Kostas Christodoulou
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Konstantinos Christodoulou | ||
| Date of birth | 1915 | ||
| Place of birth | Athens, Greece | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1930 | PAO Daphni Athens | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1930–1936 | Panathinaikos | ||
| 1936–1945 | AEK Athens | 3 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 1934–1938 | Greece | 5 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Kostas Christodoulou (Greek: Κώστας Χριστοδούλου; born 1915) was a Greek footballer who played as a forward and a later manager.
Christodoulou started the football at PAO Dafni Athens where he competed at the left wing of the offense. In the summer of 1930 and at a very young age, he moved to Panathinaikos without the consent of his club, a very common event at the time and was punished with a one year ban from every official competition, according to the regulations at the time.[1] With the "greens" he won the Athens FCA league in 1934.
In 1936 he joined the city rivals, AEK Athens, where he played for 9 years winning 2 consecutive Panhellenic Championships, 1 Cup[2] and 2 Athens FCA Championships, including the first domestic double in by a Greek club in 1939.[3] He stopped football in 1945, during the events of the World War II and the Occupation, where the Greek football was inactive, at the age of 30.[4]
International career
Christodoulou played for Greece, where he made his debut on 4 February 1934 in the 1–0 friendly win against Bulgaria at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, where he replaced Leonidas Andrianopoulos in the 55th minute. He was limited to 5 international appearances, four with Panathinaikos and one with AEK,[5] due to World War II, as he took part in Greece's last pre-war meeting on 25 March 1938, where they achieved their greatest defeat by 11–1 against Hungary in Budapest.[6]
Managerial career
After retiring as a football player, Christodoulou coached various teams such as Proodeftiki among others.[7]
Personal life
His younger brother, Christos was also a footballer, also on the left wing of the midfield of Panathinaikos.
