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Dimitris Saravakos Personal information Full name Dimitrios Saravakos Date of birth 29 July 1961 Place of birth Athens, Greece Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Playing position Striker, Attacking Midfielder Youth career 1977–1979 Panionios Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1979–1984 Panionios 132 (35) 1984–1994 Panathinaikos 252 (125) 1994–1997 AEK Athens 47 (21) 1997–1998 Panathinaikos 2 (0) – Total 433 (181 ) National team 1982–1994 Greece 78 (22) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Dimitrios "Dimitris" Saravakos (Greek: Δημήτρης Σαραβάκος) (born 29 July 1961), nicknamed O Μικρός (The Kid) is a Greek former football player, considered to be one of the best Greek football players of all time. He started his career in Panionios and later he moved on to Panathinaikos FC, where Saravakos gained fame and matured as a footballer, evolving into a formidable right winger. After a rejection of a renewal contract offer by Panathinaikos, Saravakos moved to AEK Athens in 1994. He returned and concluded his career in Panathinaikos three years later.
Being a charismatic player he attracted a number of the biggest clubs in Europe. Yet in the early 90s – prior to the implementation of the ECJ's Bosman ruling – when Juventus had offered him a contract, Panathinaikos' chairman Giorgos Vardinogiannis rejected the transfer – Saravakos thus lost an opportunity to continue his successful career also in Serie A.
Saravakos won several Super League Championships (formerly, championships) and cups in Greece with Panathinaikos and AEK Athens. He also captained the Greek national team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup and brought Panathinaikos to the semi finals of the European Champions League in 1985.
Honours
- Greek Championship: 1986, 1990, 1991
- Greek Cup: 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994
- Greek Super Cup: 1988, 1993
- Greek Cup: 1996, 1997
- Greek Super Cup: 1996
External links
Greece squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Minou • 2 Apostolakis • 3 Kolitsidakis • 4 Manolas • 5 Kalitzakis • 6 Tsalouchidis • 7 Saravakos • 8 Nioplias • 9 Machlas • 10 Mitropoulos • 11 Tsiantakis • 12 Marangos • 13 Karagiannis • 14 Dimitriadis • 15 Karkamanis • 16 Alexoudis • 17 Hantzidis • 18 Karataidis • 19 Kofidis • 20 Atmatsidis • 21 Alexandris • 22 Alexiou • Coach: PanagouliasSuper League Greece top scorers 1957: Christoforidis | 1958: Georgopoulos | 1959: Nestoridis | 1960: Nestoridis | 1961: Nestoridis | 1962: Nestoridis | 1963: Nestoridis | 1964: Papaioannou | 1965: Sideris | 1966: Papaioannou | 1967: Sideris | 1968: Inzoglou | 1969: Sideris | 1970: Antoniadis | 1971: Dedes | 1972: Antoniadis | 1973: Antoniadis | 1974: Antoniadis | 1975: Antoniadis / Calcadera | 1976: Dedes | 1977: Inzoglou | 1978: Mavros | 1979: Mavros | 1980: Bajevic | 1981: Kouis | 1982: Charalabidis | 1983: Anastopoulos | 1984: Anastopoulos | 1985: Mavros | 1986: Anastopoulos | 1987: Anastopoulos | 1988: Nielsen | 1989: Boda | 1990: Mavros | 1991: Saravakos | 1992: Dimitriadis | 1993: Dimitriadis | 1994: Alexandris / Warzycha | 1995: Warzycha | 1996: Tsiartas | 1997: Alexandris | 1998: Warzycha | 1999: Nikolaidis | 2000: Nalitzis | 2001: Alexandris | 2002: Alexandris | 2003: Liberopoulos | 2004: Giovanni | 2005: Gekas | 2006: Salpigidis | 2007: Liberopoulos | 2008: Blanco | 2009: Blanco / Galletti | 2010: Cissé | 2011: CisséUEFA Europa League top scorers 1972: Bründl | 1973: Heynckes & Jeuring | 1974: Schoenmaker | 1975: Heynckes | 1976: Geels | 1977: Bowles | 1978: Deykers & Ponte | 1979: Simonsen | 1980: Hoeneß & Nickel | 1981: Wark | 1982: Nilsson | 1983: Giresse & Vandenbergh | 1984: Nyilasi | 1985: Bahtić & Bannister | 1986: Allofs | 1987: Cascavel & Houtman & Kieft & Rantanen | 1988: Larsen & Saravakos | 1989: Gütschow | 1990: Götz & Riedle | 1991: Völler | 1992: Saunders | 1993: Baticle | 1994: Bergkamp & Schmitt | 1995: Kirsten | 1996: Klinsmann | 1997: Ganz | 1998: Guivarc'h | 1999: Chiesa & Kulawik | 2000: Şükür & Kovačević | 2001: Berbatov & Bolo | 2002: van Hooijdonk | 2003: Derlei & Larsson | 2004: Anderson & Drogba & Hadžimehmedović & Kežman & Shearer & Žigić | 2005: Shearer | 2006: Delgado | 2007: Pandiani | 2008: Pogrebnyak & Toni | 2009: Love | 2010: Cardozo & Pizarro | 2011: FalcaoCategories:- Greek footballers
- Panathinaikos footballers
- AEK Athens F.C. players
- 1961 births
- Living people
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- Greece international footballers
- Panionios G.S.S. players
- Superleague Greece players
- Greek football biography stubs
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