Stratos Apostolakis

Efstratios Apostolakis (Greek Ευστράτιος Αποστολάκης, born May 11, 1964 in Agrinio, Greece ) is a former Greek football player.

Efstratios Apostolakis, who played in the position of right-back, is considered one of the best Greek defenders of all time. During his career he played for the Greek top clubs Olympiakos and Panathinaikos Athens and was able to collect a number of titles. His move from Piraeus to Athens ensured that the final had to be put to the Greek Super Cup in 1990 for fear of violence on the part of Olympiakos fans who did not want to forgive the change to arch-rivals, canceled. With Panathinaikos Apostolakis experienced its most successful athletic phase. In addition to three Greek Championships (1991, 1995, 1996 ) and four Cup victories (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995) he made with his team in the 1995/1996 season for stir when Panathinaikos made ​​it to the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League. Overall Apostolakis came to 249 Erstligaeinsätze in which he was able to achieve 21 goals.

For the Greek national football team played Efstratios Apostolakis total of 96 times, scoring five goals. His 96 nominations presented from 1996 to 2004, the Greek record is before Theodoros Zagorakis surpassed this. In 1994, Apostolakis at the Football World Cup 1994 in the United States in part.

After his playing career Apostolakis took over in early 2001 as interim coach Panathinaikos Athens. In 2004, he oversaw the Olympic team in Greece at the Olympic Games in Athens. In the summer of 2005 he took over at Panathinaikos the post of sporting director. Since September 2006 he works as a scout at Panathinaikos.

Achievements

• Greek champion: 1987, 1991, 1995, 1996
• Greek Cup winner: 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995
• Supercup: 1988, 1993