Kleanthis_Vikelidis

Kleanthis Vikelidis

Kleanthis Vikelidis

Greek footballer and manager


Kleanthis Vikelidis (Greek: Κλεάνθης Βικελίδης; 15 September 1915– 4 November 1988) was a Greek footballer who played for Aris and the Greece national football team. He was also a manager, taking charge of Aris, PAOK and Apollon Kalamarias.

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Vikelidis was born in 1916 in Thessaloniki and was the youngest of the three Vikelidis brothers that played for Aris, the others being Kostas and Nikiforos. He was instrumental in Aris winning the Panhellenic Championship in 1932 and 1946, given the nickname "Macedonian tank" (Greek: "Μακεδονικό τανκ").[1] During his career, Vikelidis was capped 7 times by the Greece National Football Team, scoring 4 goals.[2] Vikelidis coached Aris twice in 1954 and 1959 and later continued his managing career with PAOK during the 1957 season and Apollon Kalamarias during the 1961 season. In his honour, Aris FC named their stadium at Charilaou, Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium.

International goals

Sources

  • Kleanthis Vikelidis at WorldFootball.net
  • Αθλητική Ηχώ
  • Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Άρης 1914-2004 Κέντρο ιστορίας Θεσσαλονίκης, Θεσσαλονίκη 2004, ISBN 960-87344-8-7
  • Άρης 1914-2002, Άγγελος Καριπίδης
  • Κωνσταντίνος Ίντος, "Η Ιστορία του Άρη", τόμος 1, "Ποδόσφαιρο (1914–2000), Ο κίτρινος θεός του πολέμου στον 20ό αιώνα."

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