Kleanthis Vikelidis

Kleanthis Vikelides

Personal information
Full name	Kleanthis Vikelides
Date of birth	23 October 1916
Place of birth	Thessaloniki, Greece
Date of death	4 November 1988 (aged 72)
Place of death	Thessaloniki, Greece
Playing position	Forward
Number	8
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1933–1949	Aris Thessaloniki F.C.	131	(72)
National team
1936–1948	Greece	7	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Kleanthis Vikelides (Greek: Κλεάνθης Βικελίδης; 23 October 1916 – 4 November 1988) was a Greek footballer who played for Aris Thessaloniki and the Greece national football team. He was also a manager, taking charge of Aris Thessaloniki, PAOK and Apollon Kalamaria.

Vikelides was born in 1916 in Thessaloniki and was the youngest of the three Vikelides brothers that played for Aris F.C., the others being Kostas and Nikiforos. He was instrumental in Aris winning the Greek Championship in 1932 and 1946, given the nickname 'Macedonian Tank'.^[1] During his career, Vikelides was capped 7 times by the Greek National Football Team, scoring 4 goals.^[2] Vikelidis coached Aris Thessaloniki twice in 1954 and 1959 and later continued his managing career with PAOK during the 1957 season and Apollon Kalamaria during the 1961 season. In his honour, Aris FC named the stadium at Charilaou, Thessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelides Stadium.

Sources

• Kleanthis Vikelidis' profile at worldfootball.net
• Αθλητική Ηχώ
• Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Άρης 1914-2004 Κέντρο ιστορίας Θεσσαλονίκης, Θεσσαλονίκη 2004, ISBN 960-87344-8-7
• Άρης 1914-2002, Άγγελος Καριπίδης
• Κωνσταντίνος Ίντος, "Η Ιστορία του Άρη", τόμος 1, "Ποδόσφαιρο (1914–2000), Ο κίτρινος θεός του πολέμου στον 20ό αιώνα."

References

1. http://www.sentragoal.gr/article.asp?catid=10584&subid=2&pubid=120620752
2. http://www.makthes.gr/news/sports/14725/