Michalis Delavinias

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Michalis Delavinias

| image = Michalis Delavinias.png

| caption = Michalis Delavinias

| fullname = Michail Delavinias

| birth_date = 1921

| birth_place = Athens, Greece

| death_date = {{death date and age|2003|11|6|1921|df=yes}}

| death_place = Athens, Greece

| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 = 1933

| youthclubs1 = Enosis Agios Eleftherios

| youthyears2 = 1934–1938

| youthclubs2 = AEK Athens

| years1 = 1938−1954

| clubs1 = AEK Athens

| caps1 = 14

| goals1 = 0

| nationalteam1 = Greece

| nationalyears1 = 1948–1951

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalteam2 = Greece Olympic

| nationalyears2 = 1952

| nationalcaps2 = 0

| nationalgoals2 = 0

}}

Michalis Delavinias ({{langx|el|Μιχάλης Δελαβίνιας}}; 1921 – 6 November 2003) was a Greek footballer who played as a goalkeeper for AEK Athens. He was known by the nickname "Black cat" ({{langx|el|"Μαύρος γάτος"}}), due to the fact that he usually played in a black kit.

Club career

File:AEK PAOK 1939.jpg

Delavinias started playing football in 1933, playing for the independent club of Athens, the Enosi Agios Eleftherios. In 1934 he joined the infrastructure departments of AEK Athens' academy and in 1938 with coach Kostas Negrepontis he was promoted to the first team, replacing Christos Ribas in a 3–1 against Apollon Athens. He remained at AEK Athens until the period 1954, when he stopped playing football at the age of 33. With AEK he won 2 Panhellenic Championships, 3 Cups and 4 Athens FCA Leagues including the first ever domestic double in 1939.{{Cite web|url=https://www.enwsi.gr/1167636/retro-aek/to-proto-ntampl-ellinikis-omadas-to-ekane-i-aek-video.html|title=Το πρώτο νταμπλ ελληνικής ομάδας, το έκανε η ΑΕΚ!|date=11 June 2022|website=enwsi.gr}} He also played with the Athens Mixed Team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aek-live.gr/o-thrylikos-elouros-gkolkiper-tis-aek/|title=Ο θρυλικός αίλουρος-γκολκίπερ της ΑΕΚ!|date=6 October 2015|website=aek-live.gr}}

International career

Delavinias played in four matches for Greece from 1948 to 1951.{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125165004/http://www.epo.gr/ethniki/men/men2.asp|title=Συμμετοχές και γκολ όλων των διεθνών (Δ-Ζ)|date=31 December 2009|website=epo.gr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091231025348/http://www.epo.gr/ethniki/men/men2.asp|archive-date=31 December 2009|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=4519|title=Mihalis Delavinias|website=eu-football.info|access-date=12 November 2021}}

He was also part of Greece's squad for the 1952 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1005846|title=Michailis Delavinias|website=olympedia.org|access-date=12 November 2021}}