Lazaros Papadopoulos (footballer)
Greek footballer (born 1950)
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Lazaros Papadopoulos (Greek: Λάζαρος Παπαδόπουλος; born 16 August 1950) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as right midfielder and a manager.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lazaros Papadopoulos | ||
| Date of birth | 16 August 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Veria, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Positions | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1973 | Veria | ||
| 1973–1979 | AEK Athens | 74 | (7) |
| 1979–1980 | Rodos | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2008 | Veria (caretaker) | ||
| 2012– | Agrotikos Asteras Agia Varvara | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
Papadopoulos started his career at the club of his hometown, Veria.[1]
Οn 31 August 1973 he was transferred to AEK Athens[2] for a fee of 1.3 million drachmas.[3] At the time, the presence of many prominent footballers in the team's roster did not leave much room for his establishment in the main squad.[1] However, Papadopoulos manage to help the club in contributing to the club to their glorious days both domestically and internationally. On 1 October 1975 he scored his first goal in the UEFA competitions in the 3–1 home win against Vojvodina for the UEFA Cup.[4] He was a part of the squad that reached to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in 1977.[5] In fact he scored the only goal of his team in the first leg of the semi-finals against Juventus in the 4–1 defeat at Stadio Comunale on 6 April 1977.[6] His last goal for AEK was on 21 February 1979, in the 4–0 victory over Acharnaikos for the round of 16 of the cup.[1] With the yellow-black jersey, he won 2 consecutive championships, a Greek Cup including a domestic double in 1978.
Papadopoulos left AEK and on 15 August 1979 he signed at Rodos,[7] where he played for a season. Afterwards, he competed in clubs of smaller categories, before he retired as a footballer.[1]
Managerial career
Papadopoulos after the end of his career as a football player, he followed a career as a coach, but without special distinctions. In 2008 he worked at the bench of Veria as a caretaker manager after the resignation of Vasilios Papachristou.[8] In 2012, he had been the coach of the women's football second division side, Agrotikos Asteras Agia Varvara.[9]
Honours
AEK Athens