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Alekos Chatzistavridis
Chatzistavridis (left) with Tzanetis, Maropoulos and Christodoulou
Personal information
Full name Alexios Stavridis
Date of birth (1915-01-01)1 January 1915
Place of birth Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Date of death 1 January 1998(1998-01-01) (aged 83)
Place of death Piraeus, Greece
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
–1933 Vyzantion Piraeus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1933–1943 AEK Athens 6 (2)
1944–1949 Olympiacos 22 (11)
Total 28 (13)
International career
1949 Greece 2 (1)
Managerial career
1949–1952 Panpaianiakos
1957–1958 Egaleo
1959–1960 AE Nikea
1961–1962 Olympiacos
1967 Proodeftiki
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alekos Chatzistavridis (Greek: Αλέκος Χατζησταυρίδης; 1 January 1915 – 1 January 1998) was a Greek footballer who played as a forward and a later manager.[1] His real name was "Stavridis".

Club career

Players of AEK Athens and PAOK before the 1939 Cup final

Chatzistavridis started football at Vyzantion Piraeus. In 1933 he joined AEK Athens and changed his name to "Chatzistavridis", because he officially belonged to his previous club. He established himself as one of the main attackers of the club. On 28 May 1939, he opened the score in the Greek Cup final, defeating PAOK by 2–1.[2] He played with the "yellow-blacks" for a decade and won 2 consecutive Panhellenic Championships, 1 Cup and 1 Athens FCA Championship in 1940, including the first domestic double in by a Greek club in 1939.

In 1944, during the period of the Occupation, when Greek football was inactive and Chatzistavridis joined Olympiacos. On 30 June 1946 he was expelled in the match against AEK alongside his former teammate Kleanthis Maropoulos.[3] On 8 June 1947, he played in the 5–0 win against Iraklis in the Cup final.[4] He played as a regular at the club of Piraeus, until 1949, when he ended his career as a footballer. At Olympiacos he won in total another 2 consecutive Panhellenic Championships, 1 Cup and 4 consecutive Piraeus FCA Championships, including another domestic double in by a Greek club in 1947.[5][6][7][8]

International career

Chatzistavridis played in two games with Greece under Kostas Negrepontis, for the Mediterranean Cup in May 1949 both held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.[9] His debut was on 16 May in the 1–2 defeat against Turkey, coming in as a sub at the 46th minute in the place of Giannis Petsanas. He scored his only international goal in his second and final appearance on 18 May, playing the full match in the 1–3 defeat against Egypt.[10]

Managerial career

Immeditately after his retirement as a footballer, Chatzistavridis enacted with coaching at Pampaianikos Peanias until 1952. Afterwards, he took as various clubs such as Egaleo, AE Nikea, Olympiacos for 6 months[11] and a brief spell at Proodeftiki.

Personal life

Chatzistavridis fought in the World War II and in the battle of Tepeleni and was seriously injured in the leg, where he recovered after great efforts. He died in 1998 at Piraeus.[12]

Honours

AEK Athens

Olympiacos

References

  1. ^ "Alekos Chatzistavridis". worldfootball.net.
  2. ^ "ΑΕΚ ΠΑΟΚ: Πρώτα πόζαραν αγκαλιασμένοι και μετά έπαιξαν το τελικό του κυπέλλου του 1939". sport-retro.gr.
  3. ^ "Newspaper "Ethnos" 1 July 1946". efimeris.nlg.gr.
  4. ^ "Το πρώτο νταμπλ του Ολυμπιακού". oldfootball.gr. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  5. ^ "This is Olympiacos • The glorious history of the popular club", Panos Makridis - Evangelos Fountoukidis, newspaper edition. "Athletic Echo", Athens 1957, p. 57
  6. ^ "The history of Olympiacos, with complete data 1925-2000 • 75 years of legend", Stathis Arvanitis, Kastaniotis Editions, Athens 2000, ISBN 960-03-2945-1, pp. 261, 81, 357 and 346
  7. ^ "The history of Olympiacos", ibid., pp. 172 and 346
  8. ^ "This is Olympiacos", ibid., p. 76
  9. ^ "Alekos Chatzistavridis". eu-football.info.
  10. ^ "Greece matches 1948–1950" (PDF). epo.gr.
  11. ^ "The history of Olympiacos", ibid., p. 39
  12. ^ "Οι Έλληνες "Διάσημοι" που έχασαν τη ζωή τους στον πόλεμο (1940-1944)". protothema.gr. 27 October 2019.
  • Alekos Chatzistavridis at WorldFootball.netEdit on Wikidata
  • Alekos Chatzistavridis at EU-Football.infoEdit on Wikidata
  • "The History of Olympiacos", Publications "G.X. Alexandris", Athens 1996
  • "The History of AEK", Publications "G.X. Alexandris", Athens 1996
  • "Legend, a journey through time", "Heliotropio" Publications, Athens 1997
  • "Golden Legend", "Art Press" Publications, Athens 1997
  • "National Greece, march through time", "Papazisis" Publications, Athens 2001,
  • 80 years, 80 forms, Greek Letters Publications, ISBN 960-442-021-6


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