21 Facts About Kostas Negrepontis

Kostas Negrepontis was a Greek footballer who played as a center forward in the 1920s and 1930s and a later manager.

Kostas Negrepontis was considered a great virtuoso of the ball, a football intelligence and a great shooter.

Kostas Negrepontis was a figure and was so dear to his fellows that never left their memory.

Calm, likeable and always optimistic, Negrepontis was the idol of fans and opponents.

Kostas 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.

Kostas Negrepontis was distinguished for his passion, selflessness in terms of the progress of the Greek football, but especially for his beloved AEK.

Kostas Negrepontis became an official member of the sports family for the first time in 1912.

Kostas Negrepontis started his football career as a young player in Turkey, playing for Enosis Tataoulon, where he stayed for four years.

Kostas Negrepontis was a pole of attraction and for the Greek youth of the region, as his influence was great.

In 1926 Kostas Negrepontis returned to Greece and joined AEK Athens.

In 1933 Kostas Negrepontis ended up his career as a footballer, at the age of 36.

Kostas Negrepontis became the first coach in the history of AEK Patras, from their foundation in 1929, until their promotion to the Achaea first division in 1931.

Kostas Negrepontis worked as the coach of Greece in four different periods between 1933 and 1953.

Kostas Negrepontis won as the manager of the Greek military team the World Military Cup in 1952.

In 1955 after a brief spell at Olympiacos, Kostas Negrepontis returned to AEK, where he won the Greek Cup in 1956.

In February 1957 Kostas Negrepontis left AEK, but returned to their bench in 1958.

Kostas Negrepontis managed teams of the likes of Panelefsiniakos, Apollon Athens, Ethnikos Piraeus, Panegialios and Panachaiki.

In 1965 Kostas Negrepontis retired from football, but did not stop watching his beloved AEK, even when he fell ill.

Kostas Negrepontis was one of the creators of the glory of AEK, but a brave and honest fighter in the stadiums, whether Greek or foreign.

Kostas Negrepontis left an era as a moral footballer without wages and "bonuses".

Kostas Negrepontis was the creator of a football school, the coach of the National team and the Military team.