Ioannis Masmanidis

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ioannis Masmanidis

| image = Ioannis Masmanidis 2008.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption = Ioannis Masmanidis 2008

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|3|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Leverkusen, West Germany

| height = {{height|m=1.74}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = VfL Wolfsburg II

| clubnumber = 29

| youthyears1 = 1989–2001

| youthclubs1 = Bayer 04 Leverkusen

| years1 = 2001–2004

| clubs1 = Bayer 04 Leverkusen

| caps1 = 14

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2004–2006

| clubs2 = Karlsruher SC

| caps2 = 47

| goals2 = 9

| years3 = 2006–2008

| clubs3 = Arminia Bielefeld

| caps3 = 46

| goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2008

| clubs4 = 1. FC Nürnberg

| caps4 = 9

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2008–2010

| clubs5 = Apollon Limassol

| caps5 = 15

| goals5 = 4

| years6 = 2010

| clubs6 = Anorthosis Famagusta

| caps6 = 6

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2010–2011

| clubs7 = Ethnikos Piraeus

| caps7 = 6

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2011

| clubs8 = SV Wehen Wiesbaden

| caps8 = 10

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2011–2012

| clubs9 = K.A.S. Eupen

| caps9 = 29

| goals9 = 14

| years10 = 2012–2014

| clubs10 = Visé

| caps10 = 38

| goals10 = 11

| years11 = 2014–

| clubs11 = VfL Wolfsburg II

| caps11 = 8

| goals11 = 0

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 =

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

| pcupdate = 10:48, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

}}

Ioannis Masmanidis ({{langx|el|Γιάννης Μασμανίδης}}, born 9 March 1983) is a Greek-German retired footballer.

Club career

He moved to Arminia Bielefeld during the winter transfer period 2005–06 from Karlsruher SC. He usually plays on the left side of attack or midfield. He also played for the German U-21 national team.

In July 2008, he moved to 1. FC Nürnberg, after six months he left the club and moved to Apollon Limassol on 6 January 2009. He left Apollon Limassol in summer 2010 and signed for Greek side Ethnikos Piraeus F.C.{{cite web | url = http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2010-11/27655/vereinsspieler_ioannis-masmanidis.html | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120907085035/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2010-11/27655/vereinsspieler_ioannis-masmanidis.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 7 September 2012 | title = Masmanidis, Ioannis | publisher = Kicker | language = German | access-date = 15 October 2011}} Masmanidis played in the first half of the 2010–11 season six games in the Beta Ethniki for Ethnikos and returned in January 2011 to his homeland Germany when he signed for SV Wehen Wiesbaden.

In the summer of 2011, he joined Belgian Second Division side K.A.S. Eupen on a free transfer.{{cite web | url = http://www.soccerfame.com/transfer/3046/ioannis-masmanidis | title = Ioannis Masmanidis transferred from Wehen Wiesbaden to Eupen on a free transfer | publisher = soccerfame.com | accessdate = 15 October 2011 | archive-date = 4 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051652/http://www.soccerfame.com/transfer/3046/ioannis-masmanidis | url-status = dead }} After a year he moved on to fellow leaguer Visé, where he stayed another two years.

In August 2014, he returned to Germany and signed for VfL Wolfsburg II of fourth tier Regionalliga Nord on a one-year deal.{{cite web|url=https://www.vfl-wolfsburg.de/fans/aktuelles/detailseite/artikel/zwei-neuzugaenge.html?size=150&cHash=641e231bdf4def0bd78cd4fc8c4ea215|title=Zwei Neuzugänge|trans-title=Two new signings|date=1 August 2014|accessdate=14 March 2015|language=German|publisher=VfL Wolfsburg}}