Vasilios Borbokis (

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: Βασίλειος Μπορμπόκης; born 10 February 1969) is a Greek former professional

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who played as a defender. He is the younger brother of the former Greek international,

Stefanos Borbokis Stefanos Borbokis ( el, Στέφανος Μπορμπόκης; born 1 September 1966) is a Greek former footballer. He is the brother of Vassilis Borbokis who also played for PAOK FC. Club career Borbokis began his career at PAOK FC in 1986 and ...

Career

Club career

Born in

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, he started his career at

Apollon Kalamarias Apollon Kalamarias (Greek: Απόλλων Καλαμαριάς) is a Greek sport's club from Thessaloniki founded in 1926. The club is named after Apollo, the mythical Greek god and its colors are red and black. History When thousands of Pontic ...

, in which he played from 1987 to 1993, when he was transferred to the then champion of Greece,

AEK Athens A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greece, Greek multi-sport club based in Nea ...

, where played until 1997 celebrating a championship, two cups and a Super Cup. In 1997 he was transferred to

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which was then playing in the

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for a fee of €1.25M and became one of the first Greeks to play in England. He stayed at Sheffield United for two seasons, completing 55 appearances and scoring four goals, most notably his participation in the 1998

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semi-final against

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. In this semifinal, he was faced with another Greek who was playing in England,

Nikos Dabizas Nikos Dabizas ( el, Νίκος Νταμπίζας, born 3 August 1973) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a defender for Newcastle United, Leicester City, Olympiacos and AEL. He was also in Greece's 2004 European Football ...

who was then playing in Newcastle. In 1999 he transferred to

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which played in the

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, managing to play in the top division of England. He stayed in Derby for a year, where he played in 16 games, scoring one goal in a League Cup match against Swansea, but lost his position as a key player after a jaw injury and in December 1999 he returned to Greece for PAOK. In PAOK he played for two seasons, winning a cup during this period. In the summer of 2002 Borbokis returned to AEK where he remained for two years, which time he played seven times in the Champions League, three in the good course of the 2003–03 season and another four during the 2003–04 season. In the 2004–05 season, Borbokis played in Cyprus with

Anorthosis Anorthosis Famagusta ( el, Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου, translit=Anorthosi Ammochostou), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Anorthosis Famagusta multi-sport club fou ...

, with which he won the Cyprus championship, although he had an extremely small presence.

International career

Borbokis has played twice with national team of Greece during 1998.

After football

In 2009 he took over as head of scouting for AEK and four years later, in 2013, the duties of assistant coach at AEK, being the direct collaborator of his former ally in the club

Traianos Dellas Traianos Dellas ( el, Τραϊανός Δέλλας; born 31 January 1976) is a Greek football manager and former professional footballer, who played as a centre back. He was an integral part of Greece's Euro 2004 winning squad, during which ...

, remaining by his side throughout his term in the "yellow-blacks". With the resignation of the latter in October 2015, he also left, following him to

Atromitos Atromitos (Greek: Ατρόμητος, "fearless") may refer to: * Atromitos F.C., a football team based in Peristeri, Athens, Greece * Atromitos Piraeus, a football team based in Piraeus, Athens, Greece * Atromitos Yeroskipou, a football team curr ...

, again as his assistant.

Personal life

He hails from Mitrousi,

Honours

;AEK Athens *

Alpha Ethniki The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...

: 1993–94 *

Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most im ...

: 1995–96, 1996–97 *

Super Cup A super cup is a competition, usually but not exclusively in association football, which often forms the 'curtain raiser' to a season, and typically involves only two teams who have qualified through success in other competitions during the prev ...

: 1996 ;PAOK *Greek Cup: 2000–01

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