Stefanos Borbokis

Stefanos Borbokis
Borbokis in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-09-01)1 September 1966
Place of birth Serres, Greece
Date of death 11 April 2026(2026-04-11) (aged 59)
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Positions
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1994 PAOK 215 (31)
1994–1995 Edessaikos 28 (10)
1995–1997 Iraklis 60 (10)
1997–1998 Aris 28 (2)
1998–2001 Apollon Kalamarias 48 (8)
Total 378 (61)
International career
Greece U21
1988–1992 Greece 29 (6)
Managerial career
2008 Enosi Thraki
2008–2009 Thermaikos
2009–2010 Anagennisi Giannitsa
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Greece
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up1988
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stefanos Borbokis[1] (Greek: Στέφανος Μπορμπόκης; 1 September 1966 – 11 April 2026) was a Greek footballer who played as a forward and winger. He was the brother of Vasilios Borbokis who also played for PAOK.

Club career

Borbokis began his career at PAOK in 1986 and became an influential part of the team playing 215 Alpha Ethniki games and scoring 31 goals. The 1987–88 season was by far his best season scoring 10 goals helping PAOK finish third. That season he scored a goal in a 3–1 win against arch city rivals Aris, another goal in a 4–1 win against Panathinaikos and a double in a 6–1 win against Olympiacos (PAOK's biggest ever victory against the reds). The following 1988–89 season he scored a historic winner in PAOK's only ever win against Olympiakos (1–0) at the Athens Olympic Stadium. He also debuted in the UEFA Cup that season against Diego Maradona's Napoli, losing 2–1 on aggregate to the eventual 1988–89 UEFA Cup champions. In the 1991–92 UEFA Cup Borbokis scored the winner against K.V. Mechelen away in Belgium to progress 2–1 on aggregate to the second round. Borbokis also took part in the 1992 Greek Cup final in which PAOK lost to Olympiacos over two legs 3–1.

In 1994, he transferred to Edessaikos where he played one season, helping Edessaikos reach the final four in the Greek Cup. He later returned to Thessaloniki and played for Iraklis, Aris and Apollon Kalamarias.

He is the only player to have ever played for all four major clubs of Thessaloniki.

International career

Borbokis earned his first cap with Greece as a 24th min substitute in a friendly against Northern Ireland on 17 February 1988, which Greece won 3–2. He is PAOK's ninth most capped Greek international having played 29 times. In the 1992 Euro Qualifiers he was Greece's top goal scorer with a tally of 3.

Personal life and death

Borbokis hailed from Mitrousi, Serres.[2] He died on 11 April 2026, at the age of 59, after serious health problems.[3]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Greece's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Borbokis goal.
List of international goals scored by Stefanos Borbokis[4]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
125 January 1989Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece Portugal1–11–2Friendly match
225 October 1989Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest, Hungary Hungary1–11–1Friendly match
331 October 1990Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece Malta4–04–0UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying
423 January 1991Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece Portugal1–03–2UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying
517 April 1991Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens, Greece Sweden2–22–2Friendly match
630 October 1991Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece Finland2–02–0UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying

References

  1. ↑ The last name sometimes latinized as Mpormpokis, preserving the original spelling in Greek alphabet.
  2. ↑ "Κυριάκος Γιαξής: Ακόμα ένα "λιοντάρι" στον ΠΑΟΚ". ertnews.gr (in Greek). 4 July 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Θρήνος στο ελληνικό ποδόσφαιρο: Πέθανε σε ηλικία 59 ετών ο Στέφανος Μπορμπόκης". Protothema. 11 April 2026. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "Soccerbase.gr".
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