Football player Marios Orfanidis

stepetroul - posted on 16 March 2011 at 19:43:06

Cyprus FA (KOP) site (not as reliable as it should) lists a Nea Salamina’s player named Michalakis Orfanidis with 3 caps (all in WC qualifiers) and none Marios Orfanidis (of N. Salamina or other club). An Orfanidis also took part in Cyprus match nr.4 (vs FRG 0-5 away, QW-8), as seen in German FA site ((link: ) ), which I regard rather reliable. He is written as Orfanixdes, but surely he’s the same that played in the above match Cyprus-FRG 0-6 (see also (link: ) ).
So, I think he is MICHALAKIS (maybe Marios is his other first name) and has 3 caps.
Given the chance, the Cyprus line-ups of both matches should be updated, as I spotted several differences between "eu-football" and DBF’s data. In some cases maybe, the same player appears under his nickname or short name.

This is very usual in Cyprus and creates great deal of confusion in football statistics. I have already posted a topic in FORUM, asking any help (especially from Cyprus). (link: )

db - posted on 16 March 2011 at 20:04:54

My data about Cyprus NT is from site which is not exist now. You can view it in archive (link: )
I don`t know what source is more reliable...

stepetroul - posted on 17 March 2011 at 03:33:12

Maybe, you can rely on "Takis-on-line". As a Cypriot, he possibly had access to reliable sources.
I tried to find data for the Cyprus matches vs FRG and Sweden, in order to check his reliability. Nothing found for Cyprus line-ups in CFA, Swedish sites or Hellenic newspapers, so I only compared Takis with DBF’s data for the Cyprus matches vs FRG, taking into account CFA’s list for total caps. (...)

Zsorzsinju - posted on 29 June 2014 at 04:58:31

Marios Orfanidis
Born: 16.03.1940 (link: )