Giannis Kyrastas ( el, Γιάννης Κυράστας; 25 October 1952 – 1 April 2004) was a
Greek
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footballer
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and
football manager
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.
Club career
Born in
Piraeus
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, Kyrastas started his football career in
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 ...
, where he played his first game on 10 December 1972 against Kavala. With Olympiacos he played 223 games, 16 of them in European competitions, and won five
Greek Championships and three
Greek Cups.
In 1981, he went, together with
Mike Galakos
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Galakos was born on 23 November 1951 in Kalogreza, Greece and his family emigrated ...
, to archrival
Panathinaikos, where he played in 145 games, 14 of them in European competitions, and won two
Greek Championships and three
Greek Cups. He retired in 1986 after playing his last game against Aris in November.
Kyrastas made 46 appearances for the
Greece national team, from 15 November 1974 to 19 May 1985.
He also played in the
1980 UEFA European Championship
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.
Coaching career
After retiring, he became a coach. Starting in the 1987–88 season and until 2001 he successfully coached many teams, including
Ethnikos Piraeus
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,
Paniliakos
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(twice),
Panionios FC,
Iraklis and finally
Panathinaikos. After his second time as coach of Panathinaikos, he retired from coaching.
Death
Kyrastas was admitted on 5 March 2004 to hospital with
septicaemia
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, after being infected with the rare
Fournier gangrene
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can also occur in women and children. It is more likely to occur in diabetics, alcoholics, or th ...
. His condition was said to be improving, but on, 30 March he went into a decline from which he was not to recover. He died on 1 April 2004 at the age of 51.
The football players and staff of Panathinaikos, devoted the Double of 2004 in his memory.
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1952 births
2004 deaths
Deaths from sepsis
Association football midfielders
Greece international footballers
Greek football managers
Panathinaikos F.C. players
Panathinaikos F.C. managers
Olympiacos F.C. players
Footballers from Athens
Greek footballers
Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. managers
UEFA Euro 1980 players
Infectious disease deaths in Greece
Super League Greece players
Super League Greece managers
Panionios F.C. managers
Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. managers
Deaths from gangrene