Thanasis Kourkouvelas

Thanasis Kourkouvelas was a goalkeeper for Panionios and Olympiakos during the 1960s and 1970s.

Kourkouvelas was born in 1939 and is perhaps best remembered for his performance against Panathinaikos on May 28, 1966: Panathinaikos were 1 point ahead of their bitter rivals Olympiakos, with 4 games to go and were poised to take another championship. They played an indifferent Panionios on that day and found themselves down 2-1. Despite the enormous pressure placed upon him, Kourkouvelas preserved Panionios' victory and gifted Olympiakos their first league title in 7 years.

Kourkouvelas came to play for Olympiakos during the 1971 season though the red-and-whites had been after him for years.

Kourkouvelas was capped once by the Greek National Football Team, in a friendly against Libya, as a second-half substitute for Takis Economopoulos.