Club career
Yordan from a young age showed his football talent playing at Prasina Poulia, where he was noticed by a former AEK Athens player, Kleanthis Maropoulos, who had also played in the Messinian club. At the age of 17, he moved to Turkey to play for Beyoğlu (also known as Pera Club), where for three years had good performances, that attracted the interest of Beykoz, who were in the top positions of the league. In 1959, he subsequently signed a professional contract with Beykoz in the newly founded Turkish Süper Lig. His performances with the club and the Turks intention to prevent him from playing for Greece, resulted in his call from Turkey at the age of 18. He played at Beykoz for three seasons, until he was offered to return to Greece and play for AEK Athens, who were the continuation of Pera Club for the old Constantinopolitans. At the same time, he also had offers from Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray, but his desire was play for the yellow-blacks of Greece.
He agreed to sign for AEK in 1963 despite the ban from the HFF, as at that time it was forbidden for a professional footballer to compete in the first division. Thus he was forced to wait for the appeals and legal disputes to end. It was once again Maropoulos, who had become an official of AEK and did everything possible in order for Yordan to move to the club. He adapted immediately, displaying performances that attracted the interest of Bayern Munich, who made an offer to AEK in signing him. AEK rejected the Germans twice, having exorbitant demands for selling their player. Offers by Beşiktaş in 1965 were rejected, as well. Yordan was a member of the squad that reached the Balkans Cup final in 1967, losing the trophy to Fenerbahçe. In 1968 he again refused a transfer to Beşiktaş, since did not want to return to Turkey and despite being 30 years old, he wanted to continue playing for AEK. He was one of the club's key players when they reached the quarter-finals of the European Cup in 1969. and won one championship, two Greek Cups.
In the summer of 1969 he left the club since the manager, Branko Stanković was making a renewall in the squad and signed for Egaleo. During his spell at the club they made an impresive fourth place finish in the 1970–71 league. On 30 July 1971 he was released from the club and on 16 August he signed for Koropi, where he played for a season. He ended his huge career competing in the lower divisions of Greece, with the complaint that he was not called to play for Greece.
