Kostas Negrepontis

Kostas Negrepontis

Kostas Negrepontis playing for AEK Athens.
Personal information
Full name	Konstantinos Negrepontis
Date of birth	(1897-10-31)31 October 1897[1]
Place of birth	Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Date of death	19 February 1973(1973-02-19) (aged 75)
Place of death	Athens, Greece
Position(s)	Striker, Inside/Outside right
Youth career
1912–1916	Enosis Tataoulon
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1916–1917	Pera Club
1917–1918	Fenerbahçe
1918–1923	Pera Club
1923–1925	CASG Paris
1925–1926	SC Douai
1926–1933	AEK Athens	6	(2)
International career
1929–1930	Greece	2	(0)
Managerial career
1929–1932	AEK Patras
1933–1934	Greece
1933–1936	AEK Athens
1937	Ethnikos Piraeus
1937–1948	AEK Athens
1938	Greece
1948–1950	Greece
1948–1949	Fostiras
1949–1950	Olympiacos (director of football)
1950–1954	Panionios
1952–1953	Greece military
1953	Greece
1955	Olympiacos
1955–1957	AEK Athens
1958–1959	AEK Athens
1959	Atromitos
1960–61	Panachaiki
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kostas Negrepontis (Greek: Κώστας Νεγρεπόντης; 31 October 1897 – 19 February 1973) was a Greek footballer who played as a center forward in the 1920s and 1930s and a later manager.^[2] He was considered a great virtuoso of the ball, a football intelligence and a great shooter. He was a figure and was so dear to his fellows that never left their memory. Those who lived near him, those who worked with him, spoke with admiration about "Negro", as the fans called him. Calm, likeable and always optimistic, Negrepontis was the idol of fans and opponents. Negrepontis was one of the pillars of Greek football in his first steps and contributed to it both as a footballer, as a coach and as well as a football teacher for prospective coaches. He was distinguished for his passion, selflessness in terms of the progress of the Greek football, but especially for his beloved AEK.^[3]