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Lakis Petropoulos

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Lakis Petropoulos
Personal information
Full name Vasilios Petropoulos
Date of birth (1932-08-29)29 August 1932
Place of birth Athens, Greece
Date of death 30 June 1996(1996-06-30) (aged 63)
Place of death USA
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1963 Panathinaikos
International career
1953–1957 Greece 3 (0)
Managerial career
1964–1966 Greece
1968–1970 Panathinaikos
1969–1971 Greece
1971 Olympiacos
1971–1972 Iraklis
1972–1975 Olympiacos
1976–1977 Greece
1977–1978 Cercle Brugge
1978 PAOK
1979 Panathinaikos
1979–1981 Panionios
1981–1982 Panathinaikos
1984 Apollon Smyrnis
1984 OFI Crete
1985 Apollon Smyrnis
1987–1990 Anorthosis Famagusta
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lakis Petropoulos (Greek: Λάκης Πετρόπουλος, 29 August 1932 – 30 June 1996) was a Greek football player and manager.

Playing career

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He played for Panathinaikos from 1952 to 1961 earning the greek championship title three times (1953, 1960, 1961).

He capped 3 times for Greece.[1] He was also member of the national side for the 1952 Olympic Games, but he did not play in any matches.[2]

Coaching career

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He managed Greece,[3] Panathinaikos,[4] Olympiacos, Iraklis Thessaloniki, Cercle Brugge,[5] PAOK, Panionios, Apollon Smyrni and OFI Crete.

After his retirement as football players, he became assistant coach in Panathinaikos. In 1968 he took over as head coach and helmed the team from 1968 to 1970 earning one double in 1969 and one greek championship in 1970.[6]

In 1972-1975 he worked for Olympiacos, with whom he won three consecutive championships, even though he did not stay until the end of the 1974-75 season.

References

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  1. ^ "Lakis Petropoulos, international footballer".
  2. ^ "Lakis Petropoulos". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Greece National Team Coaches". Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Untitled Page". Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  5. ^ "Entraîneurs du Cercle de Bruges". Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  6. ^ Κιτροέφ, Αλέξανδρος (2010). Ελλάς, Ευρώπη, Παναθηναϊκός!. greekworks.com. p. 165.