Miltos Papapostolou

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Miltos Papapostolou
Miltos Papapostolou (1987)
Personal information
Full name Miltiadis Papapostolou
Date of birth (1935-09-09)9 September 1935
Place of birth Omvriaki, Domokos, Greece
Date of death 2 February 2017(2017-02-02) (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
1972–1975 Egaleo
1977 Atromitos
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 in 1972 at the bench of Egaleo until 1975. He also worked in clubs of smaller categories, such as Atromitos, Marko, Ierapoli, Korinthos, Acharnaikos, Koropi, Panelefsiniakos and until December 1979. In February 1980 he replaced Hermann Stessl on the AEK Athens,[5] 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.[6] After a spell at Kallithea, he took charge of the bench of Greece from 1984 to 1988.[7] In 1989 he had a 3-month spell at Olympiacos.[8] The following season he signed with Levadiakos until 1991. In February 1992, Papapostolou took over the technical leadership of Athinaikos,[9] where he stayed until the end of the season. In February 1993 he sat at the bench of Proodeftiki for a short period.[10]

After football

Papapostolou was for a number of years the president of the Greek Football Coaches Association, with important reforms for the industry.[11] He died on 2 February 2017, at the age of 81.[12]

Honours

As a player

AEK Athens

References

  1. ^ "Miltiadis Papapostolou - Phantis".
  2. ^ "Greece - Final Tables 1959-1999". RSSSF.
  3. ^ "Ημιτελικός Παναθηναϊκός-Ολυμπιακός (διακοπή),ΑΕΚ Κυπελλούχος άνευ Τελικού αγώνα". sansimera.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Μίλτος Παπαποστόλου". kitrinomavro.gr.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Greece 1980/81". RSSSF.
  7. ^ "Greece National Team Coaches". Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  8. ^ "Μίλτος Παπαποστόλου-2". kitrinomavro.gr.
  9. ^ Thomopoulos, Kostas (27 May 1989). "Ο Μίλτος πάτησε Ρέντη". arxeiotypou.gr. Athletic Echo.
  10. ^ "FIRST" OF MILTOS IN PRODEFTIKI, ef. Sports Echo, 5 February 1993, page 9
  11. ^ "ΕΦΥΓΕ ΑΠΟ ΤΗ ΖΩΗ Ο ΜΙΛΤΟΣ ΠΑΠΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΥ". pepp. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  12. ^ Τσώχος, Μιχάλης (2 February 2017). "Θρήνος στο ποδόσφαιρο - Πέθανε ο Μίλτος Παπαποστόλου". CNN.gr.