Antonis Minou ( el, Αντώνης Μήνου, born 4 May 1958) is a Greek former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Minou took his first football steps in Almopos Aridea and to

Kastoria Kastoria ( el, Καστοριά, ''Kastoriá'' ) is a city in northern Greece in the modern regions of Greece, region of Western Macedonia. It is the capital of Kastoria (regional unit), Kastoria regional unit, in the Geographic regions of Gree ...

in 1980 and two years later to Panathinaikos, where he became known to the general public and was called to the national team. At Panathinaikos he won two league titles and three cups. However, the difficult competition with Nikos Sarganis forced him to look for another football team and in the summer of 1988 he was transferred to

AEK Athens A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadelf ...

. In his first season in the team, he was a second choice behind

Spyros Ikonomopoulos Spyros Ikonomopoulos ( el, Σπύρος Οικονομόπουλος; born 26 July 1959) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for AEK Athens. Club career Ikonomopoulos started his football career from the amateur ...

, but after the following season he became a regular and then never lost his place again, until the end of his spell at AEK. The decision by the club's management to release him in the summer of 1993 caused quite a surprise, since he was the first-choice goalkeeper in his last two seasons in which the team won the respective championships, while also playing in the national team. With AEK he won three championships, one Super Cup and one League Cup. After leaving AEK, Minou joined

Apollon Athens Apollon Smyrnis Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Απόλλων Σμύρνης), or in its full name Gymnasticos Syllogos Apollon Smyrnis ( el, links=no, Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Απόλλων Σμύρνης, ''Gymnastics Club Apollon o ...

, where he played for three season before ending his playing career.

International career

Minou played in a total of 16 matches with

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. He played for the first time on 8 October 1986, in an away friendly match against

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, when under the instructions of

Miltos Papapostolou Miltiadis "Miltos" Papapostolou ( el, Μιλτιάδης "Μίλτος" Παπαποστόλου, 9 September 1935 – 2 February 2017) was a Greek professional footballer and manager. Club career Papapostolou started his career at Omvros Omvri ...

replaced

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in the second half. He was part of the squad that traveled to the USA for the

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, where he played in the opening match against

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. He also competed with the Olympic team in 1983.

Managerial career

After the end of his career he became involved in coaching, while in the period 1997–98, he was initially the assistant coach of

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at AEK Athens and after the later was sacked, he his replacement until the end of the season. Later he was assistant of Fernando Santos in AEK and in Greece.

Honours

Panathinaikos *

Alpha Ethniki The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...

: 1983–84, 1985–86 *

Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most i ...

: 1983–84, 1985–86, 1987–88 AEK Athens *Alpha Ethniki: 1988–89, 1991–92,

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Greek Super Cup The Greek Super Cup ( el, Σούπερ Καπ Ελλάδος), officially known as the Cup of Friendship and Solidarity ( el, Κύπελλο Φιλίας και Αλληλεγγύης) was a Greek association football one-match competition which w ...

: 1989 *

Greek League Cup The EPAE Cup, known as the Greek League Cup, a now defunct football competition, took place only once, in the year 1989–90 season. AEK Athens is the only winner of the League Cup, beating Panionios (3–3 and 3–1 on penalties), Aris (5–2), ...

: 1990

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Minou, Antonis 1958 births Living people Greek men's footballers Greece men's international footballers Greek football managers Panathinaikos F.C. players AEK Athens F.C. players Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players Kastoria 1980 F.C. players AEK Athens F.C. managers 1994 FIFA World Cup players Super League Greece players Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers from Aridaia