Konstantinos Polychroniou (Greek: Κώστας Πολυχρονίου; 12 November 1936 – 1 June 2018[2]), better known as Kostas Polychroniou, was a Greek professional football player and manager.

Kostas Polychroniou
Personal information
Full name Konstantinos Polychroniou
Date of birth (1936-11-12)12 November 1936
Place of birth Platanistos, Euboea, Greece
Date of death 1 June 2018(2018-06-01) (aged 81)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1968 Olympiacos 305[1] (13)
International career
1957–1967 Greece 27 (0)
1960 Greece Olympic 3 (0)
Managerial career
1979–1980 AEL
1981–1982 Rodos
1983–1984 Doxa Drama
1984 Apollon Smyrnis
1987 Levadiakos
1993–1994 Olympiacos
1994–1998 Greece
1999 Ionikos
2001 Paniliakos
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Born in Platanistos, Euboea, Polychroniou's family moved to Athens when he was six months old.[3] Polychroniou is considered as one-club man spending his entire career playing for the Greek giants Olympiacos F.C.[3][4] making 305 appearances in Alpha Ethniki and a total of 662 caps in all competitions (also including 239 friendly games). He also earned six greek championships (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1965-66, 1966-67) and 8 Greek Cups (1956-57, 1957-58, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1962-63, 1964-65, 1967-68).

Kostas Polychroniou capped 27 times for Greece.[5]

He managed AEL, Rodos, Doxa Drama, Apollon Smyrni, Levadiakos, Olympiacos, Greece,[6] Ionikos, Paniliakos.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Κώστας Πολυχρονίου (in Greek). Olympiacos24.gr. Archived from the original on 20 November 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Greek Football Mourns Death of Kostas Polychroniou". Greekreporter.com. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b Kolokotsios, Lambros (3 January 2010). Αθλητικοί Φάκελοι (ΠΟΛΥΧΡΟΝΙΟΥ) [Sporting Capsules (Polychroniou)] (in Greek). Evrytania News. Archived from the original on 17 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Kostas Polychroniou - Phantis".
  5. ^ "Kostas Polihroniou, international footballer".
  6. ^ "Greece National Team Coaches". Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  7. ^ http://www.novasports.gr/soccer/anational/default.asp?action=match&mid=767&mm=1[permanent dead link]