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Vasilios Manettas or Lappas (Greek: Βασίλης Μανέττας ή Λάππας; 1 January 1917 – 18 June 2003) was a Greek international football player who played as a forward.[1]

Vasilis Manettas

Personal information
Full name	Vasilios Manettas
Date of birth	(1917-01-01)1 January 1917
Place of birth	Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
Date of death	18 June 2003(2003-06-18) (aged 86)
Place of death	Athens, Greece
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1935–1945	AEK Athens	1	(0)
1945–1951	Daphni Athens
National team
1938	Greece	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

Manettas was born in Smyrna on the New Year of 1917. During the Asia Minor Disaster he lost his father, Theodoros Lappas and in September 1922 he came to Greece with his mother Heleni Manetta and his two older brothers.

Club career

Manettas started his football career in 1935 at AEK Athens where he stayed for a decade until 1945. He won at AEK 2 conscecutive Panhellenic Championships, 2 Greek Cups and 1 Athens FCA League, including the first domestic double by a Greek club in 1939. In 1945 he joined Daphni Athens, where he completed his career in 1951.

International career

Manettas played in one match for Greece on 20 February 1938 against Palestine.[2] for the FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[3]

Honours

AEK Athens

• Panhellenic Championship: 1938–39, 1939–40
• Greek Cup: 1931–32, 1938–39
• Athens FCA League: 1940

References

External links

• Vasilis Manetas at WorldFootball.net

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