The match against Jordan for his premiere World Cup was a historian for him Kostas Papanikolaou. The “official favourite” captain became the first active player to be capped by the Men’s National Team as he completed the 139 appearances and left behind Nick Calathes (138). “Pap” has 99 appearances with the “small” national teams as well.
With the specific number of appearances with the Men’s National Team, Kostas Papanikolaou is now in 18th all-time and immediately in front of him is the Vassilis Spanoulis with 146. The first place is occupied by Panagiotis Giannakis with 351 entries, followed by Panagiotis Fasoulas with 244 and o Fanis Christodoulou with 220.
In detail, the top 20 in participations with the Men’s National Team
1. Panagiotis Giannakis 351
2. Panagiotis Fasoulas 244
3. Fanis Christodoulou 220
4. Nikos Zisis 189
5. Giorgos Sigalas 185
6. Antonis Fotsis 184
7. Liveris Andritsos 182
8. Dimitris Kokolakis 178
9. Giannis Bourousis 174
10. Nikos Galis 168
11. Manthos Katsoulis 165
12. Kostas Patavoukas 162
13. George Kastrinakis 158
14. Francis Albertis 155
15. Takis Koroneios 150
16. Michalis Giannouzakos 147
17. Vasilis Spanoulis 146
18. Kostas Papanikolaou 139
19. Nick Kalathis 138
20. Giorgos Trontzos 136
Source: Sport Fm
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