Kleanthis Vikelidis

Kleanthis Vikelidis

Kleanthis Vikelidis
Personal information
Full name	Kleanthis Vikelidis
Date of birth	(1915 -09-15)15 September 1915
Place of birth	Thessaloniki, Greece
Date of death	4 November 1988(1988-11-04) (aged 73)
Place of death	Thessaloniki, Greece
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1933–1949	Aris	131	(72)
International career
1936–1948	Greece	7	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kleanthis Vikelidis (Greek: Κλεάνθης Βικελίδης; 15 September 1915 – 4 November 1988) was a Greek footballer who played for Aris and Greece. He was also a manager, taking charge of Aris, PAOK and Apollon Kalamarias.

Vikelidis was born in 1916 in Thessaloniki and was the youngest of the three Vikelidis brothers that played for Aris, the others being Kostas and Nikiforos. He was instrumental in Aris winning the Panhellenic Championship in 1932 and 1946, given the nickname "Macedonian tank" (Greek: "Μακεδονικό τανκ").^[1] During his career, Vikelidis was capped 7 times by the Greece National Football Team, scoring 4 goals.^[2] Vikelidis coached Aris twice in 1954 and 1959 and later continued his managing career with PAOK during the 1957 season and Apollon Kalamarias during the 1961 season. In his honour, Aris FC named their stadium at Charilaou, Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium.