Vasilios Manettas

Vasilis Manettas
Personal information
Full name	Vasilios Manettas
Date of birth	1 January 1917
Place of birth	Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
Date of death	18 June 2003 (aged 86)
Place of death	Athens, Greece
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1935–1945	AEK Athens
1945–1951	Daphni Athens
International career
1938	Greece
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vasilios Manettas or Lappas (Greek: Βασίλης Μανέττας ή Λάππας; 1 January 1917 – 18 June 2003) was a Greek footballer who played as a forward.^[1]

Early life

Manettas was born in Smyrna on the New Year of 1917. During the Asia Minor Disaster he lost his father, Theodoros Lappas and in September 1922 he came to Greece with his mother Heleni Manetta and his two older brothers.

Club career

Players of AEK Athens and PAOK before the 1939 Cup final

Manettas started his football career in 1935 at AEK Athens where he stayed for a decade until 1945. He won at AEK 2 consecutive Panhellenic Championships, 2 Greek Cups and 1 Athens FCA League, including the first domestic double by a Greek club in 1939. In 1945 he joined Daphni Athens, where he completed his career in 1951.