Georgios Kolovos ( gr, Γεώργιος Κολοβός; born 9 October 1965) is a Greek former professional

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player who played as a

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Club career

Kolovos started his career from

Apollon Larissa Apollon Larissa Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Απόλλων Λάρισας) is a Greek professional football club based in Filippoupoli, Larissa, Greece. The club plays in the Gamma Ethniki, the third tier of the Greek football league system. It p ...

playing in

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. In the summer of 1985 he was transferred to the 1985 Greek Cup winners AE Larissa alongside another young talent,

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, and under experienced Polish coach

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. Kolovos stayed at AEL for three years becoming a Greek champion in

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The following year, he was released by the club after not being in

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's plans and he signed for fourth division side Toxotis. He subsequently joined Ampelokipoi Larissa playing with the club in

under coach Nikos Vlachoulis and the Larissa FCA league alongside his former AEL teammate

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and future

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international

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References

1965 births Living people Greek men's footballers Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players Apollon Larissa F.C. players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Larissa {{Greece-footy-forward-stub