Vasilios Borbokis

Vasilios Borbokis (Greek: Βασίλειος Μπορμπόκης; born 10 February 1969) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a right back. He is the younger brother of the former Greek international, Stefanos.

Vasilios Borbokis
Personal information
Full name Vasilios Borbokis
Date of birth (1969-02-10) 10 February 1969
Place of birth Serres, Greece
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right back, Right wingback
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1993 Apollon Kalamarias 115 (19)
1993–1997 AEK Athens 86 (9)
1997–1999 Sheffield United 55 (6)
1999–2000 Derby County 16 (0)
2000–2002 PAOK 51 (9)
2002–2004 AEK Athens 43 (4)
2004–2005 Anorthosis Famagusta 1 (0)
Total 367 (47)
International career
1998 Greece 2 (0)
Managerial career
2013–2015 AEK Athens (assistant)
2015–2016 Atromitos (assistant)
2018– Panetolikos (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Serres, he started his career at Apollon Kalamarias, in which he played from 1987 to 1993, when he was transferred to the then champion of Greece, AEK Athens, where played until 1997 celebrating a championship, two cups and a Super Cup.

In 1997 he was transferred to Sheffield United which was then playing in the Championship for a fee of €1.25M[1] and became one of the first Greeks to play in England. He stayed at Sheffield United for two seasons, completing 55 appearances and scoring four goals, most notably his participation in the 1998 FA Cup semi-final against Newcastle.[2][3] In this semifinal, he was faced with another Greek who was playing in England, Nikos Dabizas who was then playing in Newcastle.

In 1999 he transferred to Derby County which played in the Premier League, managing to play in the top division of England.[4][5] He stayed in Derby for a year, where he played in 16 games, scoring one goal in a League Cup match against Swansea,[6] but lost his position as a key player after a jaw injury and in December 1999 he returned to Greece for PAOK.[7] In PAOK he played for two seasons, winning a cup during this period. In the summer of 2002 Borbokis returned to AEK where he remained for two years,[8] which time he played seven times in the Champions League, three in the good course of the 2003–03 season and another four during the 2003–04 season.

In the 2004–05 season, Borbokis played in Cyprus with Anorthosis, with which he won the Cyprus championship, although he had an extremely small presence.

International career

Borbokis has played twice with national team of Greece during 1998.[9]

After football

In 2009 Borbokis took over as head of scouting for AEK[10][11] and four years later, in 2013, the duties of assistant coach at AEK, being the direct collaborator of his former ally in the club Traianos Dellas, remaining by his side throughout his term in the "yellow-blacks". With the resignation of the latter in October 2015, he also left, following him to Atromitos, again as his assistant.[12]

Personal life

Borbokis hails from Mitrousi, Serres.[13]

Honours

AEK Athens

PAOK

References
  1. "Rizospastis.gr - "Κριάρι" ο Μπορμπόκης". 11 March 1999.
  2. independent.co.uk Football: Shearer's strike breaks the Blades (06-04-1998)
  3. onsports.gr They remembered Borbokis
  4. gazzetta.gr Do you speak English?
  5. sport24.gr In the Island of the Top!
  6. "Derby County 3 v 1 Swansea City". scfc.co.uk. 22 September 1999. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
  7. The step What do the "ballasts" have and do they go back?
  8. sports.in.gr Vassilis Borbokis followed Bajevic to AEK
  9. EPO Participations, goals
  10. Eleftherotypia AEK: Dimitriadis, Borbokis took over
  11. [http: / /www.sentragoal.gr/article.asp?catid=10523&subid=2&pubid=4293754 sentragoal.gr Borbokis returns]
  12. New coach Traianos Dellas, www.atromitosfc.gr
  13. "Κυριάκος Γιαξής: Ακόμα ένα "λιοντάρι" στον ΠΑΟΚ". www.ertnews.gr (in Greek). 4 July 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.