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Greek footballer and coach (1932–2024)

Not to be confused with Alekos Papadopoulos.
Alekos Papadopoulos
Personal information
Full name Alexandros Papadopoulos
Date of birth (1951-06-05)5 June 1951
Place of birth Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Date of death 6 February 2007(2007-02-06) (aged 55)
Place of death Veria, Greece
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1976 Pakhtakor
1976–1977 AEK Athens 6 (0)
1977–1978 OFI
1978–1983 Naoussa
1983–1984 Veria
Managerial career
1988–1993 Naoussa
1994 Anagennisi Giannitsa
1994–1995 Niki Volos
Olympiacos Volos
1997–1998 Kozani
Almopos Aridea
Argos Orestiko
Odysseas Kordelio
2001–2002 Naoussa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alekos Papadopoulos (Greek: Αλέκος Παπαδόπουλος; 5 June 1955 – 6 February 2007) was a Greek footballer who played as a forward and a later manager.

Club career

Papadopoulos played for Pakhtakor Tashkent Pakhtakor where he played alongside Vasilis Hatzipanagis. That caused the interest of the owner of AEK Athens, Loukas Barlos, who signed him in the summer of 1976. Despite his initial impressive performances in the training sessions and friendlies he didn't manage to establish himself at the team, since they had many stars to compete with. In that season AEK reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, but he did not make any appearance. After the end of the season, he was transferred to OFI. The following season he went to Naoussa, where he played until 1983. He then signed for Veria, where he finished his career in 1984.

Managerial career

Papadopoulos began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Naoussa alongside managers such as Stefanos Gaitanos and Giannis Mantzourakis. In 1988, he took over as head coach at Naoussa. He initiated a renewal of the team by promoting young footballers who later went on to have great careers, such as Vasilios Tsiartas, Dimitris Markos, Vasilis Lakis, Nikos Kyzeridis, Kostas Pavlopoulos, Ilias Sapanis, Miltiadis Sapanis and Grigoris Troupkos. In 1992 he managed to get the promotion to Alpha Ethniki.

He later coached Anagennisi Giannitsa, Niki Volos, Olympiacos Volos, Kozani, Almopos Aridea, Argos Orestiko, Odysseas Kordelio. In 2001 he returned to Naoussa, which they played in the amateur championship and got them the promotion to Delta Ethniki. In the following years he was involved in the training of young footballers at the football academy of A.O. Leontes.

Personal life

Papadopoulos was married to Lyudmila and had three children, Anastasios, Vladimiros and Marios. On 6 February 2007, he died of a heart attack while on his way to training at A.O. Leontes. He was 56 years old.

References

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