Panagiotis Patakas

Panagiotis Patakas

Personal information
Full name	Panagiotis Patakas
Date of birth	1926
Place of birth	Thessaloniki, Greece
Place of death	Greece
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1944–1948	Megas Alexandros Thessaloniki
1948–1951	AEK Athens
1951–1952	Megas Alexandros Thessaloniki
1952–1955	AEK Athens	8	(3)
International career
1952	Greece Olympic	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Panagiotis Patakas (Greek: Παναγιώτης Πατάκας; born 1926) was a Greek professional footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Patakas started football in 1944 at Megas Alexandros Thessaloniki and in 1948 he was transferred to AEK Athens. With his two goals in the replay match of the final, AEK won the Greek Cup against Panathinaikos, on 3 July 1949. During his spell at AEK he won 2 consecutive Cups and a Athens FCA Championship. He briefly returned to Megas Alexandros in 1951 for a year and again to AEK, where he ended his career in 1955.

International career

Patakas was part of Greece Olympic squad for the 1952 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches. He played once on 25 July 1952 in a 4–2 win over the Great Britain Olympic Team in a friendly match at Hämeenlinna as both teams had recently been eliminated during the preliminary round of the Summer Olympics. He is the only footballer of Megas Alexandros to be named international at men's level.

Honours

AEK Athens

• Greek Cup: 1948–49, 1949–50
• Athens FCA Championship: 1950

External links

• Panagiotis Patakas at WorldFootball.net
• Panagiotis Patakas at EU-Football.info
• Panagiotis Patakas at Olympedia