Vasilis Konstantinou
Greek footballer
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Vasilis Konstantinou (Greek: Βασίλης Κωνσταντίνου; born 19 November 1947) is a former Greek football goalkeeper whose career spanned three decades: the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.[1] He also served as president of FC Panathinaikos from 2017 to 2019.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vasilios Konstantinou | ||
| Date of birth | 19 November 1947 | ||
| Place of birth | Athens, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1961–1964 | Maroussi GS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1964–1983 | Panathinaikos | 302 | (0) |
| 1973 | → Toronto Homer (loan) | ||
| 1978 | → Toronto Metros-Croatia (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 1979 | → Toronto Blizzard (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1983–1984 | OFI | 10 | (0) |
| Total | 325 | (0) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1964–1965 | Greece U19 | ||
| 1973–1983 | Greece | 28 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 September 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 October 2015 | |||
Club career
Konstantinou started playing football at Marousi GS and in 1964 he signed for Panathinaikos. He was the back-up goalkeeper of Takis Ikonomopoulos. Konstantinou filled in successfully for Ikonomopoulos, when the situation called for it, as was the case in the European Cup semi-finals in 1971 against Red Star Belgrade, which sent Panathinaikos to the final. Eventually, Konstantinou became the first-choice keeper, a position he held until the 1983 season. In the summer of 1973 he played abroad in the National Soccer League with Toronto Homer.[2] On 10 June 1978 he again traveled to Toronto and played for Toronto Metros-Croatia until August 6.[3] The following summer he also went to Canada to play for the same club, which were renamed to Toronto Blizzard.[4] He ended his career in 1984, playing for OFI.[5]
International career
Konstantinou was capped 28 times with Greece.[6] He was the keeper for Greece for the UEFA Euro 1980 Final.