Personal information | |||
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Full name | Vasilios Konstantinou | ||
Date of birth | 19 November 1947 | ||
Place of birth | Athens, Greece | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1961–1964 | Maroussi GS | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1964–1983 | Panathinaikos | 302 | (0) |
1973 | → Toronto Homer (loan) | ||
1983–1984 | OFI | 10 | (0) |
Total | 312 | (0) | |
International career‡ | |||
1964–1965 | Greece U19 | ||
1973–1983 | Greece | 28 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 September 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 October 2015 |
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.
Born in Marousi, Konstantinou played football for Panathinaikos' youth team before becoming the back-up goalkeeper and under study of Takis Ikonomopoulos. He filled in successfully for his "mentor" when the situation called for it as was the case in the European Cup semi-finals against Red Star Belgrade (3-0) which sent PAO to the final. Eventually, Konstantinou became the first-team's keeper, a position he held until the 1983 season. He ended his career in 1984, playing for OFI. [2] In the summer of 1973 he played abroad in the National Soccer League with Toronto Homer. [3]
Konstantinou was capped 28 times with Greece. [4] He was the keeper for Greece for the UEFA Euro 1980 Final.