Petros Karavitis

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| name = Petros Karavitis

| image =

| fullname = Petros Karavitis

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1952|3|11}}

| birth_place = Haidari, Athens, Greece

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 1.77 m

| position = Midfielder, defender, left winger

| youthyears1 = 1966–1968

| youthclubs1 = Chaidari

| youthyears2 = 1968–1970

| youthclubs2 = Olympiacos

| years1 = 1970–1980

| clubs1 = Olympiacos

| caps1 = 201

| goals1 = 50

| years2 = 1980–1982

| clubs2 = AEK Athens

| caps2 = 27

| goals2 = 6

| years3 = 1982–1984

| clubs3 = Proodeftiki

| caps3 =

| goals3 =

| years4 = 1984–1986

| clubs4 = Chaidari

| caps4 =

| goals4 =

| totalcaps = 228

| totalgoals = 56

| nationalyears1 = 1971

| nationalteam1 = Greece U21

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| nationalyears2 = 1975–1979

| nationalteam2 = Greece

| nationalcaps2 = 10

| nationalgoals2 = 3

| nationalyears3 = 1975–1979

| nationalteam3 = Greece military

| nationalcaps3 = 5

| nationalgoals3 = 1

| manageryears1 = 1987

| managerclubs1 = Panarkadikos

| manageryears2 = 1990–1991

| managerclubs2 = Α.F.C. Patras

| manageryears3 = 1991–1992

| managerclubs3 = Egaleo

| manageryears4 = 1992–1993

| managerclubs4 = Kerkyra

| manageryears5 = 1993

| managerclubs5 = Panarkadikos

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Petros Karavitis ({{langx|el|Πέτρος Καραβίτης}}; born 11 March 1952) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Karavitis began his football career in 1966 at his hometown club, Chaidari.{{Cite news|date=2 December 1984|title=Οι δόξες του "χθες"|page=6|work=Athetic Echo|language=el}} He transferred to the youth team of Olympiacos for a fee of 30,000 drachmas in 1968. In December 1970, manager Lakis Petropoulos promoted Karavitis to the first team, in which he remained a regular in several roles for ten years. He won four Greek Championships and three Greek Cups with Olympiacos, including two domestic doubles in 1973 and 1975. In December 1980, Karavitis left the club after the then president, Stavros Daifas did not proceed in renewing his contract.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aekpedia.com/2015/05/28/%CF%80%CE%AD%CF%84%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B2%CE%AF%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82/|title=Πέτρος Καραβίτης|website=aekpedia.com}}

Thus, Karavitis signed for AEK Athens.newsp. Athetic Echo, 18 December 1980, p. 1, 2, 6 During his one-and-a-half-year spell at AEK, Karavitis was used as a regular. On 25 April 1982, in AEK's away match against Panserraikos, he was sent off alongside Mojaš Radonjić for insulting the referee.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aek365.org/a-393123/anuperaspisth-sto-xeirourgeio.htm|title=Ανυπεράσπιστη στο… χειρουργείο|website=aek365.org}} As a result, he was punished with a 19-match ban, which combined with his age, led to his departure from the club. In December 1982, Karavitis signed for Proodeftiki, where he played for one and a half season. In 1984, Karavitis returned to Chaidari as a player-manager, and finished his playing career in 1986."Ο Πέτρος Καραβίτης «κρεμάει» τα παπούτσια του στο τέλος της περιόδου", newsp. Φως των Σπορ, 3 May 1986, p. 4

International career

Karavitis was a member of Greece U21, which in 1971 won the Balkan Youth Championship.{{Cite web|url=https://supermatch.wordpress.com/2015/07/11/%cf%84%ce%bf-%ce%b2%ce%b1%ce%bb%ce%ba%ce%b1%ce%bd%ce%b9%ce%ba%cf%8c-%ce%ba%cf%8d%cf%80%ce%b5%ce%bb%ce%bb%ce%bf-%cf%84%ce%bf%cf%85-1971-%ce%b3%ce%b9%ce%b1-%cf%84%ce%b9%cf%82-%ce%b5%ce%bb%cf%80%ce%af/|title=Το Βαλκανικό Κύπελλο του 1971 για τις ελπίδες|date=10 July 2015}}

Karavitis played a total of 10 appearances with Greece, scoring three goals, from 1975 to 1979. His debut took place on 30 December 1975,{{Cite web|url=http://www.epo.gr/Default.aspx?a_id=40734|title=Petros Karavitis on epo.gr}} under Alketas Panagoulias in an away friendly 3–2 loss against Italy, where he played for 46 minutes before being replaced by Georgios Delikaris.{{Cite web|url=http://www.epo.gr/media/files/ETHNIKES_OMADES/MATCH_ANDRES_1929-2000/ethniki_andrwn_1971-75.pdf|title=Greece matches 1971–1975|website=epo.gr}}

After football

After the end of his career, Karavitis was involved in coaching, but remaining in low categories, while he was also involved in politics as a candidate in Athens B with the party of LAOS{{Cite web|url=https://www.protothema.gr/politics/article/189962/ston-laos-o-palaimaxos-toy-olympiakoy_-petros-karabiths/|title=Στον ΛΑΟΣ ο παλαίμαχος του Ολυμπιακού, Πέτρος Καραβίτης|date=12 April 2012|website=protothema.gr}} and later at the District level, with the combination of Giorgos Patoulis.{{Cite web|url=https://cityview.com.gr/sto-pleyro-toy-giorgoy-patoyli-o-chaidariotis-petros-karavitis/95079|title=Στο πλευρό του Γιώργου Πατούλη ο Χαϊδαριώτης Πέτρος Καραβίτης|date=15 March 2019}} He was also involved in the administration of Chaidari as the head of a group of investors.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsbeast.gr/greece/arthro/694761/ti-kanei-simera-o-petros-karavitis|title=Τι κάνει σήμερα ο Πέτρος Καραβίτης;|date=18 June 2014|website=newsbeast.gr}}