Dimitrios Stefanakos
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dimitrios Stefanakos | ||
Date of birth | 19 October 1936 | ||
Place of birth | Kalamata, Greece | ||
Date of death | 17 December 2021 | (aged 85)||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1946–1958 | Iperochi Neapoleos | ||
1958–1965 | Olympiacos | 170[citation needed] | (3[citation needed]) |
1965[citation needed] | Rangers | ||
1965[citation needed] | Corinthians | ||
National team | |||
1958–1965 | Greece | 8 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Dimitrios Stefanakos (Greek: Δημήτριος Στεφανάκος; 19 October 1936 – 17 December 2021) was a Greek footballer who played for Olympiacos and the Greece national team.[1][2]
Career[]
Born in Kalamata, Stefanakos fled the German occupation with his family before beginning his football career as a defender with Iperochi Neapoleos in 1946,[citation needed] until he joined Alpha Ethniki side Olympiacos F.C. in July 1965. He spent most of his senior career with Olympiacos winning the league championship six times and the cup eight times.[3] Stefanakos left Olympiacos in 1965[citation needed] for Rangers in South Africa,[4] and finished his career with Corinthians in Brazil.[citation needed]
Stefanakos made eight appearances for the Greece national team from 1958 to 1965.[4]
Filmography[]
Stefanakos appeared in seven Greek movies. [5]
Personal life and death[]
Stefanakos was married to Martha Karagianni. The couple had a child who died three days after the birth. The couple separated few months later. He died on 17 December 2021, at the age of 85.[6]
References[]
- ^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (25 September 2004). "Greece - International Matches 1948-1960". RSSSF.
- ^ "Πέθανε ο Μίμης Στεφανάκος | Gazzetta". www.gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ ΜΙΜΗΣ ΣΤΕΦΑΝΑΚΟΣ: Ο γητευτής της μπάλας και των γυναικÏ (in Greek). Tharros. 5 July 2008.
- ^ a b Dimitrios Stefanakos at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Μίμης Στεφανάκος καρδιοκατακτητής από τους λίγους
- ^ Πέθανε ο «θρύλος» του Ολυμπιακού Μίμης Στεφανάκος (in Greek)
- 1936 births
- 2021 deaths
- Greek actors
- Sportspeople from Kalamata
- Greek footballers
- Association football defenders
- Greece international footballers
- Olympiacos F.C. players
- Rangers F.C. (South Africa) players
- Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players
- Greek expatriate footballers
- Expatriate soccer players in South Africa