Dimitrios "Mimis" Stefanakos (; 19 October 1936 – 17 December 2021) was a Greek

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who played for

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, ...

and the Greece national team.

Career

Born in

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, Stefanakos fled the German occupation with his family before beginning his football career as a defender with Iperochi Neapoleos in 1946, until he joined

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 ...

side

Olympiacos F.C. Olympiacos Football Club ( ), known simply as Olympiacos or Olympiacos Piraeus, is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in Piraeus. Part of the major Sports club, multi-sport club Olympiacos CFP (''Olympiakós Sýnde ...

in July 1965. He spent most of his senior career with Olympiacos winning the league championship six times and the cup eight times. Stefanakos left Olympiacos in 1965 for

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in South Africa, and finished his career with

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in Brazil. Stefanakos made eight appearances for the Greece national team from 1958 to 1963.

Honours

Olympiacos *

Panhellenic Championship 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 repl ...

: 1957–58, 1958–59 *

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:1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963 και 1965 * Piraeus' League: 1958, 1959

Filmography

Stefanakos appeared in seven Greek movies.

Personal life and death

Stefanakos was married to Martha Karagianni. The couple had a child who died three days after the birth. The couple separated few months later. He died on 17 December 2021, at the age of 85.Πέθανε ο «θρύλος» του Ολυμπιακού Μίμης Στεφανάκος

References

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