Vasilis Konstantinou
Personal information
Full name Vasilios Konstantinou
Date of birth (1947-11-19) 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]

Club career

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]

International career

Konstantinou was capped 28 times with Greece.[4] He was the keeper for Greece for the UEFA Euro 1980 Final.

Honours

Panathinaikos

References

  1. ↑ "NASL-". www.nasljerseys.com. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  2. ↑ Kolokotsios, Lambros (9 January 2010). Αθλητικοί Φάκελοι (ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥ) [Sporting Capsules (Konstantinou)] (in Greek). Evrytania News. Archived from the original on 24 November 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Apollos edge Rochester 3-2 on late goal". The Globe and Mail. 16 June 1973. p. 42.
  4. ↑ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander. "Greece - International Matches 1991-2000". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
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