Stelios Skevofilakas
 Skevofilax with AEK | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stylianos Skevofilakas | ||
| Date of birth | 6 January 1939 | ||
| Place of birth | Nea Ionia, Greece | ||
| Date of death | 10 June 2009 (aged 70) | ||
| Place of death | Athens, Greece[1] | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Eleftheroupoli | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1958–1960 | Eleftheroupoli | ||
| 1960–1972 | AEK Athens | 308 | (16) |
| 1972–1973 | Atromitos | 29 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 1962 | Greece military | 8 | (2) |
| 1963–1966 | Greece | 11 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1982–1983 | Kerkyra | ||
| 1983–1984 | Olympiacos Chalkida | ||
| 1996–1997 | Niki Volos | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Stelios Skevofilakas (Greek: Στέλιος Σκευοφύλακας; 6 January 1939 – 10 June 2009) was a Greek professional footballer who played as a midfielder mostly for AEK Athens and later a manager.
Club career
[edit]Skevofilakas was born on 6 January 1939 at Nea Ionia.[3] He started his football career at one of his neighborhood teams, Eleftheroupoli, where in 1960 he was transferred to AEK Athens at the age of 21.[4] He played in the midfield positions with and especially as a wide midfielder.[5] His official debut with the yellow and black jersey was at Rizoupoli Stadium on 9 September 1961, in the victory of AEK over Egaleo by 8–0, where he provided three assists in the two goals of Nestoridis at the 40th and 43rd minute and a goal of Stamatiadis at the 65th minute.[6] Skevofilakas won 3 championships and 2 Greek Cups, while he was a member of the team that played in the European Cup quarter finals in 1969 against Spartak Trnava, losing by a margin the opportunity to face Johan Cruyff's Ajax in the semi-finals.[7] The intention of the club's then manager, Branko Stanković to renew the club's roster, brought Skevofilakas to leave AEK among other players, in 1972 and move to Atromitos.[8][9]
On 21 May 1973, Skevofilakas alongside Balopoulos, Psychogios and Kefalidis, who were all released from AEK and played for Atromitos, started in the game against their former club at Peristeri Stadium, where the match ended with a 1–0 victory for the hosts. It was the first time that they played against AEK, while Lakis Nikolaou, made his maiden participation against his former team, with the yellow-blacks.[10] He retired as a footballer in the summer of 1973, at the age of 34.[11][12]
International career
[edit]Skevofilakas was part of the Greek military team, with whom he won the World Military Cup in 1962.[13][14]
Skevofilakas made 11 appearances for the Greece,[15] playing in qualifying matches for the 1966 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1968.[16] He made his debut in May 1963 at an away friendly match against Poland, which ended 4–0.[17]
Managerial career
[edit]After his playing career was over Skevofilakas enacted with coaching mainly in lower division clubs.[18] In the summer of 1983 he became the manager of Olympiacos Chalkida.[19][20] In 1996, Skevofilakas took charge of the bench of newly promoted second division club, Niki Volos for a season,[21] where he managed to finish in the seventh place of the league.[22]
Personal life
[edit]After the end of his career Skevofilakas participated in the events of the Veterans Association of AEK Athens, which he served as president for 8 consecutive years.[2][23] On 21 January 2009, he made a deeply emotional and unexpected visit to the gathering for the New Year's Eve of the Veterans of AEK, in his capacity as their president, to wish all of them health. It was his last public appearance,[24] since a few months later, on 10 June 2009, Skevofilakas died from stomach cancer after a struggle of 18 months.[25][26] On 20 January 2016, AEK organized a football tournament in his memory.[27]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]| Club | Season | League[a] | Greek Cup | Europe | Balkans Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| AEK Athens | 1960–61 | Alpha Ethniki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1961–62 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | ||
| 1962–63 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | ||
| 1963–64 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
| 1964–65 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| 1965–66 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
| 1966–67 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 3 | ||
| 1967–68 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
| 1968–69 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 4 | ||
| 1969–70 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 1970–71 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 5 | ||
| 1971–72 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||
| Atromitos | 1972–73[12] | Alpha Ethniki | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| Career total | 337 | 18 | 31 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 395 | 22 | ||
- ^ Also includes play-off matches.
International
[edit]| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 1963 | 3 | 0 |
| 1964 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1965 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1966 | 1 | 2 | |
| Total | 11 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit]Greece military
References
[edit]- ^ "Στέλιος Σκευοφύλακας: Υπήρξε από τους σημαντικότερους παίκτες της ΑΕΚ κατά τη δεκαετία του 1960". timesnews.gr (in Greek). 10 June 2017.
- ^ a b c "Στέλιος Σκευοφύλακας". football.aek.com.
- ^ "Στέλιος Σκευοφύλαξ, μια ζωή ΑΕΚ". novasports.gr.
- ^ Καζαντζόγλου, Σταύρος (10 June 2020). "ΑΕΚ: Στη «γειτονιά των αγγέλων» ο Στέλιος Σκευοφύλακας". enwsi.gr.
- ^ "Οι κορυφαίοι Ελληνες (60ς)!". gazzetta.gr.
- ^ "8 Σεπτεμβρίου 1961: Η πιο ευρεία εκτός έδρας νίκη της ΑΕΚ". 8 September 2021.
- ^ "Όταν η ΑΕΚ «άγγιξε» τ' αστέρια". aek365.org.
- ^ Αλιατάς, Παναγιώτης (18 February 2017). "Τί συνδέει τον Πλατέλλα με τον αείμνηστο Στέλιο Σκευοφύλακα;". aek-live.gr.
- ^ Κουμουρτζής, Δημήτρης (30 April 2017). "Οι 22 ποδοσφαιριστές, που συνδέουν ΑΕΚ και Ατρόμητο". aek365.org.
- ^ "Προϊστορία Ατρόμητου – ΑΕΚ". aekpassion.gr. 26 February 2018.
- ^ "AEK FC - The Official Match Programme" (PDF). aekfc.gr.
- ^ a b "Greece 1972/73". RSSSF.
- ^ a b "CISM - Football Cup". milsport.one.
- ^ a b "World Military Championship". RSSSF.
- ^ a b "Εφυγε από τη ζωή ο Στέλιος Σκευοφύλαξ". contra.gr. 10 June 2009.
- ^ "European Championship 1968 (Details)". RSSSF. 11 June 2009.
- ^ "Greece matches 1961–1965" (PDF). epo.gr.
- ^ Σάκης Σακασιανός (12 September 1982). "Ο Σ. Σκευοφύλακας στον Α.Ο. Κέρκυρας". Athetic Echo (in Greek). p. 6.
- ^ "'Η ΜΝΗΜΗ ΔΑΚΡΥΖΕΙ': ΔΕΚΑΕΤΙΑ '80 (Η ομώνυμη τοπική ποδοσφαιρική κοινότητα: Ολυμπιακός Χαλκίδας)". 9 September 2020.
- ^ Γιώργος Πάστρας (24 July 1984). "Δεν ανησυχούν στην ΑΕΚ για Πιά". Athetic Echo (in Greek). p. 6.
- ^ "Το μυαλό της Νίκης στον Αλμυρό". taxydromos.gr. 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Greece B 1996/97". RSSSF.
- ^ "'Έφυγε' ο Στέλιος Σκευοφύλαξ". sport24.gr.
- ^ "HISTORY". aekfc.gr.
- ^ "AEK loses a legend". aekfc.gr.
- ^ "ΑΕΚ: "Έφυγε" ο Στέλιος Σκευοφύλακας". iNewsgr.com.
- ^ "Η τελετή έναρξης του τουρνουά "Στέλιος Σκευοφύλαξ"". aekfc.gr.
- ^ "Στέλιος Σκευοφύλακας". Βάση Δεδομένων Α.Ε.Κ.
- ^ Stelios Skevofilakas at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
[edit]- Stelios Skevofilakas at WorldFootball.net
- Stelios Skevofilakas at EU-Football.info
- Εδωσε νέα διάσταση στο παιχνίδι
