Yiannis Andrianopoulos
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Yiannis Andrianopoulos was a Greek
Football Legend and one of the founding members of Greece's most successful football club, Olympiacos CFP
.
, Greece
, Yiannis began his career at the age of 18, playing for home town club Peiraikos Syndesmos FC. Here Yiannis earned his first taste of success, winning an unofficial Greek Championship in 1923. Peiraikos Syndesmos FC merged with Peiraiki Enosis FC in January 1924 and the Athletic and Football Club of Piraeus was formed.Yiannis was part of the new team and helped them win the 1924 Athens-Piraeus championship.
Following a series of mergers between other Piraeus
and Athens
based clubs, as well as an Athens football Championship, Yiannis and his brothers went on to create Olympiacos FC in March 1925.Yiannis, Giorgios, Dinos and Vasilis, Leonidas went on to make the newly formed Piraeus Club
famous throughout Greece.He had also two other brothers Aristides and Stelios Andrianopoulos were they playing in other Peiraias football clubs.
Yiannis was the oldest of seven brothers who like him, would go on to become famous footballers in the Olympiacos' ranks.As a result, Yiannis and his brothers earned Olympiacos the name Thrylos meaning "Legend" in Greek, a nickname which the club carries to this day. Yiannis was certainly the brother who made the biggest impact towards the club, even becoming a player-coach; Olympiacos' first coach, from 1925 until 1927. In 1929, Yiannis retired from football, and became Olympiacos' president for 3 years.
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Football Legend and one of the founding members of Greece's most successful football club, Olympiacos CFP
Olympiacos CFP
----Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus, , , transliterated Olympiakos Sindesmos Filathlon Pireos, is the most popular multisport club and the most successful in Greece, based in Piraeus....
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Club career
Born in PiraeusPiraeus
Piraeus is a city in the region of Attica, Greece. Piraeus is located within the Athens Urban Area, 12 km southwest from its city center , and lies along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf....
, Greece
Greece
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, Yiannis began his career at the age of 18, playing for home town club Peiraikos Syndesmos FC. Here Yiannis earned his first taste of success, winning an unofficial Greek Championship in 1923. Peiraikos Syndesmos FC merged with Peiraiki Enosis FC in January 1924 and the Athletic and Football Club of Piraeus was formed.Yiannis was part of the new team and helped them win the 1924 Athens-Piraeus championship.
Olympiacos FC
The same year around autumn, the new club split in two different squads: One team, led by the Andrianopoulos brothers and goalkeeper Kostas Klidouchakis, formed Olympiakos Omilos, which evolved into Olympiakos FC; the other, led by Kostas Ferlemis, Christos Peppas and Giorgos Hadjiandreou merged, with an independent club named "Young Boys" to form Peiraikos Omilos, which in turn evolved into Ethnikos Peiraios FC.Following a series of mergers between other Piraeus
Piraeus Football Clubs Association
The Piraeus Football Clubs Association [ , abbreviated E.P.S.P. ] was founded in 1925 after the termination of E.P.S. Athens-Piraeus. It was the second largest football association in Greece and was officially recognized by FIFA alongside E.P.S. Athens, as the Hellenic Football Federation had not...
and Athens
Athens Football Clubs Association
Athens Football Clubs Association is one of the oldest amateur Greek association football clubs associations, representing teams from Athens Prefecture.- History :It was founded in 1924 in Athens, Greece...
based clubs, as well as an Athens football Championship, Yiannis and his brothers went on to create Olympiacos FC in March 1925.Yiannis, Giorgios, Dinos and Vasilis, Leonidas went on to make the newly formed Piraeus Club
Piraeus Football Clubs Association
The Piraeus Football Clubs Association [ , abbreviated E.P.S.P. ] was founded in 1925 after the termination of E.P.S. Athens-Piraeus. It was the second largest football association in Greece and was officially recognized by FIFA alongside E.P.S. Athens, as the Hellenic Football Federation had not...
famous throughout Greece.He had also two other brothers Aristides and Stelios Andrianopoulos were they playing in other Peiraias football clubs.
Yiannis was the oldest of seven brothers who like him, would go on to become famous footballers in the Olympiacos' ranks.As a result, Yiannis and his brothers earned Olympiacos the name Thrylos meaning "Legend" in Greek, a nickname which the club carries to this day. Yiannis was certainly the brother who made the biggest impact towards the club, even becoming a player-coach; Olympiacos' first coach, from 1925 until 1927. In 1929, Yiannis retired from football, and became Olympiacos' president for 3 years.
International
Yiannis played for the Greece national team at the 1920 Olympics. His brothers at Olympiakos also played for Greece in 1929 and 1930.Honours
- Olympiacos First Manager
- Olympic Football Tournament Final
- President of Olympiacos (1929–1932)
- President of E.P.S.P & Hellenic Football Federation