Miltos Papapostolou
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Miltos Papapostolou (1987) | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miltiadis Papapostolou | ||
| Date of birth | 9 September 1935 | ||
| Place of birth | Omvriaki, Domokos, Greece | ||
| Date of death | 2 February 2017 (aged 81) | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder, center back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1951 | AS Omvros Omvriakis | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1951–1956 | Egaleo | ||
| 1956–1965 | AEK Athens | 148 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| Marko | |||
| 1967–1968 | Ierapoli | ||
| 1968–1970 | Korinthos | ||
| 1973–1974 | Acharnaikos | ||
| 1974–1975 | Korinthos | ||
| 1975–1977 | Egaleo | ||
| 1977 | Koropi | ||
| 1977–1978 | Panelefsiniakos | ||
| 1979 | Kallithea | ||
| 1980–1981 | AEK Athens | ||
| 1984–1988 | Greece | ||
| 1989 | Olympiacos | ||
| 1990–1991 | Levadiakos | ||
| 1992 | Athinaikos | ||
| 1993 | Proodeftiki | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Miltiadis "Miltos" Papapostolou (Greek: Μιλτιάδης "Μίλτος" Παπαποστόλου, 9 September 1935[1] – 2 February 2017) was a Greek professional footballer and manager.
Club career
Papapostolou started his career at Omvros Omvriakis, where in 1951 he joined Egaleo. He played there for 5 seasons and joined AEK Athens in 1956 with a two-year ban, as it was applied at the time when a player was transferred, without the approval of his club. Papapostolou was a key player of the club in winning the championship in 1963,[2] while he also won the Cup in the following season.[3] He left AEK in the summer of 1965, where he retired as a footballer, at the age of 31.[4]
Managerial career
Papapostolou started his coaching career at Marko where he won the promotion to the first division of AFCA league. Then he worked at Ierapoli and in 1968 he became the manager of Korinthos. In his first season at the club, they managed to finish above the relegation zone of Beta Ethniki and in his second season they barely lost the promotion, finishing second behind Apollon Athens. In 1973 he worked at Acharnaikos before returning to Korinthos. In 1975 he worked at the bench of Egaleo until 1977. Afterwards, he became the manager of Koropi for a few months and later he worked at Panelefsiniakos for a season. In the summer of 1979 he worked at Kallithea until December of the same year, when he returned to AEK as a part of the technical staff.[5] In March 1980 he replaced the then manager of the club Hermann Stessl,[6] where they finished in the 4th place, left out of the European competitions of the next season. In the following season, the president Loukas Barlos, renewed his contract. AEK finished second behind Olympiacos and in the Cup he reached the semi-finals where they were eliminated by PAOK.[7] After a spell at Kallithea, he took charge of the bench of Greece from 1984 to 1988.[8] In 1989 he had a 3-month spell at Olympiacos.[9] The following season he signed with Levadiakos until 1991. In February 1992, Papapostolou took over the technical leadership of Athinaikos,[10] where he stayed until the end of the season. In February 1993 he sat at the bench of Proodeftiki for a short period.[11]
After football
Papapostolou was for a number of years the president of the Greek Football Coaches Association, with important reforms for the industry.[12] He died on 2 February 2017, at the age of 81.[13]
Honours
As a player
AEK Athens
References
- ^ "Miltiadis Papapostolou - Phantis".
- ^ "Greece - Final Tables 1959-1999". RSSSF.
- ^ "Ημιτελικός Παναθηναϊκός-Ολυμπιακός (διακοπή),ΑΕΚ Κυπελλούχος άνευ Τελικού αγώνα". sansimera.gr (in Greek). 28 November 2018.
- ^ "Μίλτος Παπαποστόλου". aekpedia.com.
- ^ "Πορτραίτα", newsp. Athletic Echo, 3 April 1980, page 2
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Greece 1980/81". RSSSF.
- ^ "Greece National Team Coaches". Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "Μίλτος Παπαποστόλου-2". aekpedia.com.
- ^ Thomopoulos, Kostas (27 May 1989). "Ο Μίλτος πάτησε Ρέντη". arxeiotypou.gr. Athletic Echo.
- ^ "FIRST" OF MILTOS IN PRODEFTIKI, ef. Athletic Echo, 5 February 1993, page 9
- ^ "ΕΦΥΓΕ ΑΠΟ ΤΗ ΖΩΗ Ο ΜΙΛΤΟΣ ΠΑΠΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΥ". pepp. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ Τσώχος, Μιχάλης (2 February 2017). "Θρήνος στο ποδόσφαιρο - Πέθανε ο Μίλτος Παπαποστόλου". CNN.gr.