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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]

Vasilios Botinos

Personal information
Date of birth	(1944-10-19)19 October 1944
Place of birth	Volos, Greece
Date of death	16 February 2022(2022-02-16) (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)
National team
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

На других языках

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- [en] Vasilios Botinos

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[it] Vasilis Botinos

Vasilis Botinos (Volo, 19 ottobre 1944 – Nizza, 15 febbraio 2022) è stato un calciatore greco.

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