Vasilios Manettas

Vasilios Manettas or Lappas (Greek: Βασίλης Μανέττας ή Λάππας; 1 January 1917 – 18 June 2003) was a Greek footballer who played as a forward.[1]

Vasilis Manettas
Personal information
Full name Vasilios Manettas
Date of birth (1917-01-01)1 January 1917
Place of birth Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
Date of death 18 June 2003(2003-06-18) (aged 86)
Place of death Athens, Greece
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1935–1945 AEK Athens 3 (0)
1945–1951 Daphni Athens
International career
1938 Greece 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

Manettas was born in Smyrna on the New Year of 1917. During the Asia Minor Disaster he lost his father, Theodoros Lappas and in September 1922 he came to Greece with his mother Heleni Manetta and his two older brothers.

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

Manettas started his football career in 1935 at AEK Athens where he stayed for a decade until 1945. He won at AEK 2 conscecutive Panhellenic Championships, 2 Greek Cups and 1 Athens FCA League, including the first domestic double by a Greek club in 1939. In 1945 he joined Daphni Athens, where he completed his career in 1951.

International career

Manettas played in one match for Greece on 20 February 1938 against Palestine.[2] for the FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[3]

Honours

AEK Athens

References
  1. "Vasilis Manetas". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  2. "Vasilis Manetas". EU Football. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  3. "World Cup 1938 - Qualifying". RSSF. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
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