Leonidas Andrianopoulos

Leonidas Andrianopoulos
Personal information
Date of birth 10 August 1911(1911-08-10)
Place of birth Piraeus, Greece
Date of death 25 October 2011(2011-10-25) (aged 100)
Place of death Greece
Playing position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1927–1936 Olympiacos
National team
1929–1935 Greece 11 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Leonidas Andrianopoulos (Greek: Λεωνίδας Ανδριανόπουλος; 10 August 1911[1] – 25 October 2011) was a Greek footballer who played as a striker.

Career

Andrianopoulos played club football for Olympiacos,[2][3] alongside his four older brothers.[4][5] Following his death, club president Vaggelis Marinakis described him as a "legend."[6]

He also earned eleven international caps for Greece, scoring two goals.[7]

Death

Andrianopoulos died on 25 October 2011, at the age of 100.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Λεωνίδας Ανδριανόπουλος, ένας άνθρωπος ευλογημένος από τον Θεό" (in Greek). 27 October 2011. http://www.antifono.gr/portal/%CE%A0%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%83%CF%89%CF%80%CE%B1/%CE%9E%CF%85%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%AC%CF%82/%CE%91%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%86%CF%89%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AC/3172-%CE%9B%CE%B5%CF%89%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B1%CF%82-%CE%91%CE%BD%CE%B4%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%82-%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%82-%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B8%CF%81%CF%89%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%82-%CE%B5%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82-%CE%B1%CF%80%CF%8C-%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD-%CE%98%CE%B5%CF%8C.html. Retrieved 27 November 2011. 
  2. ^ "Profile". Transfermarkt. http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/leonidas-andrianopoulos/profil/spieler_194425.html. Retrieved 5 November 2011. 
  3. ^ "Profile". Worldfootball.net. http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/leonidas-andrianopoulos/. Retrieved 5 November 2011. 
  4. ^ "Πένθος για τον Λεωνίδα Ανδριανόπουλο στον Ολυμπιακό" (in Greek). Kathimerini. 25 October 2011. http://portal.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_kathbreak_1_25/10/2011_411764. Retrieved 5 November 2011. 
  5. ^ "Πέθανε ο θρύλος του Ολυμπιακού, Λεωνίδας Ανδριανόπουλος" (in Greek). eNet. 25 October 2011. http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=320818. Retrieved 5 November 2011. 
  6. ^ "Vaggelis Marinakis: "Legends such as Leonidas Andrianopoulos live on forever"". Olympiacos F.C.. 26 October 2011. http://www.olympiacos.org/en/article/4539/vaggelis-marinakis-legends-such-leonidas-andrianopoulos-live-forever. Retrieved 5 November 2011. 
  7. ^ "Profile". Footballdatabase.eu. http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs.leonidas.andrianopoulos.91277.en.html. Retrieved 5 November 2011. 
  8. ^ "«Έφυγε» ο Λεωνίδας Ανδριανόπουλος" (in Greek). Naftemporiki. 25 October 2011. http://www.naftemporiki.gr/sports/story?id=2079058. Retrieved 5 November 2011.