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Anthimos Kapsis
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Kapsis in 1971
Personal information
Date of birth (1950-09-03) 3 September 1950 (age 74)
Place of birth Astypalaia, Greece
Height 1.85 m
Playing position Libero
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1984 Panathinaikos 319 (5)
National team
1971–1982 Greece 35 (0)
Teams managed
1992–1993 PAS Giannina
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Anthimos Kapsis (Greek: Άνθιμος Καψής; born 3 September 1950) is a Greek former International footballer who played as a sweeper.

Career

Born in Astypalaia, Kapsis' family moved to Keratsini when he was young. Kapsis played for the Panathinaikos F.C. from 1969 until 1984 and was a member of that team when it played in Wembley Stadium, located in London, England, in the 1971 European Cup Final.

As player of Panthinaikos he won five greek championships (1969, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1984), four greek cups (1969, 1977, 1982, 1984) and one Balkans Cup (1977).

Kapsis was capped 36 times by the Greece national team and was a member of the team that competed in Euro 1980. He was also selected to an all-European squad that faced a South American one in a charity game.

Personal life

He is the father of Michalis Kapsis (born 1973), who is also a football player and was included in the squad of Euro 2004 that went on to win the tournament.

See also

  • List of one-club men in association football
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