Aristidis Kamaras

Aristides Kamara (Greek Αριστείδης Καμάρας, born March 2, 1939) is a former Greek football player.

Aristides Kamara began his career at Apollon Athens before joining Panathinaikos Athens 1961. With Panathinaikos he played for twelve years and won, among others, six Greek Championships (1962, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1972) and two cups (1967, 1969). Together with Frangiskos Sourpis he made it one of the up to now most central defensive duo of Greek football history. The highlight of his career was 1971, the participation in the final of the European Champions' Cup when, in London's Wembley Stadium was defeated 0-2 Ajax Amsterdam. Of particular importance is his two goals were the scoring in the semi-finals against Red Star Belgrade and Panathinaikos paved the way to the final. Aristides Kamara has a total of 359 Erstligaeinsätze (304 alone for Panathinaikos) in which he scored 20 goals. With 124 missions in a row (May 20, 1962 to June 19, 1966 ) as well as 33 games in just three months (June 2, 1971 to September 30, 1971 ) Kamara lasts two to today current records in Greek football. His career had to end in the summer of 1973 at the age of 34 years when he is seriously injured during a friendly match against Hertha BSC Kamara. In addition to his successful career at Panathinaikos Kamara was over 14 years in the squad of the Greek national team, where he made ​​his debut on July 3, 1960, a friendly against Denmark in Copenhagen and a total of 30 matches completed.

Besides football Kamara had studied law and settled in Athens as a lawyer. He later became chairman of his home club Apollon.

Career

Achievements

• Greek champion: 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1972
• Greek Cup winner: 1967, 1969