Nikos Anastopoulos

Nikos Anastopoulos (Greek: Νίκος Αναστόπουλος; born 22 January 1958) is a Greek former football player, one of the most prolific strikers in the Greek league during the 1980s and widely regarded as one of the best strikers in the history of Greek football. With 29 goals he is the all-time top scorer for the Greek national football team. He is considered as one of the greatest players in Olympiacos history,[1] where he scored 159 goals in 291 official games for the Greek powerhouse and won the Bronze Boot as the third scorer in Europe in the 1982–83 season. Since retiring as a player he has become a football manager. He is the current manager of Kalamata.

Nikos Anastopoulos
Personal information
Full name Nikolaos Anastopoulos
Date of birth (1958-01-22) 22 January 1958
Place of birth Dafni, Athens, Greece
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Kalamata (manager)
Youth career
Dafni
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1980 Panionios 117 (25)
1980–1987 Olympiacos 187 (115)
1987–1988 Avellino 16 (0)
1988–1989 Panionios 11 (5)
1989–1992 Olympiacos 72 (30)
1992–1993 Ionikos 19 (7)
1993–1994 Olympiacos 3 (0)
Total 425 (182)
National team
1977–1988 Greece 75 (29)
Teams managed
1995–1996 Panelefsiniakos
1997–1998 Panetolikos
1998–1999 PAS Giannina
1999 Panelefsiniakos
1999–2000 Panserraikos
2001 PAS Giannina
2002 Panachaiki
2002 Kallithea
2002–2003 PAS Giannina
2003–2005 Kerkyra
2005–2006 Aris
2008 Ionikos
2008 PAS Giannina
2008–2009 Kavala
2010–2012 OFI Crete
2012–2013 Atromitos
2013–2014 Platanias
2014 Panionios
2015 OFI Crete
2015–2017 Aris
2019 Kerkyra
2020– Kalamata
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Anastopoulos was born on 22 January 1958. He started his career at Dafni before transferring to Panionios with whom he debuted in the Alpha Ethniki in the 1977–1978 season. Thanks to Anastopoulos, Panionios won the Greek Cup in 1979 upsetting AEK 3–1. His debut in European competition was also impressive as he scored twice against Twente Enschede of Holland and once against IFK Göteborg in the Cup-winners' Cup. His performance brought an immediate transfer offer from Twente as well as other Greek and foreign clubs. Finally, in 1980, he went to Olympiakos Piraeus.

As an Olympiakos player, Anastopoulos, also known as "Moustakias" (the moustachioed one), won top scorer honours in 1982–1983 season (29 goals), 1983–1984 season (18 goals), 1985–1986 season (19 goals) and 1986–1987 season (16 goals). His goal-scoring exploits in 1982–1983 won him the Bronze Boot as third scorer in all Europe.

In 1987, Anastopoulos left Greece to play for Avellino in Italy. Though he performed well in the Italian Cup, he failed to score a single goal in Serie A and returned to Greece the following season.[2]

After coming close to signing with AEK, Anastopoulos chose to return to Panionios. He later played for Olympiakos, Ionikos and closed out his career with Olympiakos (once more) after the 1993–1994 season.

International career

On 21 September 1977 Anastopoulos participated for the first time in the National Football Team of Greece and during his playing career he was capped 75 times[3] scoring 29 goals – more than any other Greek international. He was a member of the Greek squad in the finals of Euro 1980 and scored the only Greek goal of that competition with a header against Czechoslovakia.

Career statistics

Club
TeamPeriodLeagueCupEurope
Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsRatio
Position
Panionios1976–773211—32110.348th
1977–782703—27030.1116th
1978–792804—28040.1413th
1979–80300740334100.2915th
Total 1172543121280.23
Olympiacos1980–812004—20040.201st
1981–820033[lower-alpha 1]14020135150.431st
1982–833129040135300.861st
(3rd in Europe)
1983–843018040334210.622nd
1984–852815040232170.534th
1985–862419—24190.795th
1986–872116040325190.761st
Total 18711518102051250.61
Avellino1987–881600—1600015th
Panionios1988–891105—11050.4510th
Olympiacos1989–902207060228090.324th
1990–912617040230190.632nd
1991–922406—24060.252nd
Total 723010482340.41
Ionikos1992–931907—19070.3717th
Olympiacos1993–9403000100040003rd
Career Total42518233174581990.43
Panionios Total12803004031320330.25
Olympiacos Total26214529142911590.55
  1. Includes the Championship playoff against Panathinaikos in which he scored one goal

International
National teamYearAppsGoals
Greece 197710
197920
198052
198162
198294
198393
1984105
198562
198684
198783
198894
Total7329

International goals
Scores and results list Greece's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Greece goal.
List of international goals scored by Nikos Anastopoulos[4]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1 16 January 1980 GSP Stadium, Strovolos, Cyprus  Cyprus 1–0 1–1 Friendly
2 14 June 1980 Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy  Czechoslovakia 1–1 1–3 UEFA Euro 1980
3 23 September 1981 Charliaou Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece  Sweden 1–0 2–1 Friendly
4 14 October 1981  Denmark 1–2 2–3 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 20 January 1982 Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens, Greece  Portugal 1–0 1–2 Friendly
6 9 October 1982 Stade Municipal, Luxembourg  Luxembourg 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying
7 2–0
8 1 December 1982 Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece   Switzerland 1–1 1–3 Friendly
9 15 May 1983 Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary  Hungary 1–0 3–2 UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying
10 3 December 1983 Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece 1–0 2–2
11 2–2
12 15 February 1984 Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece  East Germany 1–0 1–3 Friendly
13 11 April 1984 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens, Greece  Cyprus 1–0 1–1
14 1 September 1984 Tsirio Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus 2–0 2–0
15 5 December 1984 Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece  Romania 1–0 2–1
16 2–1
17 9 January 1985 Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel  Israel 1–0 2–0
18 19 May 1985 Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece  Poland 1–1 1–4 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
19 26 March 1986  East Germany 1–0 2–0 Friendly
20 15 October 1986 Lech Stadium, Poznan, Poland  Poland 1–1 1–2 UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying
21 12 November 1986 Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece  Hungary 2–0 2–1
22 3 December 1986 Makario Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus  Cyprus 4–2 4–2
23 14 January 1987 Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece 1–0 3–1
24 3–1
25 7 October 1987 Steaua Stadium, Bucharest, Romania  Romania 1–0 2–2 Friendly
26 21 May 1988 Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Canada  Canada 2–0 3–0 1988 Matthews Cup
27 3–0
28 23 May 1988  Chile 1–0 1–0
29 21 September 1988 BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey  Turkey 1–1 1–3 Friendly

Managerial
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Team From To Record[5]
PlayedWDLWin %
Panelefsiniakos July 1995 June 1996 — − − − —
Panetolikos February 1997 February 1998 — − − − —
PAS Giannina November 1998 May 1999 — − − − —
Panelefsiniakos August 1999 October 1999 4 2 0 2 050.00
Panserraikos November 1999 March 2000 — − − − —
PAS Giannina January 2001 June 2001 18 7 5 6 038.89
Panachaiki February 2002 June 2002 12 2 5 5 016.67
Kallithea September 2002 November 2002 7 3 1 3 042.86
PAS Giannina November 2002 June 2003 26 5 7 14 019.23
Kerkyra September 2003 January 2005 48 27 9 12 056.25
Aris October 2005 June 2006 28 14 11 3 050.00
PAS Giannina August 2006 January 2007 19 9 6 4 047.37
Ionikos May 2008 June 2008 5 2 1 2 040.00
Kavala December 2008 January 2009 4 2 1 1 050.00
PAS Giannina January 2010 June 2010 16 5 2 9 031.25
OFI Crete September 2010 December 2012 88 40 20 28 045.45
Atromitos December 2012 April 2013 13 4 5 4 030.77
Platanias November 2013 February 2014 14 4 2 8 028.57
Panionios February 2014 May 2014 9 3 3 3 033.33
OFI Crete January 2015 March 2015 16 4 1 11 025.00
Aris September 2015 February 2017 22 11 8 3 050.00
Kerkyra February 2019 April 2019 10 2 3 5 020.00
Kalamata January 2020 present 2 1 1 0 050.00
Total 361 147 91 123 040.72

Honours

As player

As coach

References
  1. The Legend's "Golden Eleven"! Olympiacos Official Website, 8/6/2015
  2. Rota, Davide (3 September 1998). "Greek Players in Italy". RSSSF.
  3. Οι συμμετοχές του Αναστόπουλου στην Εθνική Ελλάδας. epo.gr
  4. "Greece - International Matches 1981–1990". RSSSF.
  5. "Nikos Anastopoulos". SofaScore.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Anthimos Kapsis		 Greece captain
1983-1988		 Succeeded by
Tasos Mitropoulos
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