 Liberopoulos in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Nikolaos Liberopoulos | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 4 August 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Filiatra, Greece | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward, attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1993 | Erani Filiatra | 53 | (33) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1996 | Kalamata | 78 | (20) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–2003 | Panathinaikos | 185 | (72) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2008 | AEK Athens | 142 | (66) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 50 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | AEK Athens | 53 | (18) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 561 | (219) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Greece U21 | 23 | (15) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–2012 | Greece | 76 | (13) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Greece military | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nikolaos "Nikos" Liberopoulos (Greek: Νίκος Λυμπερόπουλος; born on 4 August 1975) is a retired Greek former professional international footballer who played as a forward. He is famous for his aim-to-goal shot, his innate in-play instincts, and his technical attacking skills. Liberopoulos is a unique player in Greek domestic football, as he is equally adored by fans of both AEK Athens and Panathinaikos. He is the only player to be recorded in the top ten scorers of all time for both these teams. Indeed, after seven seasons at Panathinaikos Liberopoulos scored 103 goals. On 10 May 2012, he reached a milestone 100 goals for AEK Athens after a brace against Atromitos, making him the only player in history to score a hundred goals for both Athens clubs (NOTE: this contradicts the tabulated data below, which gives 101 goals for AEK Athens and 87 goals for Panathinaikos. The latter is also in disagreement with data on the Elite Football website: 92 goals at AEK Athens and 76 goals at Panathinaikos[1]). On 8 September 2017, he became the Technical Director of AEK.[2]