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[[Image:Yiannis_Gounaris.jpg|thumb|180px|Yiannis Gounaris while playing with PAOK]] | [[Image:Yiannis_Gounaris.jpg|thumb|180px|Yiannis Gounaris while playing with PAOK]] | ||
[[Image:Gounaris 2005.jpg|frame|left|Yiannis Gounaris in 2005 photo]] | [[Image:Gounaris 2005.jpg|frame|left|Yiannis Gounaris in 2005 photo]] | ||
| − | '''Yiannis Gounaris''' was [[PAOK FC|PAOK's]] right wing defender from [[1971]] until [[1982]]. Born in [[1952]], he started his football career with [[Makedonikos Neapolis FC]], a fourth division [[Thessaloniki]] local football team. | + | '''Yiannis Gounaris''' was a [[Greeks|Greek]] footballer, [[PAOK FC|PAOK's]] right wing defender from [[1971]] until [[1982]]. Born in [[1952]], he started his football career with [[Makedonikos Neapolis FC]], a fourth division [[Thessaloniki]] local football team. |
In [[1983]], Gounaris joined PAOK's rivals [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] and played for them until the [[1985]] season. | In [[1983]], Gounaris joined PAOK's rivals [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] and played for them until the [[1985]] season. | ||
Revision as of 16:34, February 25, 2010
Yiannis Gounaris was a Greek footballer, PAOK's right wing defender from 1971 until 1982. Born in 1952, he started his football career with Makedonikos Neapolis FC, a fourth division Thessaloniki local football team.
In 1983, Gounaris joined PAOK's rivals Olympiakos and played for them until the 1985 season.
In his career, Gounaris appeared in a total of 426 top league games. He was capped 27 times by the National Football Team of Greece.
After his playing career was over, Gounaris took to coaching. His most memorable assignment was taking Olympiakos to within a game of the 1989 championship. He quit after losing the penultimate game of that season to AEK, a loss he might have contributed to by taunting AEK's players as "unmanly" prior to the match.
Other coaching assignments included: Niki Volos, PAS Giannina, Panthrakikos and more recently Lamia FC.