Sakis Kouvas or Athanasios Kouvas or Thanasis Kouvas (Σάκης Κουβάς, Αθανάσιος Κουβάς, Θανάσης Κουβάς; born in 1946) is a Greek former footballer who played as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

Career

Kouvas began playing football for

Vyzas F.C. Vyzas F.C. ( el, Α.Γ.Σ. Βύζας) is a Greek football club based in Megara, Greece. It was founded in 1928. History Vyzas Megaron was founded in 1928 by students and named after the ancient Megara hero Byzas. In 1960, the club was promote ...

at age 16, transferred to

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 ...

in 1971 and played in 1971 Intercontinental Cup. He scored 73 Greek league goals for Vyzas and Panathinaikos, making him one of the league's all-time leading goal-scorers. Kouvas won the Greek championship with Panathinaikos in 1972. He made his only national appearance on 30 September 1971, for the Greece national team.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kouvas, Sakis 1946 births Living people Greek men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Greece men's international footballers Super League Greece players Super League Greece 2 players Panathinaikos F.C. players Vyzas F.C. players