Vasilios Botinos
Vasilios Botinos (Greek: Βασίλειος Μποτίνος; 19 October 1944 – 16 February 2022) was a Greek footballer who played as a winger for Olympiacos[1] as well as the Greece national team.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 October 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | Volos, Greece | ||
| Date of death | 16 February 2022 (aged 77) | ||
| Place of death | Nice, France | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1958–1964 | Olympiakos Volos | 58 | (33) |
| 1964–1972 | Olympiacos | 134 | (42) |
| 1972–1973 | Panegialios | ||
| 1973–1974 | Panionios | 7 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 1967–1969 | Greece | 12 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
Born in Volos,[3] Botinos began playing football as a winger with Olympiakos Volou F.C. in 1958, until he joined Alpha Ethniki side Olympiacos F.C. in July 1964.[4][5] He spent most of his career with Olympiacos, where he suffered a serious leg injury in 1969. Botinos left Olympiacos for Panegialios F.C. in 1972, and finished his career in the Alpha Ethniki with Panionios G.S.S.,[6] retiring at age 29 in 1974.[5]
Botinos made twelve appearances and scored three goals for the Greece national team from 1967 to 1969,[7] scoring two goals in a 4–1 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifying victory against Switzerland on 15 October 1969.[5]
Personal life
Botinos died from COVID-19 in Nice, France, on 16 February 2022, at the age of 77.[8]
References
- ^ "Profile". worldfootball.
- ^ – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Kolokotsios, Lambros (16 January 2010). Αθλητικοί Φάκελοι (ΜΠΟΤΙΝΟΣ) [Sporting Capsules (Botinos)] (in Greek). Evrytania News.
- ^ Ο μεγάλος Βασίλης Μποτίνος θυμάται ... [Vasilis Botinos remembers...] (in Greek). Taxydromos. 30 January 2011.
- ^ a b c Αέρινος, αδικημένος, ανεπανάληπτος [Ethereal, wronged, unprecedented] (in Greek). Thessalia. 6 February 2011.
- ^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (19 January 2003). "Greece 1973/74". RSSSF.
- ^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (25 September 2004). "Greece - International Matches 1961-1970". RSSSF.
- ^ Πέθανε ο Βασίλης Μποτίνος (in Greek)