Christos Giousis came in to Telstar with an outspoken goal. The Greek winger wanted to score twenty goals at De Witte Leeuwen. The counter now stands at only two goals and three assists. Time to get to know the Greek who is completely independent in the Netherlands.
Christos Giousis does it with hands and feet at Telstar – NH Sport / Stephan Brandhorst
Giousis comes from the island of Skiathos, off the coast of the town of Volos. When he was twelve, he moved to Athens to pursue the goal of becoming a professional footballer. “There were more opportunities for me,” says Giousis. He ended up with family in the capital. He ended up in the youth of Olympiakos and after two years AEK Athene picked him up. There, Giousis made it to the second team, where he made seventeen goals in the competition last year.
Giousis is now the thirteenth Greek player in Dutch professional football. Vangelis Pavlidis and Pantelis Hatzidiakos at AZ are the best known. “I think he will become the new Greek super striker,” says Wally Bakas of Rhodes, the Greek restaurant on Plein 1945 in IJmuiden. “I have said that he should adjust his goal from at least twenty goals to twenty-five. He should easily save that.”
“I said that he should adjust his goal from at least twenty goals to twenty-five. He should easily save that.”
Last summer he was with AEK Athene at a training camp in Alkmaar and impressed the technical staff of Telstar. “Within twenty minutes we were completely convinced,” says Telstar trainer Mike Snoei. “He is a quiet introverted boy and a modern player.”
Ribbon of fifty cars
The matters were settled and Giousis was presented to the Velsenaren. An apartment in Zandvoort was arranged and in no time he had a car from the club. “It seems that he had a ribbon of fifty cars behind him,” says Snoei about the best moment of his acquisition. “He didn’t dare go faster than 30 kilometers per hour.”
“He didn’t dare go faster than thirty kilometers per hour”
Giousis lives in Zandvoort with his girlfriend and has a view of the sea. Yet it is a fairly simple and lonely existence for him. “When I come home, I watch a lot of sports. Tennis, billiards and even table tennis. I also play a lot of FIFA and cook dinner with my girlfriend.”
language gap
He has now been in the Netherlands for two months and is making an impression within the lines. Still, he is seen as the outsider within Telstar’s selection. Especially because language is a huge barrier for him. “I find Dutch difficult. I’ll try English, because I think it’s important.”
Coming Friday, Giousis will play the home game with Telstar against ADO Den Haag. The match can be followed live on the NH Sport radio broadcast.
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