Alexis Kougias
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexios Kougias | ||
| Date of birth | 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Petroupoli, Greece | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| -1966 | Aris Petroupolis | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966-1969 | Aris Petroupolis | ||
| 1969-1973 | Olympiacos Loutraki | ||
| 1973-1975 | Iraklis F.C. | ||
| 1975– | Olympiacos Loutraki | ||
| –1990 | Pelopas Kiato | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:02, 1 August 2015 (UTC) | |||
Alexios "Alexis" Kougias (born 1951 in Athens) is a Greek penologist - lawyer, ex-football player and football administrator. He is currently the major shareholder of AE Larissa FC.[1]
Career
He studied law at the University of Thessaloniki and at the University of Athens, from where he graduated. For the first time in his career he claimed publicity in 1978, as an advocate of Vangelis Rochamis a notorious criminal. He has also practiced criminal law in known cases, including "the trial of Satanists", the trial of Argyris Saliarelis, the trial of the sinking of the 'Samina', the trial of the terrorist organizations ELA and November 17 and many others. In December 2008 he took over the defense of the policeman who fatally shot 15 year old Alexis Grigoropoulos. According to his statements, he has taken 11,500 trials, including 5,000 felonies. In 2005 he assaulted in a public place the activist Gregoris Vallianatos because of an earlier personal conflict.
Football
He started playing football for Aris Petroupolis at the age of 18 in the second Division. He has also played for Olympiakos Loutraki. In 1973 he was transferred to Iraklis Thessaloniki and was called in the Greek National Amateur team, but in the same year a car accident left him 18 months out of the fields. In 1978 he returned to Olympiakos Loutraki and later at Pelops Kiato.
Alongside the lawyer activity, he involved with sports. In 1997 and 2004 he was the president of AEK Athens, for short periods while occasionally he was the president of Korinthos, Aris Petroupolis, Veria, PAS Giannena, Lamia and Panahaiki. Also he has served Iraklis as a representative in the EPAE committee. In late 2008 he took over the presidency of Panachaiki 2005 and in May 2009 he acquired the majority stake by Kostas Makris. As a sports agent he was involved in many episodes in which, among others, he has beaten the match referee and the opponents coach.
On Wednesday, January 19, 2011 the appearance of Kougias outside the stadium of Panahaiki in Patras, created tension when fans of the team inflicted against him. In the press conference, Kougias insulted the local journalist Christos Verganelakis and on Thursday, January 20, the Union of Journalists Peloponnese-Epirus-Islands requested the intervention of the Chief Prosecutor of the First Instance Court of Patras on the matter.
Corruption in football
Alexis Kougias has been working for decades with the corruption in the Greek football. In 2011 he was one of the key witnesses in the case of match fixing.
In 2014 he told in a television show that in Greek football acts since 1996 a "criminal organization" (consisting of football players, referees and judges) which is protected at times by each "powerful", highlighting thereby the champion and ensuring so for this, the cash bonus from the UEFA Champions League.
Personal life
He lives in Athens. From his marriage to model Evi Vatidou he has two children.
References
- ^ Nasopoulos, Nasos (May 2009). ΑΛΕΞΗΣ ΚΟΥΓΙΑΣ: Μια ζωή στη σέντρα (in Greek). Best magazine.
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