Vasilis Konstantinou

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Vasilis Konstantinou
Personal information
Full name Vasilios Konstantinou
Date of birth (1947-11-19) 19 November 1947 (age 74)
Place of birth Athens, Greece
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1961–1964 Maroussi GS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1983 Panathinaikos 302 (0)
1974 Toronto Homer
1983–1984 OFI Crete 10 (0)
Total 312 (0)
National team‡
1973–1983 Greece 28 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 September 2016
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 October 2015

Vasilis Konstantinou (Greek: Βασίλης Κωνσταντίνου; born 19 November 1947) is a former Greek football goalkeeper whose career spanned three decades: the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.[1]

Career[]

Born in Marousi, Konstantinou played football for Panathinaikos' youth team before becoming Takis Oikonomopoulos' backup and understudy. He filled in successfully for his "mentor" when the situation called for it as was the case in the 1971 Champions' Cup semi-final against Crvena Zvezda (3-0) which sent PAO to the final. Eventually, Konstantinou became the first team's keeper, a position he held until the 1983 season. He ended his career in 1984, playing for OFI.[2] In the summer of 1973 he played abroad in the National Soccer League with Toronto Homer.[3]

During his career, Konstantinou was capped 28 times by the Greek National Football Team.[4] He was the keeper for Greece during the Euro 1980 finals.

References[]

  1. ^ "NASL-". www.nasljerseys.com. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  2. ^ Kolokotsios, Lambros (9 January 2010). Αθλητικοί Φάκελοι (ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥ) [Sporting Capsules (Konstantinou)] (in Greek). Evrytania News. Archived from the original on 24 November 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Apollos edge Rochester 3-2 on late goal". The Globe and Mail. 16 June 1973. p. 42.
  4. ^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander. "Greece - International Matches 1991-2000". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 April 2009.

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