Vasilios Botinos Explained

Vasilios Botinos
Birth Date:19 October 1944
Birth Place:Volos, Greece
Death Place:Nikaia, Greece[1]
Height:1.80 m
Position:Winger
Years1:1958–1964
Clubs1:Olympiakos Volos
Caps1:58
Goals1:33
Years2:1964–1972
Clubs2:Olympiacos
Caps2:134
Goals2:42
Years3:1972–1973
Clubs3:Panegialios
Years4:1973–1974
Clubs4:Panionios
Caps4:7
Goals4:2
Nationalyears1:1967–1969
Nationalteam1:Greece
Nationalcaps1:12
Nationalgoals1:3

Vasilios Botinos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Βασίλειος Μποτίνος; 19 October 1944 – 16 February 2022) was a Greek footballer who played as a winger for Olympiacos[2] as well as the Greece national team.

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.

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.

Honours

Olympiacos

1966 και 1967

1964, 1968 και 1971

Personal life

Botinos died from COVID-19 in Nikaia, on 16 February 2022, at the age of 77.[8]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.enikos.gr/sports/vasilis-botinos-pethane-o-palaimachos-asos-tou-olybiakou/1756709/ Βασίλης Μποτίνος Πέθανε ο παλαίμαχος άσος του Ολυμπιακού
  2. Web site: Profile. worldfootball.
  3. Web site: Evrytania News. Kolokotsios, Lambros. el:Αθλητικοί Φάκελοι (ΜΠΟΤΙΝΟΣ). Sporting Capsules (Botinos). http://www.evrytanika.com/article.php?id=3246. Greek. 16 January 2010. 2 May 2012. 8 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101008102830/http://www.evrytanika.com/article.php?id=3246. dead.
  4. Web site: Taxydromos. el:Ο μεγάλος Βασίλης Μποτίνος θυμάται .... Vasilis Botinos remembers.... http://www.taxydromos.gr/article.php?id=31046&cat=4. Greek. 30 January 2011. 2 May 2012. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082931/http://www.taxydromos.gr/article.php?id=31046&cat=4. dead.
  5. Web site: Thessalia. el:Αέρινος, αδικημένος, ανεπανάληπτος. Ethereal, wronged, unprecedented. http://e-thessalia.gr/?p=3578. Greek. 6 February 2011.
  6. Web site: RSSSF. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander. Greece 1973/74. 19 January 2003.
  7. Web site: RSSSF. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander. Greece - International Matches 1961-1970. 25 September 2004.
  8. https://www.sport24.gr/football/pethane-o-vasilis-mpotinos.9532229.html Πέθανε ο Βασίλης Μποτίνος