Ilias Rosidis (; 3 February 1927 – 27 December 2019) was a Greek

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played for

Olympiacos FC Olympiacos Football Club ( ), known simply as Olympiacos or Olympiacos Piraeus, is a Greek professional football club based in Piraeus. Part of the major multi-sport club Olympiacos CFP (''Olympiakós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós'', "Olymp ...

and the Greece national team throughout his career.

Club career

A talented

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, Rosidis is considered a legend amongst the Olympiacos faithful. During a career that spanned almost 20 years at the

Piraeus Piraeus ( ; ; , Ancient: , Katharevousa: ) is a port city within the Athens urban area ("Greater Athens"), in the Attica region of Greece. It is located southwest of Athens city centre along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf in the Ath ...

club, Rosidis captained the club during their golden era of the 1950s. From 1954 to 1959, Rosidis led the club to a then unheard of six consecutive Greek Championships. In that same period, Rosidis lifted the

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on 3 occasions, making Olympiacos the only Greek club to have won 3 consecutive doubles. In total, Rosidis finished his Olympiacos' career with 7 Greek Championships, 9 Cups, 5 doubles, and over 500 appearances for his club.

International career

During the 1950s, Rosidis was a key member in the

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. He earned 29 caps during this time period. Rossidis played for Greece at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

. In 2012 Rosidis carried the London 2012 Olympic torch and lit the cauldron in Piraeus the day before it was handed over to London.

Honours

;Olympiacos *

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: 1950–51, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59 *

: 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60,

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References

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