Dimitrios Stefanakos ( el, Δημήτριος Στεφανάκος; 19 October 1936 – 17 December 2021) was a Greek

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who played for

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

and the Greece national team.

Career

Born in

Kalamata Kalamáta ( el, Καλαμάτα ) is the second most populous city of the Peloponnese peninsula, after Patras, in southern Greece and the largest city of the homonymous administrative region. As the capital and chief port of the Messenia reg ...

, Stefanakos fled the German occupation with his family before beginning his football career as a defender with Iperochi Neapoleos in 1946, until he joined

Alpha Ethniki The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...

side

Olympiacos F.C. Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σ.Φ.Π. ), known simply as Olympiacos or Olympiacos Piraeus, is a Greek professional football club based in Piraeus, Attica. Part of the major multi-sport club Olympiacos CFP ('' ...

in July 1965. He spent most of his senior career with Olympiacos winning the league championship six times and the cup eight times. Stefanakos left Olympiacos in 1965 for Rangers in South Africa, and finished his career with

Corinthians The First Epistle to the Corinthians ( grc, Α΄ ᾽Επιστολὴ πρὸς Κορινθίους) is one of the Pauline epistles, part of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The epistle is attributed to Paul the Apostle and a co-aut ...

in Brazil. Stefanakos made eight appearances for the Greece national team from 1958 to 1963.

Filmography

Stefanakos appeared in seven Greek movies.

Personal life and death

Stefanakos was married to

Martha Karagianni Martha Karagianni ( el, Μάρθα Καραγιάννη; 6 November 1939 – 18 September 2022) was a Greek film actress. She was born in Athens, but raised in Keratsini. She was one of the most popular Greek actresses of the 1960s. She starred ...

. The couple had a child who died three days after the birth. The couple separated few months later. He died on 17 December 2021, at the age of 85.Πέθανε ο «θρύλος» του Ολυμπιακού Μίμης Στεφανάκος

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stefanakos, Dimitrios 1936 births 2021 deaths Greek actors Footballers from Kalamata Greek men's footballers Men's association football defenders Greece men's international footballers Olympiacos F.C. players Rangers F.C. (South Africa) players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players Greek expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa