Panagiotis Kone

Panagiotis Kone

Kone with Greece in 2013
Personal information
Birth name	Gjergji Kone
Date of birth	(1987-07-26) 26 July 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Tirana, Albania
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	AEK Athens (executive director)
Youth career
1999–2004	Olympiacos
2004–2005	Lens
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2008	AEK Athens	24	(2)
2008–2010	Iraklis	49	(8)
2010–2012	Brescia	31	(1)
2011–2012	→ Bologna (loan)	31	(1)
2012–2014	Bologna	59	(11)
2014–2018	Udinese	38	(1)
2016	→ Fiorentina (loan)	1	(0)
2017	→ Granada (loan)	2	(0)
2017–2018	→ AEK Athens (loan)	13	(1)
2019–2020	Western United	15	(2)
Total		263	(27)
International career‡
2006	Greece U19	4	(1)
2006–2007	Greece U21	8	(0)
2010–2015	Greece	28	(2)
Managerial career
2020–2022	AEK Athens (Technical Director)
2022–	AEK Athens (Executive Director)[1]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:29, 23 February 2020 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 October 2015

Panagiotis Kone (Greek: Παναγιώτης Κονέ, born 26 July 1987) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the current executive director of AEK Athens.

Kone started playing football in the youth ranks of Olympiacos, from where he moved to Lens' youth team. He started professional football in AEK Athens before moving to Iraklis in 2008. After two seasons with the club, Kone moved to Serie A club Brescia. After one season in Brescia, he moved to Bologna in 2011 on loan, then transferred permanently to the club in 2012.

He then signed for Udinese in 2014. After loan spells with Fiorentina, Granada and AEK Athens, Kone left Udinese in August 2018.

Kone represented Greece at various youth levels before making his senior debut in 2010. He was a member of the Greece squad that played in the 2014 World Cup.