Triantafyllos "Lakis" Stergioudas (; born 11 December 1952) is a

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former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Stergioudas started playing football in the academy of the amateur club of his birthplace, Thermaikos Portaria, but he played and made up his first team debut in the historic club of

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, Niki Polygyrou. In 1972, at the age of 19, he impressed the people of

AEK Athens A.E.K. (; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople'') is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadelfeia, Attica. The club is more commonly known in European competitions as A.E.K. Athens. Establishe ...

, which resulted in his transfer to the club of

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. Stergioudas became a first team regular and in 1977 he was in the squad that reached the

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of the

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. In 11 January 1981 at 40th minute of the match against OFI, his attempt to stop Sifis Koronakis, he collided with him and suffered a fractured tibia-fibula. That injury kept him out of the pitch for many months and eventually lost his position to

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, Spyros Ikonomopoulos and eventually

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. In his 12-year spell at AEK Stergioudas won two

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in a row and two

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, including a domestic double in 1978. In 1984 Stergioudas was released from AEK and signed for

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

, where he won another championship, while he was a finalist in the cup the same year, where the club of

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lost to AEL in a 4–1 defeat. With the conquest of the championship of 1985, Stergioudas became the only player to win a championship with both AEK and PAOK. In 1986 he decided to retire from professional football and in 1988 he ended his career as footballer playing for Naoussa.

International career

Stergioudas played for

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for two years. His debut took place on 10 November 1976 in the friendly match, in

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, against

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, when under the guidance of Lakis Petropoulos he was a key player in the entire match. His last appearance took place on 21 September 1977 in the away friendly match against

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, this time under

Alketas Panagoulias Alketas 'Alkis' Panagoulias (; 30 May 1934 – 18 June 2012) was a Greek association football player and manager. He managed the national teams of both Greece and the United States. He also managed several clubs, including Aris, his birthplace ...

, where he again played in the whole match.

Honours

AEK Athens *

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 ...

: 1977–78, 1978–79 *

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: 1977–78, 1982–83 PAOK *Alpha Ethniki: 1984–85

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stergioudas, Lakis 1952 births Living people Footballers from Moudania Greek men's footballers Greece men's international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers AEK Athens F.C. players PAOK FC players Naoussa F.C. players Super League Greece players 20th-century Greek sportsmen