Michalis Vlachos

Michalis Vlachos
Personal information
Full name Michail Vlachos
Date of birth (1967-09-20) 20 September 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth Athens, Greece
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender, defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1991 Apollon Athens 122 (11)
1991–1993 Olympiacos 47 (2)
1993–1997 AEK Athens 101 (4)
1998–2000 Portsmouth 56 (1)
2000 Walsall 12 (1)
2000–2002 Ionikos 36 (1)
2002–2003 Apollon Athens 21 (1)
Total 395 (21)
International career
1989–1997 Greece 10 (0)
Managerial career
2007–2008 Apollon Eretrias
2008– Peramaikos
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michalis Vlachos (Greek: Μιχάλης Βλάχος; born 20 September 1967) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Vlachos began his career with Apollon Smyrnis, where he was called up for a debut with the Greece national football team in 1989. He later represented both Olympiakos and AEK, they winning the Greek championship with the latter. During the 1994–95 season, Vlachos appeared for AEK in the UEFA Champions League, scoring in a 1–3 loss to Casino Salzburg in the group stage.[1]

In 1998, Vlachos joined English First Division club Portsmouth, for whom he made over 50 league appearances as a midfielder and sweeper in two years. He joined Walsall in February 2000, making 12 appearances for the club prior to relegation in May of the same year.[2]

Vlachos returned to Greece in the summer of 2000, joining Ionikos. He finished his career with his first club Apollon, retiring in 2003.[2]

Honours

Olympiacos

AEK Athens

References

  1. ^ "AEK 1–3 Salzburg". UEFA. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Forgotten Saddlers: Vlachos". Walsall F.C. 3 June 2013.