12 Facts About Giannis Vazos

Giannis Vazos was a Greek international football player who played as a forward.

Giannis Vazos was born into a relatively wealthy family due to his father, Zacharias, being a trader and ran a Butcher shop.

Giannis Vazos denied his previous acquaintance with the perpetrators, but the Military Court at 8 Sina Street sentenced him to death, a sentence that was hardly reduced to 5 years in prison.

Giannis Vazos resided in it for a long period of his later life.

Giannis Vazos started playing football when he dropped out of school at 11 and worked for the family business.

Giannis Vazos started training with the second team, but because his contract at Apollon was still in force, he did not acquire the right to participate in official matches until the new season.

Giannis Vazos played with Olympiacos for 18 years and retired at the age of 35.

Giannis Vazos's presence was not uninterrupted, with at least once after the Liberation deciding to leave permanently and return due to lack of an equal replacement.

Giannis Vazos himself became a top scorer 4 times in the Greek championship, one second and 2 times first of the southern group.

Giannis Vazos is second in the all-time leading top scorers for Olympiacos, only behind Giorgos Sideris, who has 493 goals in 519 games.

In unofficial games, Giannis Vazos scored 12 goals in 11 unofficial cup games.

Giannis Vazos played 14 games and scored 3 goals for Greece.