Kostas Negrepontis
Kostas Negrepontis (Greek: Κώστας Νεγρεπόντης; 1897 – 19 February 1973) was a Greek international football player who played as a center forward in the 1920s and 1930s and later a coach.[1]
 Kostas Negrepontis | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Konstantinos Negrepontis | ||
| Date of birth | 1897 | ||
| Place of birth | Constantinople, Ottoman Empire | ||
| Date of death | 19 February 1973 (aged 76) | ||
| Place of death | Athens, Greece | ||
| Playing position(s) | Striker, Inside/Outside right | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Propontida Tataoulon | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1918 | Fenerbahçe S.K. | ||
| 1918–1923 | Pera Club | ||
| 1923–1926 | in France | ||
| 1926–1931 | AEK Athens | 6 | (2) |
| National team | |||
| 1929–1930 | Greece | 2 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1933–1934 | Greece | ||
| 1933–1936 | AEK Athens | ||
| 1937–1940 | AEK Athens | ||
| 1938 | Greece | ||
| 1944–1948 | AEK Athens | ||
| 1948–1950 | Greece | ||
| 1953 | Greece | ||
| 1953 | AEK Athens | ||
| 1955 | Olympiacos | ||
| 1955–1957 | AEK Athens | ||
| 1958–1959 | AEK Athens | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career
Playing career
Born in Constantinople (now Istanbul) in 1897, he started his football career as a young player in Turkey, playing for the Propontida Tataoulon. Later he joined Fenerbahçe S.K. where he won 3 amateur championships. In 1918, he joined The Greek Football Team, the football department of Pera Club, as a player. With Pera Club he won a Turkish Championship in 1922. After the Greco-Turkish War in 1922, Pera Club did a tour in Europe, with Greece being one of their stops. Negrepontis decided to stay in France where he played for SC Douai, probably for other French teams, too. He eventually settled in Greece to play for AEK Athens F.C. in 1926, where he became a crowd favourite and the team captain. Late in 1931, after winning the 1931–32 Greek Football Cup title (5-3 against Aris Thessaloniki F.C.), he retired as a footballer.
He was capped only twice by Greece, because the Hellenic Football Federation was founded at the dawn of his career.
Coaching career
After retiring from football, Negrepontis coached a number of clubs, including AEK Athens FC, Olympiacos, Panelefsiniakos, Apollon Smyrnis, Panionios, Ethnikos Piraeus and Panegialios. He was the first (and the prewar) coach of Greece national football team which he completed above ten appearances for Greece in a total of 16 (in four different periods between 1933–1953). He was also the coach who achieved Greece's biggest victory of 8–0 against Syria in a match which took place on 25 November 1949 at Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium.
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)