Michalis Arkadis (; 37 October 1937 – 20 May 1990) was a Greek shipowner and a football agent, who served as president of

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Early life

Arkadis had studied maritime science at the University of

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and was a successful shipowner based in

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AEK Athens

He was actively involved with AEK since the early 1970's and was a member of many boards of directors under the presidency of

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. In the 1982–83 season, when the then owner of AEK,

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stepped down from the presidency of the club, Arkadis he took over as president of AEK. During his presidency, he hired

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as coach and won the

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in 1983. In the summer of the same year since he was unable to respond financially in the contract renewal of the team's star,

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he resigned in order for the new president, Lefteris Panagidis takes over.

Personal life

His daughter, Angeliki is the general manager of AEK and his son is Nikolaos is Insurance and Financial Broker.

Death

Arkadis died suddenly on the 20 May 1990, at the age of 52, from an acute heart attack at Rizoupoli Stadium, a few minutes before the start of the match of AEK Athens against

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, which he was preparing to watch.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arkadis, Michalis Greek football chairmen and investors 1937 births 1990 deaths AEK (sports club) AEK Athens F.C. AEK Athens F.C. chairmen