Personal information | |||
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Full name | Konstantinos Vasiliou | ||
Date of birth | 1914 | ||
Place of birth | Limassol, Cyprus[1] | ||
Date of death | 1 May 2003 | (aged 88–89)||
Place of death | Limassol, Cyprus[2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1934–1935 | EPA Larnaca | ||
1935–1936 | APOEL | ||
1936–1945 | AEK Athens | 4 | (4) |
1945–1947 | APOEL | ||
1947–1948 | AEL Limassol (player-coach) | ||
1949–1950 | Anorthosis Famagusta (player-coach) | ||
International career | |||
1944 | Greece | 3 | (3) |
Managerial career | |||
1951–1953 | Anorthosis Famagusta | ||
1953–1955 | Nea Salamina | ||
1961–1962 | Nea Salamina | ||
1964–1965 | Nea Salamina | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kostas Vasiliou (Greek: Κώστας Βασιλείου; 1914 – 1 May 2003), was a Cypriot footballer who played as a striker and later a manager.
Vasiliou started his football career at EPA Larnaca in 1934.[3] In 1935 he continued at APOEL with which he won the championship of the 1935–36 season.[3] In 1936 he was transferred to AEK Athens. He was the first Cypriot to play for AEK.[4] With AEK he won the Panhellenic Championship and the Greek Cup in 1938–39, as well as the Panhellenic Championship 1939–40.[3][4][5] During his stay in Greece, Vasiliou participated in three friendly matches of Greece.[3][5]
He returned to Cyprus in 1945 and joined APOEL until 1947.[3][5] He won the championship and the Cypriot Cup in 1946–47.[3][5] In the period 1947–48 he took over as a player-coach of AEL Limassol with which he won the Cup 1947–48.[3][5] In the period 1949–50 he took over as a player-coach at Anorthosis Famagusta, leading them to the winning the league for the first time in their history.[3] He again managed Anorthosis from 1951 to 1953.[3][5] He then took over as coach of Nea Salamina in the 1954–55 season, leading the team to win the Cypriot Second Division and to be promoted to the first division for the first time in their history.[3]
Vasiliou was the first husband of Rena Vlahopoulou,[3][4][5] whom he met in 1938 and married a year later.[6] He was a photographer by profession.[3][5] His great-grandson, Nikos Englezou was also a football player of AEK Athens for a short time.[7][8][9] Vasiliou died on 1 May 2003.
APOEL
AEK Athens
Individual
AEL Limassol
Anorthosis Famagusta
Nea Salamina