Anthimos Kapsis

Anthimos Kapsis

Personal information
Date of birth	3 September 1950
Place of birth	Astypalaia, Greece
Playing position	Libero
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1969–1984	Panathinaikos FC	319	(5)
Total		319	(5)
National team
1971–1982	Greece	35	(0)
* 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 football player.

Career

Born in Astypalaia, his family moved to Keratsini when he was young.^[1] Kapsis played for the Panathinaikos FC 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.^[2]

Kapsis was capped thirty-six times by the Greece national football team^[3] and was a member of the team that competed in the finals of 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^[4] that went on to win the tournament.

See also

• Lists of association football players
• List of Greeks

References

1. Athanasiou, Nikos (2 June 2008). Μου ξανάρχονται ένα-ένα χρόνια δοξασμένα [I come back one to one with past glory] (in Greek). Gazzetta.gr.
2. Kolokotsios, Lambros (12 December 2009). Αθλητικοί Φάκελοι (ΑΝΘ. ΚΑΨΗΣ) [Sporting Capsules (Anth. Kapsis)] (in Greek). Evrytania News.
3. Mamrud, Roberto (29 October 2009). "Greece – Record International Players". RSSSF.
4. "Greece 1-0 Czech Rep". BBC News. 1 July 2004.

External links

• Anthimos Kapsis – FIFA competition record