- Georgios Mitsibonas
Football player infobox
playername = Giorgos Mitsibonas
fullname = Georgios Mitsibonas
height =
dateofbirth = birth date|1962|1|1
cityofbirth =Tsaritsani
dateofdeath = death date and age|1997|9|13|1962|1|1
cityofdeath =Giannouli
countryofbirth =Greece
countryofdeath =Greece
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Defender,Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs = flagicon|Greece Ikonomos Saritsanis
years = 1981-1989
1989-1992
1992-1994
1994-1996
clubs = LarissaPAOK Olympiacos
Larissa
caps(goals) = 210 (24)
95 (3)
51 (9)
56 (7)
nationalyears = 1984 - 1996
nationalteam = flagicon|Greece Greece
nationalcaps(goals) = 27 (1)
pcupdate =
ntupdate =Georgios Mitsibonas (1962–1997) was a famous Greek football player during the 1980s and 1990s. He was born in 1962 in the village of
Tsaritsani in the prefecture ofLarissa . He started his football career as a centre forward in Ikonomos Tsaritsanis and in 1981 he signed with Larissa where he played one year as a forward. In 1982 the coach of Larissa used him as a sweeper, and as a defender Mitsibonas made a great career. With Larissa he won aGreek football Cup in 1985 and a Greek football Championship in 1988. This championship was and still remains a huge success, as Larissa became the first and the only until now countryside based team to win the Greek champioship. Mitsibonas is believed to be the best Larissa defender and one of the greatest Greek defenders in history. In 1989 he moved toPAOK and three years later he signed with the team ofOlympiacos where he won aGreek football Cup . In 1994 he returned to Larissa, but nothing was like before. Many good players had left the team and Larissa eventually in 1996 failed to remain in the first division. Then Mitsibonas moved to AE Tirnavos, a team in the Greek Third Division, in the city ofTirnavos , the second biggest of theLarissa Prefecture afterLarissa .On
13 September ,1997 Mitsibonas was killed in a car crash near the village ofGiannouli outsideLarissa . He was only thirty five and left behind his wife and his two daughters. He left also of course a large career, 413 matches and 43 goals in the first Greek division (he played 344 matches and scored 38 goals with AEL) and 27 matches and one goal with the national team ofGreece . He was one of the biggest football players not only of Larissa, but also of Greek football.
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