Angelos Messaris

Angelos Messaris (Greek Άγγελος Μεσσάρης, * 1910 in Cape Town, South Africa, † 1978 in Athens, Greece) was a Greek footballer.

Born in Cape Town in 1910 striker returned in 1927 with his parents to Athens and played initially for Goudi, Athens 's oldest football club. During one of his games, he fell to the then-coach of Panathinaikos Athens, the heavily made ​​up for a commitment Messaris. So he moved to Panathinaikos in 1930 and found himself in spite of his very young age in the task of guiding the player his new team.

With Panathinaikos won Messaris 1930, the first pan- Greek Cup of the club. Unforgotten remains June 1, 1930 as Messaris the 8:2 victory over their arch rivals scored two goals Olympiakos Piraeus and three more besides. Even though it looked then as if Messaris would stand in front of a great career, this came to an abrupt end. This was due to a conflict between Angelos Messaris and Apostolos Nikolaidis. Messaris had the desire to matriculate at the University of Athens, however, failed even though he was an outstanding student, three times in this experiment. Messaris speculated that the influential Nikolaidis had caused the rejections in order to achieve that, he focused only on the sport. Messaris met then the momentous for the club 's decision to end his career at the age of just 22 years. The followers were shocked by this decision, and hundreds of people marched in front of his property, to change his mind. Messaris however was not to be put off and stuck to his decision. So it was that last game Messaris the 0-2 defeat on April 23, 1931 against local rivals AEK Athens.

Although he was active for Panathinaikos only for a short time, managed Messaris who came to a total of 53 goals, a myth to build his name, which continues today.

Died in 1978 Messaris is still regarded as one of the most popular players of all time at Panathinaikos and as the best Greek player in the period before the Second World War; his funeral was watched by thousands of spectators.

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  • Greek champions: 1930
  • Football players (Greece )
  • Man
  • Born 1910
  • Died in 1978
  • Greek Champions ( Football)
Apostolos Nikolaidis (athlete) A.E.K. Athens F.C.
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