Sakis Kouvas
{{short description|Greek footballer}}
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Sakis Kouvas or Athanasios Kouvas or Thanasis Kouvas (Σάκης Κουβάς, Αθανάσιος Κουβάς, Θανάσης Κουβάς; born in 1946) is a Greek former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Career
Kouvas began playing football for Vyzas F.C. at age 16,{{cite web|publisher=Aixmi News|script-title=el:ΑΦΙΕΡΩΜΑ – ΜΕΡΟΣ ΠΡΩΤΟ: ΣΑΚΗΣ ΚΟΥΒΑΣ: Ο ΠΟΔΟΣΦΑΙΡΙΣΤΗΣ ΠΟΥ "ΚΕΝΤΟΥΣΕ" ΜΕ ΤΑ ΠΟΔΙΑ|trans-title=A Tribute - Part One: Sakis Kouvas|url=http://aixminews.gr/aixmi/index.php/athlitismos/147-sakiskoyvas|language=Greek|date=30 March 2012}} transferred to Panathinaikos in 1971 and played in 1971 Intercontinental Cup. He scored 73 Greek league goals for Vyzas and Panathinaikos, making him one of the league's all-time leading goal-scorers.{{cite web|author=Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander|title=Greece - All-Time Top Scorers 1959/1960-1998/1999|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grktops-allt.html|date=19 January 2003}} Kouvas won the Greek championship with Panathinaikos in 1972.[http://www.pao.gr/category.php?category_id=71 ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913070238/http://www.pao.gr/category.php?category_id=71 |date=13 September 2008 }}
He made his only national appearance on 30 September 1971, for the Greece national team.{{cite web |url=http://www.epo.gr/ethniki/men/men4.asp |title=Ελληνικη Ποδοσφαιρικη Ομοσπονδια |accessdate=25 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100511213930/http://www.epo.gr/ethniki/men/men4.asp |archivedate=11 May 2010}}
Honours
Panathinaikos
- Alpha Ethniki: 1971-72
References
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External links
- {{Worldfootball.net|sakis-kouvas}}
{{Football League Greece top scorers}}
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Category:Greek men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Greece men's international footballers
Category:Super League Greece players
Category:Super League Greece 2 players