Nikos Anastopoulos

Nikolaos Anastopoulos (Greek Νικόλαος Αναστόπουλος, born January 22, 1958 in Athens, Greece ) is a former Greek football player and current football coach. During the late 1970s and 1980s Anastopoulos went down in the history of Greek football as one of the greatest strikers.

Club career

Nikolaos Anastopoulos began his career at the Athens club Dafni. In 1978 he moved to first division club Panionios Athens and received a three-year contract. In Panionios Anastopoulos managed quickly made ​​it into the starting line- 1979 and could win with the club even the Greek Cup. In the same year he made his debut in European competition for the first time and shot under the Europe Cup Winners' Cup twice against Twente Enschede and one against IFK Göteborg. In 1981, Anastopoulos to Olympiakos Piraeus where he three times won the Greek Cup in the next six years. In 1987, Anastopoulos to Italy for the first division U.S. Avellino. However, since he could not go on its previous successes and his club at the end of the season even had to make their way in the second division, Anastopoulos returned to Greece. Until 1994, he played it again for his previous clubs Panionios and Olympiakos and also for Ionikos Nikea.

During his career, Anastopoulos graduated 405 league matches and scored 181 goals. Four times he won the award for the top scorer in the Greek league. In 1983 he was awarded by UEFA to the Bronze Shoe.

National

During his active career Anastopoulos was called 73 times in the Greek national team, scoring 29 goals, which to this day is the record. In 1980 he took part in the finals of Greece European Championship, while scored the only goal of his team in this tournament. Until the 2004 European Championships, and Karagounis goal in the opening game against the guest giver Portuguese, this was the only goal that was Greece managed in a World Cup or European Championship finals.

Coaching career

By the end of his playing career Anastopoulos took over as manager a number of Greek clubs. After his debut at Panelefsiniakos he took over, among other things, the clubs PAS Ioannina, FC Kerkira he led the first division or Aris Thessaloniki.

Achievements

  • Greek champion: 1982, 1983, 1987
  • Greek Cup winner: 1979

Awards

  • Scorer in the Greek League: 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987
  • National football team (Greece )
  • Greek
  • Football coach (Greece )
  • Born in 1958
  • Man
  • Greek Champions ( Football)
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