Vasilios Botinos

Vasilios Botinos

Personal information
Date of birth	(1944-10-19)19 October 1944
Place of birth	Volos, Greece
Date of death	16 February 2022(2022-02-16) (aged 77)
Place of death	Nikaia, Greece
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1958–1964	Olympiakos Volos	58	(33)
1964–1972	Olympiacos	134	(42)
1972–1973	Panegialios
1973–1974	Panionios	7	(2)
International career
1967–1969	Greece	12	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vasilios Botinos (Greek: Βασίλειος Μποτίνος; 19 October 1944 – 16 February 2022) was a Greek footballer who played as a winger for Olympiacos as well as the Greece national team.

Career

Born in Volos, Botinos began playing football as a winger with Olympiakos Volou F.C. in 1958, until he joined Alpha Ethniki side Olympiacos F.C. in July 1964. He spent most of his career with Olympiacos, where he suffered a serious leg injury in 1969. Botinos left Olympiacos for Panegialios F.C. in 1972, and finished his career in the Alpha Ethniki with Panionios G.S.S., retiring at age 29 in 1974.

Botinos made twelve appearances and scored three goals for the Greece national team from 1967 to 1969, scoring two goals in a 4–1 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifying victory against Switzerland on 15 October 1969.

Honours

Olympiacos

• Panhellenic Championship: 1966 και 1967
• Greek Cup: 1964, 1968 και 1971

Personal life

Botinos died from COVID-19 in Nikaia, on 16 February 2022, at the age of 77.