Pavlos Papaioannou

Pavlos Papaioannou
Personal information
Full name	Pavlos Papaioannou
Date of birth	19 March 1959 (age 62)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder, Right back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1979–1984	Rodos
1984–1993	AEK Athens
Total
National team
1985–1992	Greece
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Pavlos Papaioannou (Greek: Παύλος Παπαϊωάννου) is a Greek-Brazilian former football player.

Career[]

He played in defence and in the midfield for Rodos FC (1979–1984) and AEK from 1984 until 1993.

For his International career, he was eligible to play for Greece through his father and Brazil through his mother and place of birth. Pavlos Papaioannou was eventually capped 10 times by the National Football Team of Greece. When he made his Greek national team debut, he officially became the first Greek with a mixture of Brazilian descent to play for the country.

Personal life[]

Papaioannou was born on 19 March 1959 in Brazil, the son of a Greek father and a Brazilian mother. His daughter Ramona is a 60m. sprinter, competing for AEK Athens. She is a Cyprus international.

References[]

Pavlos Papaioannou at National-Football-Teams.com
Phantis - Pavlos Papaioannou