Miltiadis "Miltos" Papapostolou ( el, Μιλτιάδης "Μίλτος" Παπαποστόλου, 9 September 1935 – 2 February 2017) was a

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professional

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and manager.

Club career

Papapostolou started his career at Omvros Omvriakis, where in 1951 he joined Egaleo. He played there for 5 seasons and joined

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 Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadel ...

in 1956 with a two-year ban, as it was applied at the time when a player was transferred, without the approval of his club. Papapostolou was a key player of the club in winning the

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in 1963, while he also won the

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in the following season. He left AEK in the summer of 1965, where he retired as a footballer, at the age of 31.

Managerial career

Papapostolou started his coaching career in 1972 at the bench of Egaleo until 1975. He also worked in clubs of smaller categories, such as

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, Marko, Ierapoli,

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, Panelefsiniakos and until December 1979. In February 1980 he replaced Hermann Stessl on the AEK Athens, where they finished in the 4th place, left out of the European competitions of the next season. In the following season, the president

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, renewed his contract. AEK finished second behind

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 ...

and in the Cup he reached the semi-finals where they were eliminated by PAOK. After a spell at

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, he took charge of the bench of

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from 1984 to 1988. In 1989 he had a 3-month spell at Olympiacos. The following season he signed with

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until 1991. In February 1992, Papapostolou took over the technical leadership of

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 ...

, where he stayed until the end of the season. In February 1993 he sat at the bench of

Proodeftiki Proodeftiki Football Club, also known as Proodeftiki Piraeus, simply as Proodeftiki, or with its full name as A.O. Proodeftiki Neolea ( el, Αθλητικός Όμιλος Προοδευτική Νεολαία, transliterated "Athlitikós Όmilo ...

for a short period.

After football

Papapostolou was for a number of years the president of the Greek Football Coaches Association, with important reforms for the industry. He died on 2 February 2017, at the age of 81.

Honours

As a player

AEK Athens *

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: 1962–63 *

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: 1963–64

References

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