| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nikolaos Gioutsos | ||
| Date of birth | 16 April 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Makrochori,[1] Greece | ||
| Date of death | 7 November 2023 (aged 81) | ||
| Place of death | Athens, Greece | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1960–1964 | Csepel SC | 36 | (11) |
| 1964–1974 | Olympiacos | 276 | (100) |
| 1974–1976 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 43 | (2) |
| Total | 355 | (113) | |
| International career | |||
| 1965–1970 | Greece | 15 | (6) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1994 | Olympiacos (caretaker) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Nikos Gioutsos (Greek: Νίκος Γιούτσος; 16 April 1942 – 7 November 2023) was a Greek footballer who played as a striker.[2][3] From the special style of play and the passion together with the dynamism he brought to the matches, the fans shouted the slogan "Έμπαινε Γιούτσο" (Enter and destroy the opponents) which became a song and line in old Greek movies.
Nikos Gioutsos was born in Makrochori on 16 April 1942. His family was slavophone. During the Greek Civil War, residents of Makrochori were supporting DSE and were bombed by EDES. After the death of 69 people, DSE's guerillas took 219 children from the village with their parents assent, and sent to Eastern Europe for protection. Gioutsos who was paternal orphan and his mother remarried, moved to Hungary along with his sister. They were living in a college which was similar to an orphanage in Belogiannis village.
Gioutsos started his football career with the amateur club Olympos which was formed by Greek refugees. In 1960 he transferred to Csepel SC. In 1964 he returned in Greece and he was playing for Olympiacos for ten years. He ended his playing career for Ethnikos from 1974 to 1976.[4]
Gioutsos died on 7 November 2023, at the age of 81.[5] He was suffered by pulmonary edema[6]