Panagiotis Patakas
{{short description|Greek footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
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|fullname = Panagiotis Patakas
|birth_date = 1926
|birth_place = Thessaloniki, Greece
|death_date =
|death_place = Greece
|position = Forward
|years1 = 1944–1948
|clubs1 = Megas Alexandros Thessaloniki
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|years2 = 1948–1951
|clubs2 = AEK Athens
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|years3 = 1951–1952
|clubs3 = Megas Alexandros Thessaloniki
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|years4 = 1952–1955
|clubs4 = AEK Athens
|caps4 = 8
|goals4 = 3
|nationalteam1 = Greece Olympic
|nationalyears1 = 1952
|nationalcaps1 = 1
|nationalgoals1 = 0
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Panagiotis Patakas ({{langx|el|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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aektoday.com/3-iouliou/955-3-7-1949-aek-panathinaikos-2-1|title=3/7/1949 ΑΕΚ - Παναθηναϊκός 2-1|website=aektoday.com}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aek-live.gr/o-megalexandros-tis-aek/|title=Ο Μεγαλέξανδρος της ΑΕΚ!|date=22 November 2016}}
International career
Patakas was part of Greece Olympic squad for the 1952 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1005850 |title=Panagiotis Patakas |work=Olympedia |access-date=12 November 2021}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_club.php?id=3169|title=GA Megas Alexandros, Thessaloniki, football club|website=eu-football.info}}{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=16107 |title=Panagiotis Patakas |work=EU Football |access-date=12 November 2021}}
Honours
AEK Athens
References
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External links
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{{Greece football squad 1952 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:Possibly living people
Category:Greek men's footballers
Category:Greece men's international footballers
Category:Footballers from Thessaloniki
Category:Men's association football forwards