Elias Yfantis ( el, Ηλίας Υφαντής; born 29 July 1936) is a

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former professional football player who played as a striker and a later manager of

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

. He was a key member of Olympiacos during the 1950's and 1960's.

Biography

Born in ''Aghia Sophia'' in

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, Yfantis joined the senior side of Olympiacos F.C. at the age of 17. He played for the first time in an official match in 1953. He played as a forward and scored 225 career goals in all competitions. In A'Ethniki, he not only played in 58 games in three seasons and scored 30 goals, but he had also scored first for the historic struggle of Olympiacos in European competition against

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(final score 2–2). Serious injuries forced him to quit football in 1964 at the age of 28. He made seven appearances and scored two goals for the

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, playing from 1957 to 1960. In 1970, he became the head coach of Olympiacos as caretaker manager, and later for many years in parts of the infrastructure of the club.

Honours

Olympiacos *

Panhellenic Championship 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 ...

: 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59 *

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 ...

: 1953–54, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63 * Piraeus' League: 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959

References

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