Konstantinos Orfanos (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Ορφανός; born 22 August 1956) is a retired

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Career

He started his career at PAOK in 1975. He was a part of the team that won the

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championship in 1976. In 1980, Orfanos joined PAOK's rivals

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 ...

winning three more championships in 1981, 1982 and 1983. He played for them until the summer of 1985 when he returned to PAOK. He ended his career in 1989 at

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. He played 394 league games. He earned 8 caps for the

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Personal

His brother is the politician

Georgios Orfanos Georgios Orfanos ( el, Γιώργος Ορφανός) is a Greek politician with the New Democracy party, a former minister and member of the Greek Parliament since 1996. He was born in Thessaloniki on 11 June 1953, and he is a Civil-Mechanical E ...

and his son is Dimitrios Orfanos. Orfanos family has roots from Agia Triada

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.evrytaniasport.blogsport.gr Ο Αγιοτριαδίτης παλαιός διεθνής σπουδαίος άσος Κώστας Ορφανός
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Honours

;PAOK *

: 1975–76 ;Olympiacos *

: 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83 *

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: 1980–81

References

External links

Κώστας Ορφανός: «Διαμάντι» στο στέμμα του ΠΑΟΚ
{{DEFAULTSORT:Orfanos, Konstantinos 1956 births Living people Greek footballers Greece international footballers Association football forwards PAOK FC players Olympiacos F.C. players Apollon Pontou FC players Super League Greece players Footballers from Thessaloniki