Miltos Papapostolou

Miltiadis "Miltos" Papapostolou (Greek: Μιλτιάδης "Μίλτος" Παπαποστόλου, 9 September 1935^[1] – 2 February 2017) was a Greek professional footballer and manager.

Miltos Papapostolou

Miltos Papapostolou (1987)
Personal information
Full name	Miltiadis Papapostolou
Date of birth	(1935-09-09)9 September 1935
Place of birth	Omvriaki, Domokos, Greece
Date of death	2 February 2017(2017-02-02) (aged 81)
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder, center back
Youth career
1951	AS Omvros Omvriakis
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1951–1956	Egaleo
1956–1965	AEK Athens	148	(2)
Managerial career
	Marko
1967–1968	Ierapoli
1968–1970	Korinthos
1973–1974	Acharnaikos
1974–1975	Korinthos
1975–1977	Egaleo
1977	Koropi
1977–1978	Panelefsiniakos
1979	Kallithea
1980–1981	AEK Athens
1984–1988	Greece
1989	Olympiacos
1990–1991	Levadiakos
1992	Athinaikos
1993	Proodeftiki
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Papapostolou started his career at Omvros Omvriakis, where in 1951 he joined Egaleo. He played there for 5 seasons and joined AEK Athens in 1956 with a two-year ban, as it was applied at the time when a player was transferred, without the approval of his club. Papapostolou was a key player of the club in winning the championship in 1963,^[2] while he also won the Cup in the following season.^[3] He left AEK in the summer of 1965, where he retired as a footballer, at the age of 31.^[4]

Managerial career

Papapostolou started his coaching career at Marko where he won the promotion to the first division of AFCA league. Then he worked at Ierapoli and in 1968 he became the manager of Korinthos. In his first season at the club, they managed to finish above the relegation zone of Beta Ethniki and in his second season they barely lost the promotion, finishing second behind Apollon Athens. In 1973 he worked at Acharnaikos before returning to Korinthos. In 1975 he worked at the bench of Egaleo until 1977. Afterwards, he became the manager of Koropi for a few months and later he worked at Panelefsiniakos for a season. In the summer of 1979 he worked at Kallithea until December of the same year, when he returned to AEK as a part of the technical staff.^[5] In March 1980 he replaced the then manager of the club Hermann Stessl,^[6] where they finished in the 4th place, left out of the European competitions of the next season. In the following season, the president Loukas Barlos, renewed his contract. AEK finished second behind Olympiacos and in the Cup he reached the semi-finals where they were eliminated by PAOK.^[7] After a spell at Kallithea, he took charge of the bench of Greece from 1984 to 1988.^[8] In 1989 he had a 3-month spell at Olympiacos.^[9] The following season he signed with Levadiakos until 1991. In February 1992, Papapostolou took over the technical leadership of Athinaikos,^[10] where he stayed until the end of the season. In February 1993 he sat at the bench of Proodeftiki for a short period.^[11]

After football

Papapostolou was for a number of years the president of the Greek Football Coaches Association, with important reforms for the industry.^[12] He died on 2 February 2017, at the age of 81.^[13]

Honours

As a player

AEK Athens

• Alpha Ethniki: 1962–63
• Greek Cup: 1963–64