Lakis Petropoulos

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Lakis Petropoulos

| fullname = Vasilios Petropoulos

| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|8|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Athens, Greece

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1996|6|30|1932|8|29}}

| death_place = USA

| height =

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1950–1963

| clubs1 = Panathinaikos

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| totalcaps =

| totalgoals =

| nationalyears1 = 1953–1957

| nationalteam1 = Greece

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1964–1966

| managerclubs1 = Greece

| manageryears2 = 1968–1970

| managerclubs2 = Panathinaikos

| manageryears3 = 1969–1971

| managerclubs3 = Greece

| manageryears4 = 1971

| managerclubs4 = Olympiacos

| manageryears5 = 1971–1972

| managerclubs5 = Iraklis Thessaloniki

| manageryears6 = 1972–1975

| managerclubs6 = Olympiacos

| manageryears7 = 1976–1977

| managerclubs7 = Greece

| manageryears8 = 1977–1978

| managerclubs8 = Cercle Brugge

| manageryears9 = 1978

| managerclubs9 = PAOK

| manageryears10 = 1979

| managerclubs10 = Panathinaikos

| manageryears11 = 1979–1981

| managerclubs11 = Panionios

| manageryears12 = 1981–1982

| managerclubs12 = Panathinaikos

| manageryears13 = 1984

| managerclubs13 = Apollon Smyrnis

| manageryears14 = 1984

| managerclubs14 = OFI

| manageryears15 = 1985

| managerclubs15 = Apollon Smyrnis

| manageryears16 = 1987–1990

| managerclubs16 = Anorthosis Famagusta

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Lakis Petropoulos ({{langx|el|Λάκης Πετρόπουλος}}, 29 August 1932 – 30 June 1996) was a Greek football player who played as midfielder for Panathinaikos and a later manager.

Club career

Petropoulos played for Panathinaikos from 1952 to 1961 earning the Greek championship three times (1953, 1960, 1961).

International career

Petropoulos was capped 3 times for Greece.{{Cite web|url=http://www.eu-football.info/_player.php?id=16505|title=Lakis Petropoulos, international footballer}} He was also member of the national side for the 1952 Olympic Games, but he did not play in any matches.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1005849 |title=Lakis Petropoulos |work=Olympedia |access-date=12 November 2021}}

Managerial career

Petropoulos managed Greece,{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/grk-coach.html |title=Greece National Team Coaches |access-date=2010-09-10 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310081926/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/grk-coach.html |archive-date=10 March 2010 }} Panathinaikos,{{Cite web |url=http://www.pao.gr/el/history/pastlegends/?itemid=db2b10d9-e48c-4340-bafe-9c0c949b5c6d |title=Untitled Page |access-date=9 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328092045/http://www.pao.gr/el/history/pastlegends/?itemid=db2b10d9-e48c-4340-bafe-9c0c949b5c6d |archive-date=28 March 2010 |url-status=dead }} Olympiacos, Iraklis Thessaloniki, Cercle Brugge,{{cite web |url=http://www.cerclebrugge.be/index_fr.php?catnr1=6&catnr2=161 |title=Entraîneurs du Cercle de Bruges |access-date=2010-05-27 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027213132/http://cerclebrugge.be/index_fr.php?catnr1=6&catnr2=161 |archive-date=27 October 2010 }} PAOK, Panionios, Apollon Smyrni and OFI Crete.

After his retirement as football players, he became assistant coach in Panathinaikos. In 1968 he took over as head coach and helmed the team from 1968 to 1970 earning one double in 1969 and one greek championship in 1970.{{cite book|last=Κιτροέφ|first=Αλέξανδρος|title=Ελλάς, Ευρώπη, Παναθηναϊκός!|year=2010|publisher=greekworks.com|pages=165}}

In 1972-1975 he worked for Olympiacos, with whom he won three consecutive championships, even though he did not stay until the end of the 1974-75 season.