With a moving post on his website he said goodbye Panathinaikos amateur the great Takis Economopouloswho “left” at the age of 81.
His favorite and top veteran goalkeeper Panathinaic He had been taken to the Red Cross ICU at the beginning of the month and on Monday (10/02) left his last breath.
The announcement in detail:
“The Panathinaikos family remained even poorer as a few days after the loss of Mimi Domazos, the loss of the “bird” comes and the pain is huge for the club.
He stood a “pillar” in the club for decades in all posts as he began honoring the “clover” as a goalkeeper, continued as a goalkeeper coach, was the first coach for a short time and then had the maximum honor to serve as president of Panathinaikos athlete. 2017-18 period.
He was born on October 19, 1943 in Kallithea and at the age of 16 he competed in the local team in the area.
His talent was quickly seen and was acquired by Apollo Athens where he stayed for three years, until Progressive was acquired.
In 1963 he made his big … flying and came to the Panathinaikos of his heart, which he served faithfully for 13 years.
With his echoes and reflexes he was from the “clover” pillars and helped the team to reach the Champions League final and raised 5 championships, 2 cups and 1 Super Cup.
He counted 369 appearances with the green jersey in the championship-jersey-female events-Supper Cup and OPAP Championships.
He holds the record of the intact home as he kept his goalposts inviolable for 1,088 minutes. In 1976 he went to Panachaic for a year and completed his career in Apollo Athens who played until 1979.
He was 25 times international with National Greece and then became the longest -serving goalkeeper coach of the “clover” from 1979 to 2006.
In fact, he served for a very short time and first coach in 2002. In 2017, he assumed president of the Panathinaic Athletic Club as head of the administration who appointed the Athens Court of First Instance and remained until 2018.
The Association in mourning will fight with black armbands in all the struggles of its teams.
At the same time, a minute’s silence will be kept in the team’s home games and the management will accompany the “bird” in its last home as appropriate.“
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