Kostas Eleftherakis
Midfielder, Football player
1950 –
Who is Kostas Eleftherakis?
Kostas Eleftherakis is a retired Greek association football midfielder. His nickname was "the deer".
He started his career in 1964–65, playing for Beta Ethniki side Fostiras. He later joined Panathinaikos in 1968. At age 21 he played for Panathinaikos at 1971 European Cup Final in Wembley Stadium against Ajax Amsterdam. He scored 2 goals during that campaign to reach the final.
Following that game, Real Madrid and Everton expressed interest in acquiring him. Real Madrid would offer an inconceivable 35 million drachmas for Kostas Eleftherakis. But Costas Aslanidis would stand in the way. The same happened when Everton made an offer through Billy Bingham who coached Greece in the early 1970s.
He was invited to play for the World XI.
An injury he sustained in May 1977 would force him to stay away from the game for six months. He would never regain his form completely after that. Five years later he retired from football, but not before he won another Greek league title with AEK in 1980–81. He ended his career playing again at Fostiras.
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- Born
- Jul 18, 1950
Greece - Also known as
- Kostas Eleutherakis
- Nationality
- Greece
- Lived in
- Greece
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on July 23, 2013
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