Vassilis Stravopodis (original) (raw)

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Vassilis Stravopodis

Personal information
Date of birth 1948
Place of birth Patras, Greece
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1965–1968 Olympiakos Patras
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1979 Panachaiki 228 (17)
International career
1974 Greece 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vassilis Stravopodis (Greek: Βασίλης Στραβοπόδης; born 1948), popularly nicknamed The Wizard, is a former Greek footballer (midfielder) born in Patras. One of the most gifted midfielders of his generation, he was a member of the great Panachaiki football team that impressed Greece in the 1970s and qualified to the 1974 UEFA Cup.[1]

After the end of his professional career, Stravopodis remained in Panachaiki as a valuable member of its organisation. He has been the junior team's coach for several years and has coached the senior team for some months in 2006.

Vassilis Stravopodis had 228 First Division appearances with Panachaiki and scored 17 goals.

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