Fanis Kofinas
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Theofanis Kofinas[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 September 1960[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Lykoporia, Corinth Greece[1] | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1980 | AO Lykoporia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1982 | Pelopas Kiato | ||
| 1982–1992 | AEK Athens | 13 | (0) |
| 1983–1985 | → Korinthos (loan) | ||
| 1985–1987 | → Ionikos (loan) | ||
| 1992–1994 | Egaleo | ||
| 1994–1995 | Acharnaikos | ||
| International career | |||
| Greece U21 | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Fanis Kofinas (Greek: Φάνης Κοφινάς; born 5 September 1960) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as goalkeeper.
Club career
Kofinas started football from the amateur club of his village, AO Lykoporia. In 1980 he was transferred to Pelopas Kiato.[2] At Pelopas, he competed in the second division and the third division of Greece.
On 26 July 1982, Kofinas was transferred to AEK Athens for a fee of 1.5 million drachmas.[3] He spent most of his time at the club as a substitute. On 28 July 1983 he was loaned to the second division side, Korinthos for two seasons.[4] After his loan was expired, on 15 July 1985 he was loaned again for two seasons to Ionikos, who also played in the second division.[5]
He returned to AEK in 1987 and during the season he did most of his appearances for the yellow-blacks since the main goalkeeper, Theologis Papadopoulos was sidelined due to his involvement in a match fixing scandal.[6] However, a goal he conceded in a derby against Panathinaikos from Chatziathanasiou in 1988, affected the rest of his career, since it was a rather weak long shot that passed through his hands and eventually cost AEK the draw.[7] In the following summer the arrival of Antonis Minou made things diffucult for Kofinas, as he was a third choice goalkeeper behind Ikonomopoulos and Minou.[8] In 1990 he spent his best days in AEK after having a good performance in the Greek League Cup, where Dušan Bajević used him as a starter and they eventually won the tournament, with Kofinas saving a penalty twice in the final against Olympiacos.[9] Despite these performances, he did not manage to establish himself in the main squad making a total of only 13 league appearances. During his spell at AEK, he won two Championships, a Cup, a Super Cup and the League Cup.
In 1992 Kofinas was released from AEK[10] and on 14 July he signed for Egaleo,[11] where he spent two seasons. Afterwards he moved to Acharnaikos, where he played for a season before ending his professional career.[12]
After football
After the end of his career, Kofinas worked as a maths teacher.[13]
Honours
AEK Athens
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Φάνης Κοφινάς". football.aek.com.
- ↑ "Κοφινάς, ένα ταλέντο στη σκιά του Στέφα". Athletic Echo (in Greek). 15 June 1984. p. 4.
- ↑ "Η ΑΕΚ απόκτησε το νεαρό Κοφινά από τον Πέλοπα αντί 1,5 εκατομμυρίου". Athletic Echo (in Greek). 27 July 1982. p. 6.
- ↑ Τ. Λάμπου (29 July 1983). "Η Κόρινθος απέκτησε Κοφινά και Κρασώνη". Athletic Echo (in Greek). pp. 1, 3 & 5.
- ↑ Κ. Νάκης (16 July 1985). "Ο Ιωνικός πήρε τον Κοφινά". Athletic Echo (in Greek). pp. 3, 6.
- ↑ "Η δωροδοκία: Ο Θεολόγης, ο Κοσκωτάς και η επιταγή". contra.gr.
- ↑ "24/4/1988 ΑΕΚ - Παναθηναϊκός 2-2". aektoday.com.
- ↑ Καζαντζόγλου, Σταύρος (5 September 2019). "Ο Φάνης της ΑΕΚ".
- ↑ "Ο Φάνης της ΑΕΚ". enwsi.gr. 5 September 2019.
- ↑ Σπύρος Τσάμης (4 July 1992). "Μπατίστα: «Χαίρομαι!»". Athletic Echo (in Greek). p. 10.
- ↑ Π. Καλιμάνης (15 July 1992). "Αιγάλεω: Ενθυσιασμός για τον Κοφινά". Athletic Echo (in Greek). p. 4.
- ↑ "Φάνης Κοφινάς". aekpedia.com.
- ↑ "Η άτυχη στιγμή του Φάνη Κοφινά". aek365.org.