Georgios Magiras

Georgios Simos or Charalampous[2] (Greek: Γιώργος "Mάγειρας" Σίμος ή Χαραλάμπους; 1919 – 12 February 1994), commonly known as "Magiras" (Which meant "Cooker", a nickname that followed him throughout his career, on the occasion of the fact that his grandfather maintained a cooking restaurant in Naxos), was a Greek professional footballer who played as a midfielder for AEK Athens and a manager.

Georgios Magiras
Personal information
Full name Georgios Simos
Date of birth 1919
Place of birth Urla, İzmir, Turkey
Date of death 12 February 1994(1994-02-12) (aged 74–75)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1931–1938 Eleftheroupoli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1938–1949 AEK Athens 9 (0)
Total 9 (0)
International career
1948–1949 Greece 4 (0)
Managerial career
1960 Olympiacos Chalkida
1961 Egaleo
1961 Greece U19
1965 Greece U19
1965–1967 AEK Athens (assistant)
1967–1968 Proodeftiki
1970 Vyzas Megara
1972 Apollon Athens
1972 Pierikos
1972–1973 Chalkida
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career
Players of AEK Athens and PAOK before the 1939 Cup final

Mageiras started football in 1931 from Eleftheroupoli and in 1933 he joined AEK Athens, at the age of 14 and in the first years, was a member of their academies, with teammates such as Kleanthis Maropoulos and Tryfon Tzanetis, with whom he later coexisted in the first team. He was part of the club that won the Panhellenic Championship and Greek Cup in 1939.[3] Mageiras retired from football in 1949 after a serious injury in the Cup final against Panathinaikos on 19 June.[4][5] With the "yellow-blacks" he won 2 Panhellenic Championships and 2 Greek Cups.

International career

He played a total of 4 times with Greece from 1948 to 1949.[6] His debut came on 23 April 1948, in a friendly at home against Turkey, the first to be played after World War II, under the instructions of Kostas Negrepontis.[7]

Managerial career

After his retirement from as a footballer, Magiras became involved in coaching. He coached Olympiacos Chalkida in the first division in 1960.[8] He also worked at Egaleo in 1961.[9] In the 1960's he was a partner of Lakis Petropoulos in the technical leadership of Greece. In 1972, he was also the coach of Pierikos.[10] Magiras returned to Chalcis to coach Chalkida, in 1972 for a year and led them to 4th place in the standings.[11]

Honours

AEK Athens

See also

References
  1. "Γιώργος Σίμος". football.aek.com.
  2. newspaper "Athlitismos", 12 January 1948, page 2
  3. "ORIGINAL 21 GALATSI A.E.K. HISTORY PAGE 1938 - 1939". Original21Galatsi.com (in Greek).
  4. "Η δικαίωση του ηρωισμού". aek365.org. 3 July 2015.
  5. "Ο πρώτος μεταπολεμικός τίτλος". 3 July 2020.
  6. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (25 September 2004). "Greece - International Matches 1948-1960". RSSSF.
  7. "Greece matches 1948–1950" (PDF). epo.gr.
  8. "Για θυμήσου..." tanea.gr. 21 April 2001.
  9. "Ιστορία Ποδοσφαίρου".
  10. "Προπονητές που πέρασαν από τον Πιερικό". pierikos.info.
  11. "'Η ΜΝΗΜΗ ΔΑΚΡΥΖΕΙ': ΔΕΚΑΕΤΙΑ '70 (Γλυκές και πικρές στιγμές για τον Α.Ο. 'Χαλκίς', μέρος Β)". eviasports.gr.
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