Skafidas started his athletics career as a middle-distance runner from club Pelasgos in the early 1980s, while also being a football player for Haravgi Larissa.
With Greece winning a country-record of 16 medals, Skafidas accepted the British Athletics Federation's offer to become a chief trainer and moved to the United Kingdom in 2004.
[4][5][6][7] In the summer of 2016 he was hired as a trainer by revived Greek basketball club Gymnastikos,[8] Vassilis Spanoulis' first ever team.
He was elected club president in 2021 and also joined the team as a player and coaching supervisor.
[11][12]Skafidas also helped the 1970s founded Federation of International Subbuteo Associations come back to life and become part of the FISTF (Federation of International Sports Table Football) a couple years ago, being one of its leading members.