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.
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.
Olympiacos
1966 και 1967
1964, 1968 και 1971
Botinos died from COVID-19 in Nikaia, on 16 February 2022, at the age of 77.[8]