Nikos Pourtoulidis
Nikos Pourtoulidis is a Greek retired professional association football player, who played as a central midfielder, and coach. He is the current sporting director of Iraklis youth academy.
Career
Pourtoulidis started his career at Nea Karvali from where he signed his first professional contract at AEK in 2002, where he stayed for one and a half season. He only appeared for the club in 4 Greek Cup matches before he was loaned out to Thrasyvoulos. He stayed with Thrasyvoulos for two and a half years totalling 69 appearances and 13 goals. Pourtoulidis previously played for Asteras Tripolis in the Greek Super League. Pourtoulidis signed for Kalamata in 2008.In June 2010 he signed an annual contract for Pierikos. Although he suffered a torn cruciate ligament ending the [2010–11 Football League (Greece)|Football League (Greece)|2010–11 season], he signed a contract extension for one more year. On 27 August 2012 Pourtoulidis signed for Niki Volos. In 2013, he signed for Football League club Iraklis. He made his league debut for Iraklis in an away match against Kavala. He scored his first goal for the club to help the club achieve a 3–1 home win against Anagennisi Karditsa. For his performance in the season, he was named as Football League North Group's best player.
On 15 July 2016, he signed a year contract with Apollon Smyrnis for an undisclosed fee. On 30 January 2017, after the arrival of Christian Obodo, Portoulidis left the club by mutual consent. A day later, he signed with Football League club OFI, aiming to help the club to be promoted to the Super League.