Vangelis Kousoulakis (Greek: Βαγγέλης Κουσουλάκης; born 16 April 1954) is a Greek former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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Career

He started his career at Iraklis in 1971. He was a part of the team that won the

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in 1976. In 1979, Kousoulakis joined

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, ...

winning four championships in 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983. He played for them until the summer of 1986 when he transferred at

Apollon Kalamarias Apollon Kalamarias (Greek: Απόλλων Καλαμαριάς) is a Greek sports club from Kalamaria, a suburb of Thessaloniki. It was founded in 1926. The club is named after Apollo, the mythical Greek god. Its colors are red and black. Histor ...

. He ended his career in 1988.

Honours

;Iraklis *

: 1975–76 ;Olympiacos *

Alpha Ethniki The Super League Greece 1 (), or Stoiximan Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Greece and the highest level of the Greek football league system. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and repla ...

: 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83 *Greek Cup: 1980–81 *

Greek Super Cup The Greek Super Cup (), formerly known as the Friendship and Solidarity Cup () is a Greek association football one-match competition, which is contested annually either between the champions of the previous Super League Greece season and the hold ...

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

External links

Κουσουλάκης: "Το ελληνικό ποδόσφαιρο έχει καταντήσει πλέον αηδία"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kousoulakis, Vangelis 1954 births Living people Greek men's footballers Greece men's international footballers Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) players Olympiacos F.C. players Apollon Kalamarias F.C. players Super League Greece players Footballers from Thessaloniki Men's association football midfielders 20th-century Greek sportsmen