Nikos Sarganis (

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: Νίκος Σαργκάνης; born 13 January 1954) is a Greek former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Born in

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, Sarganis started his football career as a fullback at

Ilisiakos Ilisiakos Football Club ( el, Ηλυσιακός A.O.) is an Athens-based Association football, football club that was founded in 1927 by Michalis Xydis, Lambropoulos, Evgenopoulos, Nikolaos Plessas, ''et al.''. They played in Delta Ethiniki until ...

. He switched to goalkeeper under the guidance of his coach, Christos Rimbas, himself a capable goalkeeper of the 1930s. Sarganis moved on to

Kastoria FC Kastoria F.C. or AS Kastoria 1980 ( el, Α.Σ. Καστοριά 1980 - Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Καστοριά 1980), the ''Athletic Club Kastoria 1980'', is a Greek football (soccer), association football club based in the city of Ka ...

in 1977 and played for the "furriers" until the end of the 1980 season. He was part of the team that shocked the Greek football world by winning the

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in 1980. Following that triumph, he transferred to Olympiakos where he would play from 1980 until the end of the 1985 season. Sarganis then controversially joined Olympiakos' arch-rivals,

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...

and played for the greens for the next five years. He continued his career with

Athinaikos Athinaikos A.C. ( el, Αθηναϊκός Α.Σ., full name Athinaikos Athletic Club) is a Greek multisport-club, founded in 1917. It is based in Vyronas, a suburb east of Athens. Athinaikos has football, basketball, and handball teams. Its achiev ...

(1991 and 1992 seasons). During his career Sarganis was capped 58 times by the

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. His international high point came on 15 October 1980, when he preserved a 1–0 Greek victory in Copenhagen against Denmark. The Danish press gave him the nickname "

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" by which he would be known throughout the rest of his career. On 8 May 1988, Sarganis helped win the Greek Cup for Panathinaikos in a penalty shootout by saving two Olympiakos penalty shots while scoring one himself. Sarganis is an active member of Olympiakos Old Players team.

Honours

Club

Kastoria *

: 1979–80 Olympiacos *

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: 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982– 83 *

: 1980–81 Panathinaikos *

: 1985–86, 1989–90 *

: 1985–86, 1987–88, 1988–89

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sarganis, Nikos 1954 births Living people Association football goalkeepers Greek footballers Greece international footballers Panathinaikos F.C. players Ilisiakos F.C. players Olympiacos F.C. players Athinaikos F.C. players Kastoria F.C. players People from East Attica Footballers from Attica