Stelios Skevofilakas

Stelios Skevofilakas
Skevofilax with AEK
Personal information
Full name Stylianos Skevofilakas
Date of birth (1939-01-06)6 January 1939[1]
Place of birth Nea Ionia, Greece[2]
Date of death 10 June 2009(2009-06-10) (aged 70)[1]
Place of death Athens, Greece[3]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Youth career
1955–1958 Eleftheroupoli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1961 Eleftheroupoli
1961 → AEK Athens (loan) 0 (0)
1961–1972 AEK Athens 308 (16)
1972–1973 Atromitos 29 (2)
International career
1962 Greece military 8 (2)
1963–1966 Greece 11 (0)
Managerial career
1974–1975 Koukouvaounes
1977–1978 Marko
1979–1980 Ionikos
1982–1983 Kerkyra
1983–1984 Olympiacos Chalkida
1996–1997 Niki Volos
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stelios Skevofilakas (Greek: Στέλιος Σκευοφύλακας; 6 January 1939 – 10 June 2009) was a Greek professional footballer who played as a midfielder mostly for AEK Athens and later a manager.

Club career

Skevofilakas started his football career in 1955 at one of his neighborhood teams, Eleftheroupoli,[4] where in 1961 he was transferred to AEK Athens at the age of 21.[5] He played in the midfield positions with and especially as a wide midfielder.[6] His official debut with the yellow and black jersey was at Rizoupoli Stadium on 9 September 1961, in the victory of AEK over Egaleo by 8–0, where he provided three assists in the two goals of Nestoridis at the 40th and 43rd minute and a goal of Stamatiadis at the 65th minute.[7] Skevofilakas won 3 championships and 2 Greek Cups, while he was a member of the team that played in the European Cup quarter finals in 1969 against Spartak Trnava, losing by a margin the opportunity to face Johan Cruyff's Ajax in the semi-finals.[8] The intention of the club's then manager, Branko Stanković to renew the club's roster, brought Skevofilakas to leave AEK among other players, in 1972 and move to Atromitos.[9][10]

On 21 May 1973, Skevofilakas alongside Balopoulos, Psychogios and Kefalidis, who were all released from AEK and signed for Atromitos, started in the game against their former club at Peristeri Stadium, where the match ended with a 1–0 victory for the hosts.[11] It was the first time that they played against AEK, while Lakis Nikolaou, made his maiden participation against his former club, with the yellow-blacks.[12] He retired as a footballer in the summer of 1973, at the age of 34.[13][14]

International career

Skevofilakas was part of the Greek military team, with whom he won the World Military Cup in 1962.[15][16]

Skevofilakas made 11 appearances for the Greece,[17] playing in qualifying matches for the 1966 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1968.[18] He made his debut in May 1963 at an away friendly match against Poland, which ended 4–0.[19]

Managerial career

After his playing career was over Skevofilakas enacted with coaching mainly in lower division clubs. On 24 July 1977 he signed for Marko.[20] In the summer of 1979 he took over as the new manager of Ionikos.[21] In 1982 he was the manager of Kerkyra for a season.[22] In the summer of 1983 he became the manager of Olympiacos Chalkida.[23][24] In 1996, Skevofilakas took charge of the bench of newly promoted second division club, Niki Volos for a season,[25] where he managed to finish in the seventh place of the league.[26]

Personal life

Skevofilakas was the cousin of former AEK footballer, Giannis Vlantis whose son, Giorgos, also played for the club.[27] After the end of his career he participated in the events of the Veterans Association of AEK Athens, which he served as president for 8 consecutive years.[1][28] On 21 January 2009, he made a deeply emotional and unexpected visit to the gathering for the New Year's Eve of the Veterans of AEK, in his capacity as their president, to wish all of them health. It was his last public appearance,[29] since a few months later, on 10 June 2009, Skevofilakas died from stomach cancer after a struggle of 18 months.[30][31] On 20 January 2016, AEK organized a football tournament in his memory.[32]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[1]
Club Season League[a] Greek Cup Europe Balkans Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
AEK Athens 1960–61 Alpha Ethniki 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1961–62 30 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 31 3
1962–63 30 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 32 1
1963–64 29 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 35 1
1964–65 25 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 30 1
1965–66 27 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 29 1
1966–67 23 2 3 1 2 0 7 0 35 3
1967–68 31 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 39 0
1968–69 32 4 2 0 6 0 0 0 40 4
1969–70 30 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 31 0
1970–71 26 2 8 3 2 0 0 0 36 5
1971–72 25 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 27 1
Atromitos 1972–73[14] Alpha Ethniki 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 2
Career total 337 18 31 4 14 0 13 0 395 22
  1. ^ Also includes play-off matches.

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[33]
National team Year Apps Goals
Greece 1963 3 0
1964 4 0
1965 3 0
1966 1 2
Total 11 0

Honours

AEK Athens[1][17]

Greece military

References

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  2. ^ "Στέλιος Σκευοφύλαξ, μια ζωή ΑΕΚ". novasports.gr (in Greek).
  3. ^ "Στέλιος Σκευοφύλακας: Υπήρξε από τους σημαντικότερους παίκτες της ΑΕΚ κατά τη δεκαετία του 1960". timesnews.gr (in Greek). 10 June 2017.
  4. ^ Π. Γερακάρης (11 February 1973). "Αυτός που δεν έσκυψε ποτέ το κεφάλι στον Στάνκοβιτς!". Athletic Echo (in Greek). Vol. 28, no. 7707. Athens: Athanasios E. Sempos. digitallibrary.parliament.gr. p. 3.
  5. ^ Καζαντζόγλου, Σταύρος (10 June 2020). "ΑΕΚ: Στη "γειτονιά των αγγέλων" ο Στέλιος Σκευοφύλακας". enwsi.gr (in Greek).
  6. ^ "Οι κορυφαίοι Ελληνες (60ς)!". gazzetta.gr (in Greek).
  7. ^ "8 Σεπτεμβρίου 1961: Η πιο ευρεία εκτός έδρας νίκη της ΑΕΚ". 8 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Όταν η ΑΕΚ "άγγιξε" τ' αστέρια". aek365.org.
  9. ^ Αλιατάς, Παναγιώτης (18 February 2017). "Τί συνδέει τον Πλατέλλα με τον αείμνηστο Στέλιο Σκευοφύλακα;". aek-live.gr (in Greek).
  10. ^ Κουμουρτζής, Δημήτρης (30 April 2017). "Οι 22 ποδοσφαιριστές, που συνδέουν ΑΕΚ και Ατρόμητο". aek365.org.
  11. ^ "Στέλιος Σκευοφύλαξ". aekpedia.com.
  12. ^ "Προϊστορία Ατρόμητου – ΑΕΚ". aekpassion.gr (in Greek). 26 February 2018.
  13. ^ "AEK FC - The Official Match Programme" (PDF). aekfc.gr (in Greek).
  14. ^ a b "Greece 1972/73". RSSSF.
  15. ^ a b "CISM - Football Cup". milsport.one.
  16. ^ a b "World Military Championship". RSSSF.
  17. ^ a b "Εφυγε από τη ζωή ο Στέλιος Σκευοφύλαξ". contra.gr. 10 June 2009.
  18. ^ "European Championship 1968 (Details)". RSSSF. 11 June 2009.
  19. ^ "Greece matches 1961–1965" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek).
  20. ^ "Ο Σκευοφύλαξ ανέλαβε προπονητής της Μαρκό". Athletic Echo (in Greek). 25 August 1977. p. 3.
  21. ^ "Ο Σκευοφύλαξ ανέλαβε τον Ιωνικό". Athletic Echo (in Greek). 6 August 1979. p. 2.
  22. ^ Σάκης Σακασιανός (12 September 1982). "Ο Σ. Σκευοφύλακας στον Α.Ο. Κέρκυρας". Athletic Echo (in Greek). p. 6.
  23. ^ "'Η ΜΝΗΜΗ ΔΑΚΡΥΖΕΙ': ΔΕΚΑΕΤΙΑ '80 (Η ομώνυμη τοπική ποδοσφαιρική κοινότητα: Ολυμπιακός Χαλκίδας)". 9 September 2020.
  24. ^ Γιώργος Πάστρας (24 July 1984). "Δεν ανησυχούν στην ΑΕΚ για Πιά". Athletic Echo (in Greek). p. 6.
  25. ^ "Το μυαλό της Νίκης στον Αλμυρό". taxydromos.gr (in Greek). 30 November 2018.
  26. ^ "Greece B 1996/97". RSSSF.
  27. ^ "ΤΑ ΒΙΩΜΑΤΑ ΤΟΥ ΓΙΩΡΓΟΥ ΒΛΑΝΤΗ ΜΕ ΤΗΝ ΑΕΚ". 17 February 2025 – via YouTube.
  28. ^ "'Έφυγε' ο Στέλιος Σκευοφύλαξ". sport24.gr (in Greek).
  29. ^ "HISTORY". aekfc.gr.
  30. ^ "AEK loses a legend". aekfc.gr.
  31. ^ "ΑΕΚ: "Έφυγε" ο Στέλιος Σκευοφύλακας". inewsgr.com.
  32. ^ "Η τελετή έναρξης του τουρνουά "Στέλιος Σκευοφύλαξ"". aekfc.gr (in Greek).
  33. ^ Stelios Skevofilakas at National-Football-Teams.com
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