Miltiadis "Miltos" Papapostolou (Greek: Μιλτιάδης "Μίλτος" Παπαποστόλου, 9 September 1935[1] – 2 February 2017) was a Greek professional footballer and manager.
.jpg) 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
Club career
editPapapostolou 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
editPapapostolou 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
editPapapostolou 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
editAs a player
editAEK Athens
References
edit- ^ "Miltiadis Papapostolou - Phantis".
- ^ "Greece - Final Tables 1959-1999". RSSSF.
- ^ "Ημιτελικός Παναθηναϊκός-Ολυμπιακός (διακοπή),ΑΕΚ Κυπελλούχος άνευ Τελικού αγώνα". sansimera.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "Μίλτος Παπαποστόλου". aekpedia.com.
- ^ "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. Sports 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.