Kostas Choumis
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Konstantinos Choumis | ||
Date of birth | 20 November 1913 | ||
Place of birth | Piraeus, Kingdom of Greece | ||
Date of death | 20 July 1981 | (aged 67)||
Place of death | Athens, Greece | ||
Position(s) |
Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1929–1933 | Ethnikos Piraeus | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1933–1936 | Ethnikos Piraeus | ||
1936–1946 |
Venus București | ||
1946 | Rapid București | ||
1947 | IT Arad | 1 | (0) |
1947–1950 |
Karres Mediaş | ||
1950 | IT Arad | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
1934–1936 | Greece[1] | 9 | (8) |
1941–1943 | Romania[2] | 2 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
Egaleo | |||
Ethnikos | |||
1966 | PAS Giannina | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kostas Choumis (
Club career
Kostas Choumis made his senior debut in 1933, playing for Ethnikos Piraeus, a team from his hometown. Shortly after his debut, he became a certainty for the starting lineup. He won the South Division championship with Ethnikos Piraeus in 1934–1935 season, scoring 15 goals in 10 matches.[4] The National Championship was not held in 1934–1935 season, but the next year it was played, and Choumis became the top scorer of the league, with 12 goals scored in 14 matches.[4]
In 1936, Kostas moved to Romanian club
He remains in history as the first scorer for a Romanian team in the European competitions, scoring the first goal of
Kostas Choumis won three times the
He remained at Venus during World War II but left in 1946 to play for
International career
Kostas Choumis made his debut for the Greece national football team in December 1934, in a Balkan Cup match against Yugoslavia.[11] A few days later, in a match against Romania, Kostas scored his first international goal.[11]
In the
In his last match for Greece, he scored the only goal for his team in Cairo, but the Greeks lost the game against Egypt.[11]
In 1941, after five years of living in Romania, Kostas made his debut for Romania, in a match against Slovakia.[11] He scored the first goal for The Tricolours, and Romania won 3–2.[11]
His last international match came in June 1943, playing another match against Slovakia. The match ended as a draw, 2-2.[11]
International Goals
Goals for Greece
- Greece score listed first, score column indicates score after each Choumis goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 27 December 1934 | Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens, Greece | Romania | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1934-35 Balkan Cup
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2 | 16 June 1935 | Unak Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria | Bulgaria | 1–0 | 2–5 | 1935 Balkan Cup |
3 | 2–5 | |||||
4 | 24 June 1935 | Levski Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria | Romania | 1–0 | 2–2 | |
5 | 2–0 | |||||
6 | 21 May 1936 | ONEF Stadium, Bucharest, Romania | Bulgaria | 2–3 | 4–5 | 1936 Balkan Cup |
7 | 2–3 | |||||
8 | 19 June 1936 | Muhammad Ali Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | Egypt | 1–1 | 1–3 | Friendly
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Goals for Romania
- Romania score listed first, score column indicates score after each Humis goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 12 October 1941 | ANEF Stadium, Bucharest, Romania | Slovakia | 1–1 | 3–2 | Friendly
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Honours
Club
Ethnikos Piraeus
- Greek South Division Championship (1): 1934–35
Venus București
- 1939–40[9]
- Cupa României runner-up: 1939–40[7]
UTA Arad
International
- Greece
- Runners-up (1): 1934-35
Individual
- Panhellenic Championship (1): 1935–36 (12 goals)
References
- ^ Kostas Choumis' caps and goals for Greece national football team
- ^ "Evidence of Constantin Humis' appearances for Romania national football team". Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
- ^ "Fotbaliști care au evoluat sub tricolor, dar s-au născut în afara granițelor României" [Footballers who evolved under the tricolor, but were born outside the borders of Romania] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 13 March 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Evidence of Kostas Humis' appearances and goals for Ethnikos". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
- ^ Mihai Ionescu, Mircea Tudoran Fotbal de la A la Z : Fotbalul mondial de-a lungul anilor, Bucharest: Editura Sport-Turism, 1988
- ^ Venus - Ujpest, 1937 @ Romaniansoccer.ro
- ^ a b "Romanian Cup - Season 1939 - 1940". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Kostas Choumis profile". Labtof. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Primul străin naturalizat din istoria naţionalei României! Costică Humis, grecul care a jucat sub tricolor" [The first naturalized foreigner in the history of the Romanian national team! Costica Humis, the Greek who played under the tricolor] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Kostas Choumis". European Football. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
External links
- Kostas Choumis at National-Football-Teams.com
- Kostas Choumis at WorldFootball.net