Giannis Gravanis

Giannis Gravanis
Personal information
Date of birth16 January 1958
Place of birthDomokos, Greece
Date of death30 April 2012 (aged 54)
Place of deathPatras, Greece
Playing positionDefender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
–1977Achilleas Domokos F.C.
1977–1988Panionios269(14)
1988–1989Panachaiki6(0)
1989Patras
National team
1982Greece3(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Giannis Gravanis (Greek: Γιάννης Γραβάνης; 16 January 1958 – 30 April 2012) was a Greek footballer.

Career

Born in Domokos, Gravanis began playing football with local side Achilles Domokos. Gravanis joined Panionios in July 1977,[1] and played eleven seasons for the club in the Alpha Ethniki, appearing in 269 league matches.[2] He made his Alpha Ethniki debut on 10 January 1978, and helped Panionios win the 1978–79 Greek Cup final against AEK Athens F.C.[3]

Gravanis made three appearances for the Greece national football team during 1982.[4]

Personal

Gravanis died in a Patras hospital at age 54.[3]

References

  1. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (2003-04-24). "Greece 1977/78". RSSSF.
  2. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (2003-06-19). "Greece 1987/88". RSSSF.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Πέθανε ο Γιάννης Γραβάνης [Giannis Gravanis died] (in Greek). Sport.gr. 30 April 2012.
  4. ΕΘΝΙΚΕΣ ΟΜΑΔΕΣ > Εθνική Ομάδα Ανδρών (in Greek). Hellenic Football Federation. Retrieved 2009-11-30.