Stefanos Borbokis (; born 1 September 1966) is a Greek former

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. He is the brother of

Vassilis Borbokis Vasilios Borbokis (; born 10 February 1969) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a right back. He is the younger brother of the former Greek international, Stefanos. Club career Borbokis started his career at Apollon Kalamar ...

who also played for

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Club career

Borbokis began his career at

in 1986 and became an influential part of the team playing 214

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games and scoring 32 goals. The 1987/88 season was by far his best season scoring 10 goals helping PAOK finish 3rd. That season he scored a goal in a 3–1 win against arch city rivals Aris FC, another goal in a 4–1 win against Panathinaikos and a double in a 6–1 win against Olympiakos (PAOK's biggest ever victory against the reds). The following 1988/89 season he scored a historic winner in PAOK's only ever win against Olympiakos (0-1) at the

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. He also debuted in the

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that season against

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's Napoli FC, losing 2–1 on aggregate to the eventual 1988/89

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champions. In the 1991/92 Uefa Cup Borbokis scored the winner against K.V. Mechelen away in

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to progress 2–1 on aggregate to the second round. Borbokis also took part in the 1992

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Final in which PAOK lost to

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over two legs 3–1. In 1994, he transferred to

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where he played only one season, helping Edessaikos reach the final four in the Greek Cup. He later returned to

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; ), also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece (with slightly over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area) and the capital cit ...

and played for Iraklis FC,

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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 ...

. Borbokis is the only player to have ever played for all four major clubs of

International career

Borbokis earned his first cap with Greece as a 24th min substitute in a friendly against Northern Ireland on 17 February 1988, which Greece won 3–2. He is PAOK's 9th most capped Greek international having played 29 times. In the 1992 Euro Qualifiers he was Greece's top goal scorer with a tally of 3.

International goals

Personal life

He hails from Mitrousi,

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Borbokis, Stefanos 1966 births Living people Footballers from Serres Greek men's footballers Super League Greece players PAOK FC players Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) players Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players Apollon Kalamarias F.C. players Edessaikos F.C. players Greece men's international footballers Greece men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football forwards Greek football managers Thermaikos Thermis F.C. managers Anagennisi Giannitsa F.C. managers PAOK FC non-playing staff 20th-century Greek sportsmen