Kleanthis Vikelidis (; 15 September 1915 – 4 November 1988) was a

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who played for

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and

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. He was also a manager, taking charge of Aris,

PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

and

Apollon Kalamarias Apollon Kalamarias (Greek: Απόλλων Καλαμαριάς) is a Greek sports club from Kalamaria, a suburb of Thessaloniki. It was founded in 1926. The club is named after Apollo, the mythical Greek god. Its colors are red and black. Histor ...

. Vikelidis was born in 1916 in

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and was the youngest of the three Vikelidis brothers that played for Aris, the others being Kostas and Nikiforos. He was instrumental in Aris winning the

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 ...

in 1932 and 1946, given the nickname ''"Macedonian tank"'' ''()''. During his career, Vikelidis was capped 7 times by the Greece National Football Team, scoring 4 goals. Vikelidis coached Aris twice in 1954 and 1959 and later continued his managing career with

during the 1957 season and

during the 1961 season. In his honour, Aris FC named their stadium at Charilaou, ''

Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium The Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium () or Charilaou Ground (Γήπεδο Χαριλάου) is a Soccer-specific stadium, football stadium in Thessaloniki, Greece. It was built in 1951 as the home stadium of Aris F.C. (Thessaloniki), one of the most p ...

''.

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Αθλητική Ηχώ
*''Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Άρης 1914-2004'' Κέντρο ιστορίας Θεσσαλονίκης, Θεσσαλονίκη 2004, *''Άρης 1914-2002'', Άγγελος Καριπίδης *Κωνσταντίνος Ίντος, "Η Ιστορία του Άρη", τόμος 1, "Ποδόσφαιρο (1914–2000), Ο κίτρινος θεός του πολέμου στον 20ό αιώνα."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vikelides, Kleanthis 1916 births 1988 deaths Footballers from Thessaloniki Greek Macedonians Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players Super League Greece players Greek men's footballers PAOK FC managers Niki Volos F.C. managers Greece men's international footballers Aris Thessaloniki F.C. managers Men's association football forwards Greek football managers 20th-century Greek sportsmen

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