Stefanos Gaitanos
Stefanos Gaitanos (
Playing career
Born in Veria, Gaitanos joined Veria in 1960. He left Veria later to join Apollon Athens as he wanted to be closer to his Law school. He retired from football in 1978 in order to finish his studies.
Managerial career
Stefanos graduated from law school and also became a coach. His first team to manage was Doxa Makrochori (later renamed to
He owns a football academy named after himself in Veria, the Stefanos Gaitanos Football Academy.
During his managerial career, he discovered some of Greece's most important football players; some of the players that he trained, guided and offered to Greek football were Vasilios Tsiartas at Alexandria, Alexis Alexandris at Veria, Pantelis Kafes, Nikos Dabizas, Andreas Niniadis, Dimitrios Geladaris and Ilias Atmatsidis at Pontioi Veria.
Personal life
After retiring from football in 1978, Stefanos got his Law school degree. He is married and also has a daughter, Katerina, who's a football coach at "Stefanos Gaitanos Football Academy", she also worked for Veria as coach for the youth squads.