Spyros Sklavounos Explained

Spyros Sklavounos
Fullname:Spyridon Sklavounos
Birth Date:1912
Birth Place:Thessaloniki, Greece
Position:Goalkeeper
Years1:1929−1931
Clubs1:Thermaikos
Years2:1931−1935
Clubs2:Panathinaikos
Years3:1935−1940
Clubs3:AEK Athens
Caps3:6
Goals3:0
Nationalteam1:Greece
Nationalyears1:1932–1938
Nationalcaps1:8
Nationalgoals1:0

Spyros Sklavounos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Σπύρος Σκλαβούνος; 1912 – ?) was a Greek footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1] He played in eight matches for the Greece national football team from 1932 to 1938.[2] He was also part of Greece's team for their qualification matches for the 1938 FIFA World Cup.[3]

Club career

Sklavounos started playing football at Thermaikos in 1929. His uncle, Alexandros was one of the founders as well as the president of Thermaikos and with his personal intervention in 1931, he moved to Panathinaikos, despite the interest of Aris. With the "greens" he won an Athens FCA League in 1934. In 1935 he joined AEK Athens, where he won the first ever domestic double by a Greek club in 1939 and the Athens FCA League and Panhellenic Championship of the following season. He ended his football career in 1940.

International career

Sklavounos played for Greece 8 times, between 1932 and 1938. He was called for the first time to Belgrade for the Balkan Cup matches.

After football

After the end of his football career, in 1948, he took up singing and had an international career, he sang in many shops in Greece, Istanbul, Paris, London and in many more cities.

Personal life

He came from a family of railway workers, his grandfather Panagiotis, alongside his grandmother Roza had participated in the Macedonian struggle. His brother Grigoris was also a football player, competing for many years in Thermaikos.

Honours

Panathinaikos

1934

AEK Athens

1938–39, 1939–40

1938–39

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Spyros Sklavounos. worldfootball.net. 22 October 2021.
  2. Web site: Spyros Sklavounos . EU Football . 22 October 2021.
  3. Web site: World Cup 1938 - Qualifying . RSSF . 22 October 2021.