Nikos Vamvakoulas ( el, Νίκος Βαμβακούλας; born 31 January 1957) is a Greek retired

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defender.

Career

Born in Lavrio, Vamvakoulas played club football for

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 ...

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 ...

, Ionikos, OFI Crete and

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 ...

. He won four Alpha Ethniki and one Greek Football Cup titles with Olympiacos before he won two more Alpha Ethniki and three more Greek Football Cup titles with Panathinaikos. Vamvakoulas made 30 appearances for the Greece national football team from 1981 to 1987. Also he has written the hymn of Olympiacos.

Honours

Club

Olympiacos *

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: 1981, 1982, 1983 * Greek Cup: 1981 Panathinaikos *

: 1986 * Greek Cup: 1986, 1988, 1989

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