Nikos Alefantos ( el, Νίκος Αλέφαντος, 3 January 1939 – 23 June 2020) was a Greek professional
footballer
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and
football
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coach
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.
Career
Alefantos managed several clubs in the
Greek Super League
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, including
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 ...
during 2004. He also had brief spells leading
AEL in 1975 and 1990.
Alefantos gained notoriety for his unusually short tenure as the manager of
Fostiras
Fostiras Football Club ( el, Α.Π.Ο. Φωστήρας Ταύρου) is a Greek football club based in Tavros, a suburb of Athens, Greece. They play in the Gamma Ethniki, the fourth tier of the Greek football league system. They played Alpha Et ...
in 2002. He was appointed manager of the club, replacing Vlachos in September 2002. One of Fostira's players,
Dimitrios Moutas, immediately refused to train with Alefantos, and then Alefantos resigned later that day after failed contract negotiations.
Eventually Alefantos appeared in ART channel of Greece, participating in a sport TV program called "Dokari Kai mesa" presented by Giannis Karatzaferis.
He died from a heart attack on 23 June 2020, aged 81.
Honours
APOEL
APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...
*
Cypriot Cup
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: 1996–97
PAS Giannina
PAS Giannina Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα 1966), or with its full name Panepirotikos Athlitikos Syllogos Giannina ( el, Πανηπειρωτικός Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Γιάννινα, ''Panepirotic Athleti ...
* Promotion title: 1973-74
Pierikos
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* Promotion title: 1974-75
References
External links
Alefantos Biography
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2020 deaths
AEK Athens F.C. managers
Greek football managers
PAS Giannina F.C. managers
Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. managers
Olympiacos F.C. players
Olympiacos F.C. managers
Pierikos F.C. managers
PAOK FC managers
Vyzas F.C. players
Greek expatriate football managers
Greek expatriates in Cyprus
Expatriate football managers in Cyprus
OFI Crete F.C. managers
Panionios F.C. managers
Ionikos F.C. managers
APOEL FC managers
Panachaiki F.C. managers
Xanthi F.C. managers
Proodeftiki F.C. managers
Super League Greece managers
Footballers from Athens
Greek footballers
1939 births
Panegialios F.C. players
Association football midfielders
Panelefsiniakos F.C. players
Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. managers
Rouf F.C. managers