Lakis Nikolaou

Lakis Nikolaou
Personal information
Full name	Pantelis Nikolaou
Date of birth	17 July 1949 (age 75)
Place of birth	Ios, Greece
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	AEK Athens (Medical Director)
Youth career
–1966	Atromitos
Senior career*
Years	Team
1966–1982	AEK Athens
International career
1973–1975	Greece
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lakis Nikolaou (Greek: Λάκης Νικολάου; born 17 July 1949) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is the current Medical Director of AEK Athens.

Club career

Born on the island of Ios, Nikolaou played mainly for AEK Athens forming a powerful defending duo with Petros Ravousis.^[1]

International career

He made his debut for Greece on 8 September 1973 and played a total of 15 games.^[2] He was a participant at the 1980 UEFA European Football Championship.

Other activities

Lakis studied medicine in University of Athens while still being a professional footballer and managed to become a successful medicine professor and surgeon (with speciality in orthopedics). He later became doctor of AEK Athens and Olympiakos On 13 October 1997 he became AEK Athens' thirty fifth president, serving from 1997 until 1998.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Kolokotsios, Lambros (22 May 2009). Αθλητικοί Φάκελοι (ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΥ) [Sporting Capsules (Nikolaou)] (in Greek). Evrytania News. Archived from the original on 18 October 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
^ ΕΘΝΙΚΕΣ ΟΜΑΔΕΣ > Εθνική Ομάδα Ανδρών (in Greek). Hellenic Football Federation. Archived from the original on 30 November 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2009.

External links

Lakis Nikolaou – FIFA competition record (archived)

Preceded by Alexis Kougias	Chairman of AEK Athens 1997–1998	Succeeded by Konstantinos Generakis

[Ev-1] Kolokotsios, Lambros (22 May 2009). Αθλητικοί Φάκελοι (ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΥ) [Sporting Capsules (Nikolaou)] (in Greek). Evrytania News. Archived from the original on 18 October 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

[2] ΕΘΝΙΚΕΣ ΟΜΑΔΕΣ > Εθνική Ομάδα Ανδρών (in Greek). Hellenic Football Federation. Archived from the original on 30 November 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2009.

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