Stelios Skevofilakas
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Stylianos Skevofilakas | ||
Date of birth | 6 January 1939 | ||
Place of birth | Nea Ionia, Greece | ||
Date of death | 10 June 2009 | (aged 70)||
Place of death | Athens, Greece[1] | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Eleftheroupoli | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1958–1961 | Eleftheroupoli | ||
1961–1972 | AEK Athens | 308 | (16) |
1972–1973 | Atromitos | ||
International career | |||
1962 | Greece military | 8 | (2) |
1963–1966 | Greece | 11 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Stelios Skevofilakas (
Club career
Skevofilakas was born on 6 January 1939 at
On 21 May 1973, Skevofilakas alongside Balopoulos, Psychogios and Kefalidis, who all had been released from AEK and played for Atromitos, started in the game against their former club in Peristeri, and the match ended with a 1–0 victory for the hosts. It was the first time that they played against AEK, while Lakis Nikolaou, made his maiden participation against his former team, Atromitos, with the yellow-blacks.[8] He retired as a footballer in the summer of 1973, at the age of 34.[4]
International career
Skevofilakas was part of the Greek military, with whom he won the World Military Cup in 1962.[9][10]
Skevofilakas made 11 appearances for the
Personal life
After the end of his career Skevofilakas participated in all the events of the Veterans Association of AEK Athens, which he served as president for 8 consecutive years.[4] On 10 June 2009, he died from stomach cancer after a brave struggle of 18 months.[14][15] A few months earlier in 21 January 2009, he made a deeply emotional and unexpected visit to the gathering for the New Year of Veterans of AEK, in his capacity as their president, to wish all of them health. It was his last public appearance.[16] On 20 January 2016, AEK organized a football tournament in his memory.[17]
Honours
AEK Athens[4]
Greece military
References
- ^ "Στέλιος Σκευοφύλακας: Υπήρξε από τους σημαντικότερους παίκτες της ΑΕΚ κατά τη δεκαετία του 1960" (in Greek). Times News. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "Στέλιος Σκευοφύλακας". football.aek.com.
- ^ "Στέλιος Σκευοφύλαξ, μια ζωή ΑΕΚ". novasports.gr.
- ^ a b c d e "Στέλιος Σκευοφύλαξ". kitrinomavro.gr.
- ^ "Οι κορυφαίοι Ελληνες (60ς)!". gazzetta.gr.
- ^ "8 Σεπτεμβρίου 1961: Η πιο ευρεία εκτός έδρας νίκη της ΑΕΚ". 8 September 2021.
- ^ "Όταν η ΑΕΚ «άγγιξε» τ' αστέρια". aek365.org.
- ^ "Προϊστορία Ατρόμητου – ΑΕΚ". aekpassion.gr. 26 February 2018.
- ^ a b "CISM - Football Cup". milsport.one.
- ^ a b "World Military Championship". RSSSF.
- ^ "Εφυγε από τη ζωή ο Στέλιος Σκευοφύλαξ". contra.gr.
- ^ "European Championship 1968 (Details)". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
- ^ "Greece matches 1961–1965" (PDF). epo.gr.
- ^ "AEK loses a legend". aekfc.gr.
- ^ "ΑΕΚ: "Έφυγε" ο Στέλιος Σκευοφύλακας". iNewsgr.com.
- ^ "HISTORY". AEK F.C. Official Web Site.
- ^ "Η τελετή έναρξης του τουρνουά "Στέλιος Σκευοφύλαξ"". aekfc.gr.
External links
- Stelios Skevofilakas at EU-Football.info
- Stelios Skevofilakas at WorldFootball.net
- Εδωσε νέα διάσταση στο παιχνίδι
- Εφυγε από τη ζωή ο Στέλιος Σκευοφύλαξ