Stratos Apostolakis

Personal information
Stratos Apostolakis
Full name	Efstratios Apostolakis
Date of birth	(1964-05-17) 17 May 1964 (age 50)
Place of birth	Agrinio, Greece
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position	Defender / Defensive Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1981–1985	Panetolikos	106	(11)
1985–1990	Olympiacos	132	(5)
1990–1998	Panathinaikos	249	(21)
Total		481	(37)
National team
1986–1998	Greece	96	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Efstratios "Stratos" Apostolakis (Greek: Στράτος Αποστολάκης) (born 17 May 1964), nicknamed The Turbo, is a retired Greek footballer.

The former Defender was no stranger to controversy as a player, his switch from Olympiacos to Panathinaikos in 1990 led to the cancellation of the Greek Super Cup as the authorities feared riots.

As a footballer though he played his best years for Panathinaikos being one of the key players behind Club's European runs in 1992 and 1996. He played with Panathinaikos through 1998. He was one of the best defenders his country has ever seen.

He also spent six months as a coach with Panathinaikos in 2001, before resigning from his position at the end of the year and eventually taking up the task of coaching the Olympic team for Athens 2004.

During his playing career, Apostolakis was capped 96 times by the National Football Team of Greece (5 goals)^[1] and was a member of the 1994 World Cup squad. His 96 caps stood as a Greek record until it was broken by Theodoros Zagorakis.

References

Jump up ^ Mamrud, Roberto (2004-09-25). "Efstratos Apostolakis - International Appearances". RSSSF.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Angelos Anastasiadis	Panathinaikos Manager 2001	Succeeded by Ioannis Kyrastas
Preceded by Dimitris Saravakos	Greece captain 1994-1998	Succeeded by Demis Nikolaidis

Greece squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup

1 Minou 2 Apostolakis 3 Kolitsidakis 4 Manolas 5 Kalitzakis 6 Tsalouchidis 7 Saravakos 8 Nioplias 9 Machlas 10 Mitropoulos (c) 11 Tsiantakis 12 Marangos 13 Karagiannis 14 Dimitriadis 15 Karkamanis 16 Alexoudis 17 Hantzidis 18 Karataidis 19 Kofidis 20 Atmatsidis 21 Alexandris 22 Alexiou Coach: Panagoulias

Greece men's football squad – 2004 Summer Olympics

1 Ambaris 2 Galanopoulos 3 Lagos 4 Moras 5 Vallas 6 Stoltidis 7 Agritis 8 Nebegleras 9 Salpingidis 10 Mitrou 11 Papadopoulos 12 Karipidis 13 Goundoulakis 14 Fotakis 15 Sapanis 16 Vyntra 17 Taralidis 18 Giannou 21 Manousakis Coach: Apostolakis

Source :
sepakbola.biz
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia