Georgios Papadopoulos (footballer, born 1914)

Georgios Papadopoulos
Personal information
Date of birth	1914
Place of birth	Dardanelles, Ottoman Empire
Date of death	Unknown
Position(s)	Left back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1930–1934	PAOK
1934–1948	AEK Athens
International career
1934–1940	Greece
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Georgios Papadopoulos (Greek: Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος; 1914 – ?) was a Greek professional footballer who played as a left back.^[1]

Club career

Players of AEK Athens and PAOK before the 1939 Cup final

Papadopoulos started football at PAOK in 1930 and four years later he came to Athens on behalf of AEK Athens, where he played until 1948, where he retired from football. He played alongside players such as Kleanthis Maropoulos, Michalis Delavinias, Christos Ribas, Vasilios Manettas, Tryfon Tzanetis and Georgios Magiras, while he won 2 consecutive Panhellenic Championships, 3 Greek Cups and 4 Athens FCA League, including the first domestic double by a Greek club in 1939.

He played a total of 9 times with the Greece, between 1934 and 1940.^[2] His debut took place on 23 December 1934 in a home win against Yugoslavia of the fourth Balkan Cup, under the instructions of Apostolos Nikolaidis.^[3] He was also part of Greece's team for their qualification matches for the 1938 FIFA World Cup.^[4]

AEK Athens

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