Lakis Nikolaou

Lakis Nikolaou

Personal information
Full name	Pantelis Nikolaou
Date of birth	17 July 1949
Place of birth	Ios, Greece
Playing position	Centre Back
Club information
Current team	AEK FC (Medical Director)
Youth career
-1966	Atromitos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1966–1981	AEK Athens	358	(42)
National team
1973–1975	Greece	15	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Pantelis "Lakis" Nikolaou (born 17 July 1949) is a retired Greek football defender. He is currently the Head Doctor of AEK Athens.

Club career

Born on the island of Ios, Nikolaou played mainly for AEK Athens forming a powerful defending duo with Petros Ravousis.^[1]

International career

He made his debut for Greece on 8 September 1973 and played a total of 15 games.^[2] He was a participant at the 1980 UEFA European Football Championship.

Other activities

Lakis studied medicine in University of Athens while still being a professional footballer and managed to become a successful medicine professor and surgeon (with speciality in orthopedics). He later became doctor of AEK Athens and now of Olympiakos On 13 October 1997 he became AEK Athens' thirty fifth president, serving from 1997 until 1998.^[1]

References

1. Kolokotsios, Lambros (22 May 2009). Αθλητικοί Φάκελοι (ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΥ) [Sporting Capsules (Nikolaou)] (in Greek). Evrytania News.
2. ΕΘΝΙΚΕΣ ΟΜΑΔΕΣ > Εθνική Ομάδα Ανδρών (in Greek). Hellenic Football Federation. Retrieved 2009-11-10.

External links

• Lakis Nikolaou – FIFA competition record