Vasilis Botinos
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vasilis Botinos | ||
| Date of birth | 19 October 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | Volos, Greece | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1958–1964 | Olympiakos Volou | 58 | (33) |
| 1964–1972 | Olympiacos | 140 | (120) |
| 1972–1973 | Panegialios | ||
| 1973–1974 | Panionios | 7 | (2) |
| National team | |||
| 1967–1969 | Greece | 12 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Vasilis Botinos (Greek: Βασίλης Μποτίνος; born 19 October 1944) is a former Greek footballer who played for Olympiacos,[1] as well as the Greek national side.[2]
Career
Born in Volos,[3] 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.[4][5] He spent most of his career with Olympiakos, 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.,[6] retiring at age 29 in 1974.[5]
Botinos made twelve appearances and scored three goals for the Greece national football team from 1967 to 1969,[7] scoring two goals in a 4–1 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifying victory against Switzerland on 15 October 1969.[5]
References
- ↑ "Profile". worldfootball.
- ↑ Vasilis Botinos – FIFA competition record
- ↑ Kolokotsios, Lambros (16 January 2010). Αθλητικοί Φάκελοι (ΜΠΟΤΙΝΟΣ) [Sporting Capsules (Botinos)] (in Greek). Evrytania News.
- ↑ Ο μεγάλος Βασίλης Μποτίνος θυμάται ... [Vasilis Botinos remembers...] (in Greek). Taxydromos. 30 January 2011.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Αέρινος, αδικημένος, ανεπανάληπτος [Ethereal, wronged, unprecedented] (in Greek). Thessalia. 6 February 2011.
- ↑ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (19 January 2003). "Greece 1973/74". RSSSF.
- ↑ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (25 September 2004). "Greece - International Matches 1961-1970". RSSSF.