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Greek footballer (1920?1987)
Youlielmos Arvanitis
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Full name
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Youlielmos Arvanitis
[1]
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Date of birth
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1920
[1]
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Place of birth
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Athens
, Greece
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Date of death
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1987 (aged 66–67)
[2]
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Position(s)
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Midfielder
,
defender
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1936?1938
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Ethnikos Kamaras
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Years
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Team
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Apps
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(
Gls
)
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1938?1946
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PAOK
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1946?1954
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AEK Athens
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11
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(0)
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1952
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Greece Military
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1948?1952
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Greece
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5
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(0)
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1952
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Greece Olympic
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1
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(0)
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals
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Youlielmos Arvanitis
(
Greek
:
Γουλι?λμο? Αρβαν?τη?
; 1920 ? 1987), also known as
"Youlios"
(
Greek
:
"Γο?λιο?"
)
was a
Greek
footballer
who played as a
midfielder
.
[3]
Club career
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Arvanitis started football at Ethnikos Kamaras in 1936. 2 years later moved to
PAOK
, where he remained after the end of
World War II
. In 1946 he transferred to
AEK Athens
. The fans called him
"Youlios"
, a nickname that the press of the time often used in place of his first name. The original position of Arvanitis was the left back, to be converted to that of central midfielder or centre-half when the role acquired more defensive duties in the football of the time and before he definitively became a centre-back. Due to his timely placements against opposing forwards and his education, he was also known as "the Wise One". He played for 8 years, before retiring as a footballer in 1954. Arvanitis participated in 5 finals of the
Greek Cup
. With PAOK in 1939 in the 1?2 defeat by AEK and with the latter in 1948, 1949, 1950 and 1953. He won the trophy twice and scored the second goal in a 4?0 win over
Aris
in 1950.
[4]
International career
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Arvanitis was called to play for
Greece
, with only 5 appearances, being in that generation of players who lost the opportunity for more because of World War II. He made his debut on 23 April 1948 in Greece's first post-war match after ten years, a 1?3 loss to
Turkey
at
Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
and 3.5 years later, he played as the captain in a friendly match against
France B
at
Marseille
, in a 0?1 defeat.
He was selected in the squad for the
1952 Olympic Games
, where he played in a 1?2 defeat by
Denmark
in
Tampere
that was also his last international appearance.
[5]
He also played with the military team and won the
World Military Cup
in 1952.
[6]
Arvanitis was one of the few athletes of the first post-war period with a high educational level. After his retirement as a football player, he enacted with coaching. He worked in several clubs, including
Ionikos
[7]
and
Pannafpliakos
.
[8]
Persomal life
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Arvanitis died in 1987. On 19 December 2022 his son, Konstantinos donated his golden medal from the
1949 Greek Cup Final
to the History Museum of AEK Athens.
[9]
Honours
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AEK Athens
Greece military
References
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a
b
"Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952"
(PDF)
.
Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952
. p. 714 (717 of PDF). Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 11 April 2008
. Retrieved
2 September
2020
.
- ^
Karystinos, Nikos (7 December 2012).
"Γο?λιαμ Αρβαν?τη? (Γο?λιο?), ο "σοφ??"
"
[Youlielmos Arvanitis (Youlios), the "wise man"].
aek-live.gr
(in Greek). Archived from
the original
on 10 December 2012
. Retrieved
2 September
2020
.
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"Youlielmos Arvanitis"
.
Olympedia
. Retrieved
12 November
2021
.
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"Κ?πελλο Ελλ?δο? 1941?1950"
(PDF)
.
epo.gr
.
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Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;
Mallon, Bill
; et al.
"Stellas Arvanitis Olympic Results"
.
Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
.
Sports Reference LLC
. Archived from
the original
on 18 April 2020
. Retrieved
12 October
2018
.
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"World Military Championship"
.
RSSSF
.
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"Youlios was hired by Ionikos Nikaias", newsp. Sports Voice, 13 August 1973, page 5
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newsp. Athletic Echo, 9 March 1974, page 4
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"?να ακ?μα πολ? σημαντικ? κειμ?λιο στη συλλογ? του Μουσε?ου Ιστορ?α? τη? ΑΕΚ"
.
aek365.org
. 19 December 2022.
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