Footballer who served as captain of the 2004 UEFA European Football Championship-winning Greece national football team.
His first team was Kavala, and he made 114 appearances with them from 1988 until 1993, scoring six goals.
He became President of PAOK in June 2007 and immediately began sorting through its troubled financial situation.
He wed Joanna Lilli, a fashion model, with whom he fathered two children, one boy and one girl.
He became close friends with Zisis Vryzas, who succeeded him as President of PAOK.
