Andreas Mouratis
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 29 November 1926 | ||
Place of birth | Piraeus, Greece | ||
Date of death | 10 December 2000 | (aged 74)||
Place of death | Piraeus, Greece | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1936–1943 | A.E. Chromatourgion | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1943–1945 | Proodeftiki | ||
1945–1955 | Olympiacos | ||
1955–1961 | Argonaftis Peiraia | ||
National team | |||
1948–1953 | Greece | 16 | (1) |
1952 | Greece Olympic | 0 | (0) |
1962 | Greece Military | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Andreas Mouratis (Greek: Ανδρέας Μουράτης; 29 November 1926 – 10 December 2000), nicknamed Missouri, was a Greek footballer, who played for Olympiacos.
Career[]
He was the leading power in the Olympiakos team of the post-war era and won numerous league and cup titles. He was and still is one of the favourite Olympiakos players. Vigorous, aggressive and passionate, he embodies the ideal player characteristics for Olympiakos fans.
He made 16 appearances and scored one goal for the Greece national football team.[1] He was also member of the national side for the 1952 Olympic Games, but he did not play in any matches.[2]
Mouratis was nicknamed "Mourat Aslan" (Mouratis the Lion) by the Turkish press, after a friendly match of the national teams of Greece and Turkey, because he was playing aggressively like a lion.
Mouratis died at age 74.
Honours[]
Player[]
Club[]
- Greek Championship: 1947, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955
- Greek Cup: 1947, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954
- Piraeus Championship: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955
International[]
Greek National Military Team
- World Military Cup :Winners: 1962
References[]
- ^ a b Αφησε την τελευταία του πνοή ο Ανδρέας Μουράτης (in Greek). insports.gr. 10 December 2000.
- ^ "Andreas Mouratis". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Ανδρέας Μουράτης, ο "Μιζούρι" του Ολυμπιακού. Χτύπαγε το κεφάλι στις πόρτες για να "εξασκηθεί" στις κεφαλιές! Τον "έκοψαν" από την Εθνική επειδή ξεσήκωσε τους συμπαίκτες του να απαιτήσουν τα πριμ". 12 December 2014.
- 1926 births
- 2000 deaths
- Greek footballers
- Greece international footballers
- Olympiacos F.C. players
- Olympic footballers of Greece
- Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Association football defenders
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece
- Mediterranean Games medalists in football
- Footballers at the 1951 Mediterranean Games