Lakis Glezos

Lakis Glezos
Personal information
Full name Apostolos Glezos
Date of birth (1947-02-04)4 February 1947
Place of birth Piraeus, Greece
Date of death 18 June 2007(2007-06-18) (aged 60)
Place of death Piraeus, Greece
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1961–1963 Ermis Nikaia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1972 Proodeftiki
1972–1978 Olympiacos 129 (1)
1978–1979 Kallithea 8 (0)
International career
1971–1974 Greece 10 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Apostolos "Lakis" Glezos (Greek: Απόστολος "Λάκης" Γκλέζος; 4 February 1947 – 18 June 2007) was a Greek football defender.

Career

Born in Piraeus, Glezos began playing football as a defender for the youth sides of Atromitaki and Ermis Nikaia. In 1963, he joined Proodeftiki F.C., where he would play for nine seasons. Glezos helped Proodeftiki achieve a fourth-place finish in the Alpha Ethniki during the 1964–65 season.[1] Alpha Ethniki side Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. signed Papaioannou in 1979, and would play for Iraklis until city rivals PAOK F.C. signed him in 1986.[2]

In 1972, Glezos joined Olympiacos F.C. where he played until 1978, winning three Alpha Ethniki and two Greek Football Cup titles. He finished his career with Kallithea F.C., suffering a serious knee injury in 1979. All told, Glezos made over 260 appearances in the Greek first and second divisions.[1]

Glezos made 10 appearances and scored one goal for the Greece national football team from 1971 to 1974. He made his debut as a second-half substitute in a 1–0 UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying defeat to Switzerland on 12 May 1971.[3]

Personal life

Glezos died after a long battle with cancer at age 60.[1][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Kolokotsios, Lambros (24 April 2010). Αθλητικοί Φάκελοι (ΓΚΛΕΖΟΣ) [Sporting Capsules (Glezos)] (in Greek). Evrytania News. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  2. ^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (17 May 2003). "Greece 1986/87". RSSSF.
  3. ^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (25 September 2004). "Greece – International Matches 1971-1980". RSSSF.
  4. ^ Έφυγε ο Λάκης Γκλέζος [Lakis Glezos is gone] (in Greek). Sport24.gr. 18 June 2007.