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Giorgos Delikaris

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[[Image:Delikaris-giorgos.jpg|thumb|250px|Giorgos Delikaris when playing with [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]]]]
[[Image:Giorgos Delikaris Panathinaikos FC.jpg|thumb|270px|Giorgos Delikaris when playing with [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]]]]
 
Nicknamed the "Gianni Rivera of [[Greece]]" - though appearance-wise he was closer to George Best - '''Giorgos Delikaris''' was without a doubt one of the best [[football (soccer)|football]] players Greece has ever produced.
Delikaris was born in [[1951]] and began his career with local club [[Argonautis Piraeus FC]] before he joined [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] in [[1970]]. The 19-year old forward instantly became a regular and a star. In [[1973]] he switched to the midfield supporting one of the greatest attacking lines Olympiakos ever had ([[Yves Triantafillos]], [[Charalambos Papadopoulos|Pamboulis]], [[Julio Losada]], [[Michalis Kritikopoulos]], etc.).
Then, after the [[1978]] season, the popular Delikaris shocked Olympiakos' fans by [[Football: From OSFP to PAO|switching allegiance to their archrivals Panathinaikos]] (his last game with Olympiakos was on [[January 8]], [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos1978]]). He played three seasons for the greens before retiring in [[1982]], aged barely 31.
During his career Delikaris was capped 32 times by the [[National Football Team]] of Greece scoring 7 goals.
In [[2006]], to mark UEFA's jubilee, a [[UEFA Jubilee Awards|vote]] was held for the greatest player of each football association. Delikaris placed 4th on the all-time list ahead of such superstars as [[Giorgos Koudas]], [[Kostas Nestoridis]], [[Thomas Mavros]] and [[Giorgos Sideris]].
Delikaris currently runs a tavern in [[Hatzikyriakio]], [[Piraeus]] - the very neighbourhood where he first began to play football with Argonautis. He made the headlines once more in June [[2009]], after being involved in a serious car accident.
[[Category:Football Players|Delikaris, Giorgos]]
[[Category:1951 births|Delikaris, Giorgos]]
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