Andy Papoulias

Andreas "Andy" Papoulias is a former Greek-American soccer midfielder who earned three caps with the U.S. national team in 1984 and 1985.

Andy Papoulias
Personal information
Full name Andreas Papoulias
Date of birth (1962-11-09) November 9, 1962
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979 New York Apollo
1981 Carolina Lightnin'
1984 New York Nationals
1984 Las Vegas Americans (indoor) 8 (1)
1985 New York Cosmos (indoor) 2 (0)
1985 Greek American AA
1985–1986 PAS Giannina 13 (3)
1986–1987 Ethnikos Piraeus 23 (6)
1987–1988 Diagoras 22 (2)
1988–1989 Ethnikos Piraeus 13 (0)
1992 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1 (0)
National team
1984–1985 United States 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

In 1979, Papoulias played for the New York Apollo of the American Soccer League. He then moved to the Carolina Lightnin' for the 1981 season. In 1984, Papoulias played for the New York Nationals in the United Soccer League.[1] In 1984, he began the season with the Las Vegas Americans of the Major Indoor Soccer League season.[2] He then moved to the New York Cosmos for two games. In 1985, he moved to the Greek American AA of the Cosmopolitan Soccer League. He then spent several years playing in Greece before returning to the United States in 1989 to play for the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the American Soccer League.[3] However, the team was unable to sign him before the transfer dead line. He returned to Europe where he continued to play in Greece and Cyprus until signing with the Rowdies for the 1992 season.[4] He played only one game with Tampa Bay before being waived on May 27, 1992.[5]

National team

Papoulias' first game with the national team came when he came on for Chico Borja in a November 30, 1984, tie with Ecuador. On December 2, 1984, he came on for Sonny Askew in another tie with Ecuador. His last national team game came on February 8, 1985, when he replaced Jeff Hooker in the 74th minute of a 1–1 tie with Switzerland.[6]

References
  1. EJECTION, INJURY DOOM SUN IN 1-0 LOSS Miami Herald, The (FL) - Sunday, June 3, 1984
  2. STEAMERS BEAT VEGAS 5-3 The Wichita Eagle (KS) - Saturday, December 15, 1984
  3. Former U.S. national player may join Rowdies St. Petersburg Times - Thursday, May 18, 1989
  4. Task of learning on the job motivates Rowdies goalkeeper The Tampa Tribune - Wednesday, May 6, 1992
  5. 1992 Tampa Bay Rowdies
  6. USA - Details of International Matches 1980-1989 Archived September 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
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