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[[File:Yiannis-goumas.jpg|thumb|400px|Giannis Goumas, former football defender, is currently the head coach of Greece U19.]]'''Yiannis Goumas''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Γιάννης Γκούμας) is a former [[football (soccer)|Football]] player for [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]], currently their captain.

Goumas was born on [[May 24]], [[1975]] in the village of Ambelonas[[Ampelonas]], near [[Larisa]]. He is was one of the many players to emerge from [[Panathinaikos FC]]'s youth academy and has been was in their first team since from [[1994]]until [[2009]] when he retired. He is known In total, he appeared in 277 [[Alpha Ethniki|league]] games for his tough tackling, excellent aerial ability and his habit of the greens scoring 27 goals off set pieces.

He was known for his tough tackling, excellent aerial ability and his habit of scoring goals off set pieces.  Goumas debuted with the [[National Football Team]] of [[Greece]] on [[February 3]], [[1999]] against Finland and has, so far, 37 caps to his name was capped a total of 45 times. He was part of the Greek squad that won the [[Euro 2004]] Championship but did not participate in any games.