Kleanthis Vikelides ( el, Κλεάνθης Βικελίδης; 23 October 1916 – 4 November 1988) was a

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who played for

Aris Thessaloniki Athlitikos Syllogos Aris Thessalonikis, means Athletic Club Aris Thessaloniki
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and the

Greece national football team The Greece national football team ( el, Εθνική Ελλάδας, ) represents Greece in men's international football matches and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation, the governing body for football in Greece. Greece play most ...

. He was also a manager, taking charge of

Aris Thessaloniki Athlitikos Syllogos Aris Thessalonikis, means Athletic Club Aris Thessaloniki
...

, PAOK and Apollon Kalamaria. Vikelides was born in 1916 in

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...

and was the youngest of the three Vikelides brothers that played for

Aris F.C. Aris FC ( el, ΠΑΕ Άρης), commonly known as Aris Thessaloniki FC, AFC or simply Aris, is a Greek professional football club based in the city of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. Created in 1914 as ''Aris Thessaloniki Football Club'', the ...

, the others being Kostas and Nikiforos. He was instrumental in Aris winning the Greek Championship in 1932 and 1946, given the nickname 'Macedonian Tank'. During his career, Vikelides was capped 7 times by the Greece National Football Team, scoring 4 goals. 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,

Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium The Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium () or Charilaou Ground (Γήπεδο Χαριλάου) is a football stadium in Thessaloniki, Greece. It was built in 1951 as the home stadium of Aris F.C. (Thessaloniki), one of the most popular football clubs in ...

''.

International goals

Sources

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Αθλητική Ηχώ
*''Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Άρης 1914-2004'' Κέντρο ιστορίας Θεσσαλονίκης, Θεσσαλονίκη 2004, *''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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vikelides, Kleanthis 1916 births 1988 deaths Footballers from Thessaloniki Greek Macedonians Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players Super League Greece players Greek footballers PAOK FC managers Niki Volos F.C. managers Greece international footballers Aris Thessaloniki F.C. managers Association football forwards Greek football managers