Victor Mitropoulos (''Βίκτωρ Μητρόπουλος, Βίκτωρας Μητρόπουλος'', born 14 February 1947) is a Greek former

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

defender. He played for

Egaleo FC Egaleo Football Club () is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in Aigaleo, a suburban town in the Athens#Athens Urban Area, Athens urban area, Greece. Founded in 1946, it uses all documents of previous club (Ierapolis ...

and transferred to PAO FC in 1968. He was 1971 European Cup runner up but didn't play at the

final Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: *Final examination or finals, a test given at the end of a course of study or training *Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which d ...

because

Ferenc Puskás Ferenc Puskás (, ; né Purczeld; 1 April 1927 – 17 November 2006) was a Hungarian footballer and manager, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and the sport's first international superstar. A forward and an attacking ...

sent him back to

Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ...

. However, he played in the

1971 Intercontinental Cup The 1971 Intercontinental Cup was an association football tie held over two legs in December 1971 between the runners-up of the 1970–71 European Cup, Panathinaikos, replacing European Cup winners Ajax which declined to participate, and Nacion ...

. Mitropoulos won 3 Greek championships (1969, 1970, 1972) playing for

Panathinaikos FC Panathinaikos Football Club ( ), known as Panathinaikos, or by its full name, and the name of its parent sports club, Panathinaikos A.O. or PAO (; ''Panathinaïkós Athlitikós Ómilos'', ), is a Greek professional Association football, footbal ...

. He also played for Orpheus Aegaleo in

Beta Ethniki The Football League () was the second highest professional football league in Greece since its inception in 1962 as ''Beta Ethniki'' and until 2019. It then served as a third tier after the creation of the Super League 2 as the new second tier ...

from 1976 to 1977. He later became president of

and president of the Hellenic League (EPAE).

References

1947 births Living people Panathinaikos F.C. players Egaleo F.C. players Men's association football defenders Footballers from Athens Greek men's footballers 20th-century Greek sportsmen {{Greece-footy-defender-stub