Stelios Skevofilakas
Personal information
Full name Stylianos Skevofilakas
Date of birth (1939-01-06)6 January 1939
Place of birth Nea Ionia, Greece
Date of death 10 June 2009(2009-06-10) (aged 70)
Place of death Athens, Greece[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000 Eleftheroupoli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1961 Eleftheroupoli
1961–1972 AEK Athens 308 (16)
1972–1973 Atromitos
International career
1962 Greece military 8 (2)
1963–1966 Greece 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stelios Skevofilakas (Skevofilax) (Greek: Στέλιος Σκευοφύλακας (Σκευοφύλαξ); 6 January 1939 – 10 June 2009) was a Greek professional footballer who played as a midfielder for AEK Athens and Atromitos.

Club career

Skevofilakas was born on 6 January 1939 at Nea Ionia.[3] He started his football career at one of his neighborhood teams, Eleftheroupoli, from which he was transferred to AEK Athens in 1961 at the age of 21.[4] He played in the midfield positions with and especially as a wide midfielder.[5] His official debut with the yellow and black jersey was at Rizoupoli Stadium on 9 September 1961, in the victory of AEK over Egaleo by 8–0, where he provided three assists in the two goals of Nestoridis at the 40th and 43rd minute and a goal of Stamatiadis at the 65th minute.[6] Skevofilakas won 3 championships and 2 Greek Cups, while he was a member of the team that played in the European Cup quarter finals in 1969 against Spartak Trnava, losing by a margin, the opportunity to face Johan Cruyff's Ajax in the semi-finals.[7] The intention of the club's then manager, Branko Stanković to renew the club's roster, brought Skevofilakas to leave AEK among other players, in 1972 and move to Atromitos.[4]

On 21 May 1973, Skevofilakas alongside Balopoulos, Psychogios and Kefalidis, who all had been released from AEK and played for Atromitos, started in the game against their former club in Peristeri, and the match ended with a 1–0 victory for the hosts. It was the first time that they played against AEK, while Lakis Nikolaou, made his maiden participation against his former team, Atromitos, with the yellow-blacks.[8] He retired as a footballer in the summer of 1973, at the age of 34.[4]

International career

Skevofilakas was part of the Greek military, with whom he won the World Military Cup in 1962.[9][10]

Skevofilakas made 11 appearances for the Greece,[11] playing in qualifying matches for the 1966 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1968.[12] He made his debut in May 1963 at an away friendly match against Poland, which ended 4–0.[13]

Personal life

After the end of his career Skevofilakas participated in all the events of the Veterans Association of AEK Athens, which he served as president for 8 consecutive years.[4] On 10 June 2009, he died from stomach cancer after a brave struggle of 18 months.[14][15] A few months earlier in 21 January 2009, he made a deeply emotional and unexpected visit to the gathering for the New Year of Veterans of AEK, in his capacity as their president, to wish all of them health. It was his last public appearance.[16] On 20 January 2016, AEK organized a football tournament in his memory.[17]

Honours

AEK Athens[4]

Greece military

References

  1. ↑ "Στέλιος Σκευοφύλακας: Υπήρξε από τους σημαντικότερους παίκτες της ΑΕΚ κατά τη δεκαετία του 1960" (in Greek). Times News. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "Στέλιος Σκευοφύλακας". football.aek.com.
  3. ↑ "Στέλιος Σκευοφύλαξ, μια ζωή ΑΕΚ". novasports.gr.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Στέλιος Σκευοφύλαξ". kitrinomavro.gr.
  5. ↑ "Οι κορυφαίοι Ελληνες (60ς)!". gazzetta.gr.
  6. ↑ "8 Σεπτεμβρίου 1961: Η πιο ευρεία εκτός έδρας νίκη της ΑΕΚ". 8 September 2021.
  7. ↑ "Όταν η ΑΕΚ «άγγιξε» τ' αστέρια". aek365.org.
  8. ↑ "Προϊστορία Ατρόμητου – ΑΕΚ". aekpassion.gr. 26 February 2018.
  9. 1 2 "CISM - Football Cup". milsport.one.
  10. 1 2 "World Military Championship". RSSSF.
  11. ↑ "Εφυγε από τη ζωή ο Στέλιος Σκευοφύλαξ". contra.gr.
  12. ↑ "European Championship 1968 (Details)". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
  13. ↑ "Greece matches 1961–1965" (PDF). epo.gr.
  14. ↑ "AEK loses a legend". aekfc.gr.
  15. ↑ "ΑΕΚ: "Έφυγε" ο Στέλιος Σκευοφύλακας". iNewsgr.com.
  16. ↑ "HISTORY". AEK F.C. Official Web Site.
  17. ↑ "Η τελετή έναρξης του τουρνουά "Στέλιος Σκευοφύλαξ"". aekfc.gr.
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