Giannis Matzourakis
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 June 1948 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder / Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
|
Free Agent | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1962–1967 | Şcoala Sportivă 2 Bucureşti | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1967–1969 | CFR Cluj | 30 | (15) |
| 1969–1970 | Rapid Bucharest | 13 | (1) |
| 1970–1973 | PAOK | 40 | (6) |
| 1973–1978 | Larissa | 111 | (28) |
| 1975–1976 | → Terrassa (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1978–1979 | Iraklis | 10 | (0) |
| Total | 204 | (50) | |
| National team | |||
| 1969 | Romania U–23 | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1981–1982 | Chalkida | ||
| 1982–1985 | Egaleo | ||
| 1985–1986 | Kavala | ||
| 1986–1987 | Egaleo | ||
| 1987–1988 | APOP Paphos | ||
| 1988–1989 | Pezoporikos | ||
| 1989–1990 | APOEL | ||
| 1990 | Naoussa | ||
| 1990–1993 | Pierikos | ||
| 1994–1995 | APOEL | ||
| 1995–1996 | Larissa | ||
| 1996–1999 | Skoda Xanthi | ||
| 2000–2001 | Olympiacos | ||
| 2002 | Anorthosis | ||
| 2002–2003 | AEL Limassol | ||
| 2004–2006 | Skoda Xanthi | ||
| 2007 | Omonia | ||
| 2007–2008 | Veria | ||
| 2008 | Skoda Xanthi | ||
| 2008–2009 | OFI Crete | ||
| 2009–2010 | Skoda Xanthi | ||
| 2011–2012 | Kavala | ||
| 2013–2015 | Kalloni | ||
| 2015 | Ergotelis | ||
| 2015–2017 | Panetolikos | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Ioannis Matzourakis (Greek: Γιάννης Μαντζουράκης; born 6 June 1948 in Bucharest) is a Greek association football manager and former player.
Born in Romania to a Greek father and Romanian mother. His father an ethnic Greek and communist fighter was a refugee from the Greek civil war, who lived in Bucharest, right after the second World war.
Matzourakis speaks fluent Romanian and he also holds a Romanian citizenship.
Matzourakis began his youth football career with Şcoala Sportivă 2 Bucureşti where he met Mircea Lucescu who was three years older than him. He made his senior debut in Cluj-Napoca the birthplace of his mother playing for CFR Cluj in the Romanian Second Division in 1967. Matzourakis helped his side to get promoted to the Romanian First Division becoming the team's top goalscorer in the 1968–69 season. Right after their promotion, Matzourakis left Cluj to play for Rapid Bucharest. In the same year he played for the Olympic team of Romania under head coach Dumitru Teodorescu.
In 1970, he moved to Greece and played for PAOK FC winning the Greek Cup in 1972 and later he was transferred to A.E. Larissa where he spent the most of his career.
Matzourakis was signed by Spanish Segunda División side Terrassa in the 1975–76 season, but unfortunately didn't get to play any match.
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