Nikos Karapoulitidis

Nikos Karapoulitidis
Personal information
Full name Nikolaos Karapoulitidis
Date of birth (1948-11-30) 30 November 1948[1]
Place of birth Nea Nikomideia, Veria, Greece[1]
Position Defender
Youth career
–1966 Nea Genea Nikomideia
1966–1968 AEK Athens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1973 AEK Athens 37 (0)
1973–1974 AEK Athens Reserves
1974– Panelefsiniakos
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nikos Karapoulitidis (Greek: Νίκος Καραπουλιτίδης; born 30 November 1948) is a Greek former professional footballer, who played as a defender.[2]

Club career

Karapoulitidis began his career at his local club, Nea Genea Nikomideia. In August 1966, his fellow Nea Nikomideia native and a prominent footballer of AEK Athens, Mimis Papaioannou brought him to Athens,[3] where he was transferred to the academy of the club.[4][5][6] Reportedly, Nea Genea Nikomideia would receive from AEK the amount of 100,000 drachmas for the transfer, if the footballer made appearances for the senior team.[7]

On 27 August 1968, Karapoulitidis was promoted to the senior team alongside Giorgos Lavaridis and Andreas Karakidis under Branko Stanković.[8] He wasn't able to establish himself as a main player of the squad. However, his ability to play in all defensive positions allowed Stanković to use him as a backup whenever there was a vacancy in the defence. During his spell at the club he won the Alpha Ethniki in 1971.[9] In the following season, he established himself as a regular.[1][10][11] On 2 September 1971 Karapoulitidis was a starter in the 1–0 home defeat against Twente for the first round of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.[12] On 28 December, he also started in a friendly against Bayern Munich at AEK Stadium, where they won 1–0.[13] In the following season, despite making a few appearances with the club,[1][14] he competed in the first round of the UEFA Cup, starting in both legs against Salgótarján.[15][16]

In the summer of 1973 Karapoulitidis was not in the plans of the new manager, Stan Anderson and thus alongside Kostas Triantafyllou, was demoted to the reserve team,[17] where he spent a season. On 17 August 1974, he was transferred to Panelefsiniakos.[18]

Personal life

His brother, Savvas was also a footballer.[19]

Honours

AEK Athens

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Νίκος Καραπουλιτίδης". football.aek.com.
  2. ↑ Nikos Karapoulitidis at WorldFootball.net
  3. ↑ Λ. Παπαδόπουλος (9 August 1966). "Ο Μίμης Παπαϊωάννου: *Δάνεισε στην ΑΕΚ τις 500.000 δραχμές *Βρίσκεται σε θαυμάσια φόρμα *Έφερε ένα ταλέντο, τον Καραπολιτίδη". Omada (in Greek). p. 10.
  4. ↑ "Έληξαν χθες αι μεταγραφαί Παναθηναϊκός, Ολυμπιακός, ΑΕΚ ενισχύθηκαν με νέους". Athletic Echo (in Greek). 1 August 1966. pp. 1, 5.
  5. ↑ "Έφθασαν στην ΕΠΟ τα δελτία μεταγραφής Μητρόπουλου (ΠΑΟ), Καραπουλιτίδη (ΑΕΚ)". Athletic Echo (in Greek). 13 August 1966. pp. 1, 6.
  6. ↑ Θ. Χαραλαμπίδης (2 September 1969). "Ο Καραπουλιτίδης ωρίμασε για την ΑΕΚ". Omada (in Greek). p. 15.
  7. ↑ "Η Νικομηδεία ζητά 100.000 από την ΑΕΚ!". Athletic Echo (in Greek). 20 June 1970. p. 5.
  8. ↑ Αργύρης Κοκκινάκης (27 August 1968). "Η ΑΕΚ το απόγευμα αναχωρεί δια Σόφια". Athletic Echo (in Greek). p. 2.
  9. ↑ "Greece 1970/71". RSSSF.
  10. ↑ "Νίκος Καραπουλιτίδης". aekpedia.com (in Greek). Online.
  11. ↑ "Greece 1971/72". RSSSF.
  12. ↑ "AEK Athen 0:1 FC Twente". worldfootball.net.
  13. ↑ "Σαν σήμερα το 1971: Η ΑΕΚ νίκησε την Μπάγερν του σπουδαίου Γκερντ Μίλερ!". oraspor.gr (in Greek). Online. 28 December 2025.
  14. ↑ "Greece 1972/73". RSSSF.
  15. ↑ "History: AEK Athens 3-1 Salgótarján UEFA Europa League 1972/73". UEFA.
  16. ↑ "History: Salgótarján 1-1 AEK Athens UEFA Europa League 1972/73". UEFA.
  17. ↑ "Φέυγουν Νικολαΐδης-Πομώνης Κωνσταντινίδης, μένει ο Ερέα". Athletic Echo (in Greek). 1 August 1973. p. 7.
  18. ↑ "Καραπουλιδίτης, Ρασιδάκης οριστικά στην Ελευσίνα". Athletic Echo (in Greek). 18 August 1974. p. 4.
  19. ↑ "ΣΑΒΒΑΣ ΚΑΡΑΠΟΥΛΙΤΙΔΗΣ… O KEVIN KEEGAN ΤΟΥ ΜΠΡΑΧΑΜΙΟΥ…". scorernews1.rssing.com (in Greek).
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