nevertheless he made his debut for Iraklis in a cup against Trikala. In that season he also made his league debut for Iraklis, as he came in for teammate Achilleas Sarakatsanos in the 84th minute, in a 2-0 away defeat from Panathinaikos. In his second season for Iraklis, Katsikas featured regularly in the playing squad of the club, playing in 13 of the club’s league matches until February. On 9 February 2011 Katsikas suffered a torn cruciate ligament, in a friendly match of Greece U-21, and lost the rest of the season. On 14 October 2011 Katsikas signed a four years contract with PAOK, after he was released from Iraklis. On 4 January 2012 he made his debut for the club in 3-1 home win against Levadiakos. He scored his first goal for PAOK against Rapid Wien in August 2012, while his first league goal came into the local derby between PAOK and Aris in a 4-1 win for PAOK. On April 3, 2015 George Katsikas ended his contract with PAOK. On 2 July 2015, Katsikas signed a year contract with the Dutch club Twente. Twente coach Alfred Schreuder was pleased with this transfer as he could build on Katsikas’ experience. On 9 September 2015 in the training, Katsikas has suffered a cruciate ligament rupture and he is going to undergo a surgery which makes him miss the remainder of the season. The Greek centre back is expected to stay on the sidelines for six to nine months missing potentially the start of Twente’s pre-season over the summer 2016. On 21 August, Katsikas made his comeback in the awaygame against FC Groningen. On the 23rd of January 2017 Katsikas joined for Danish Superliga-side Esbjerg fB for 6 months and. On 28 June 2017, the European adventure continued for the Greek centre back, after Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti announced his acquisition for the next two years. The 27-year-old centre back is a personal choice of the Romanian team’s coach, Cosmin Contra, who show him as a remarkable addition for his club. Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti ended in third place in the 2016-17 Romanian Championship, behind FC Viitorul Constan\u021ba and FC Steaua Bucure\u0219ti, taking the Europa League ticket. On 16 October 2017, he scored a brace in a 3-0 home win game against SC Juventus Bucure\u0219ti. On 11 December 2017, he scored the second goal sealing a 2-0 home win game against FC Voluntari.Giorgos Katsikas was a member of the Greek U-21 team that participated in the 2009 Mediterranean Games and he played in the matches against Syria, Italy and Turkey. He was also a member of the U21 team of Greece<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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