Eleftherios "Lefteris" Poupakis (Greek: Ελευθέριος "Λευτέρης" Πουπάκης; born 28 February 1946) is a retired Greek
footballer
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who played as a
goalkeeper
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.
During his career he played for
Egaleo F.C.
Egaleo Football Club () is a Greek professional football club based in Aigaleo, a suburban town in the Athens urban area, Greece. Founded in 1946, it uses all documents of previous club (Ierapolis F.C., founded in 1931). The team currently comp ...
,
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 ...
,
OFI Crete
OFI Football Club (, ''Heraklion Sportsmen Club 1925 FC''), commonly referred to as OFI, is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in Heraklion, on the island of Crete. It is part of the O.F.I. (sports club), OFI mul ...
,
Panathinaikos FC
Panathinaikos Football Club ( ), known as Panathinaikos, or by its full name, and the name of its parent sports club, Panathinaikos A.O. or PAO (; ''Panathinaïkós Athlitikós Ómilos'', ), is a Greek professional Association football, footbal ...
and
Apollon Smyrnis F.C.
Apollon Smyrnis Football Club () is a professional association football, football club based in Athens, Greece, which competes in the Athens Football Clubs Association, Athens FCA first division.
It is part of GS Apollon Smyrnis (Γυμναστι ...
He earned six caps for the
Greece national football team
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,
and participated in
UEFA Euro 1980
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.
References
1946 births
Living people
Greek men's footballers
Greece men's international footballers
Olympiacos F.C. players
Panathinaikos F.C. players
Egaleo F.C. players
Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players
OFI Crete F.C. players
UEFA Euro 1980 players
Super League Greece players
Men's association football goalkeepers
People from Geropotamos
Footballers from Crete
20th-century Greek sportsmen
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