Nikos Pias

Nikos Pias
Personal information
Full name Nikolaos Pias
Date of birth (1960-04-07) 7 April 1960
Place of birth Nafpaktos, Greece
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Midfielder
Youth career
–1978 Apollon Kalythies
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1984 Rodos
1984–1988 AEK Athens 69 (7)
1988–1990 Olympiacos Volos 52 (3)
1990–1992 Panachaiki 51 (7)
1992 Panargiakos
Managerial career
1996–1997 Korinthos
1998–1999 Doxa Vyronas
2000–2001 Nafpaktiakos Asteras
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nikos Pias (Greek: Νίκος Πιάς; born 7 April 1960) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and a manager.[1]

Career

Pias started as an amateur at Apollon Kalythies in Rhodes and in 1978 he moved to Rodos, where he won 2 second division championships. His talent attracted the interest of the first division clubs. On 29 June 1984 Pias was transferred to AEK Athens for a fee of 1.35 million dracmas.[2] In his first season at AEK he achieved a scoring streak of 3 goals in 4 consecutive matches, against OFI, Panathinaikos at home[3] and Apollon Athens away.[4]

On 24 June 1988 he was transferred to Olympiacos Volos for a fee of 6.5 million dracmas.[5] In 1990 he moved to Panachaiki, where he played for 2 seasons.[6] Afterwards he joined Panargiakos, where his career ended abruptly at in November 1992 after a serious injury. During he spell at the club he competed against his former club, AEK Athens in August 1992 for the Cup making and made an assist.[7]

Honours

Rodos

References

  1. ^ "Nikos Pias". weltfussball.de.
  2. ^ Διονύσης Αβούρης (30 June 1984). "Η ΑΕΚ πήρε τον Πιά". Athletic Echo (in Greek). pp. 1, 4.
  3. ^ "Ο Πιας των "πέτρινων χρόνων"". enwsi.gr. 5 March 2016. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Κυριακή του Θωμά και... του Πια". aek365.org.
  5. ^ Γιώργος Πάστρας (25 June 1988). "Πέρνοβιτς!". Athletic Echo (in Greek). pp. 3, 6.
  6. ^ "Νίκος Πιάς". aekpedia.com.
  7. ^ "1992-93 ΚΥΠΕΛΛΟ Φάση Ομίλων (1) ΠΑΝΑΡΓΕΙΑΚΟΣ-ΑΕΚ" – via youtube.com.