Kleanthis Vikelidis

Kleanthis Vikelides
Personal information
Full name Kleanthis Vikelides
Date of birth 23 October 1916(1916-10-23)
Place of birth Thessaloniki, Greece
Date of death 4 November 1988(1988-11-04) (aged 72)
Place of death Thessaloniki, Greece
Playing position Forward
Number 8
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1933–1949 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. 131 (72)
National team
1936–1948 Greece 7 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Kleanthis Vikelides (23 October 1916 – 4 November 1988) was a star footballer for Aris Thessaloniki in the 1930s and 1940s.

Vikelides was born in 1916 in Thessaloniki and was the youngest of the three Vikelides brothers that played for Aris (the other two were Kostas and Nikiforos). He was instrumental in Aris winning the Greek Championship in 1932 and 1946, given the nickname 'Macedonian Tank'. During his career, Vikelides was capped 7 times by the Greek National Football Team, scoring 4 goals. Vikelidis coached Aris Thessaloniki twice in 1954 and 1959 and later continued his managing career to PAOK during the 1957 season and Apollon Kalamaria during the 1961 season. In his honour, Aris FC named the stadium at Charilaou, Thessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelides Stadium.

References
PAOK FC – managers