Vasilios Borbokis

Vasilis 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)
Positions
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)
2018–2021 Panetolikos (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

Club career

Borbokis started his career at Apollon Kalamarias in 1987, where he played as a forward.

On 18 June 1993 he was transferred to the champions of Greece, AEK Athens.[1] Under the manager Dušan Bajević he was relocated as an offensive right back, a position he was established for the rest of his career. In his first season he won the Championship.[2] From his second season onwards he was established in the right side of the team's defense. During his a Championship, two Cups and a Super Cup.[3]

On 23 June 1997 Borbokis was transferred to Sheffield United who were playing in the Championship for a fee of 400 million drachmas and became one of the first Greeks to play in England.[4][5] 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.[6][7] In this semi-final, he was faced with another Greek who was playing in England, Nikos Dabizas who was playing in Newcastle.

In 1999 he transferred to Derby County who played in the Premier League, managing to play in the top division of England.[8][9][10] He stayed at Derby for a year, playing 20 games and scoring one goal in a League Cup match against Swansea.[11][12] However, he lost his position as a key player after a jaw injury and in December 1999 he returned to Greece for PAOK to reunite with Dušan Bajević.[13] In PAOK he played for two seasons, winning a Cup during this period.

In the summer of 2002 following the steps of Bajević, Borbokis returned to AEK.[14] In his second spell at the club he made seven appearances in the Champions League, in the span of two seasons.

In the summer of 2004, his contract with AEK expired and on 3 August Borbokis moved to Cyprus and signed for Anorthosis Famagusta.[15] There, despite appearing only once, he won the Championship. He retired at the end of the season.

International career

Borbokis has played twice with national team of Greece during 1998.[16]

After football

In 2009 Borbokis took over as head of scouting for AEK[17][18] 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.[19]

Personal life

Borbokis hails from Mitrousi, Serres.[20]

Honours

AEK Athens

PAOK

Anorthosis Famagusta

References

  1. ↑ Βασίλης Σαμπράκος (19 June 1993). "Τον Βασ. Μπορμπόκη απέκτησε η ΑΕΚ". Athletic Echo (in Greek). pp. 1, 6.
  2. ↑ "Greece 1993/94". RSSSF.
  3. ↑ "Βασίλης Μπορμπόκης". aekpedia.com.
  4. ↑ "Θυμήθηκαν τον Μπορμπόκη". onsports.gr (in Greek). Online. 6 June 2011.
  5. ↑ Βασίλης Σαμπράκος (24 June 1997). "Στα «λεπίδια» ο Μπορμπόκης!". Athletic Echo (in Greek). p. 4.
  6. ↑ independent.co.uk Football: Shearer's strike breaks the Blades (06-04-1998)
  7. ↑ onsports.gr They remembered Borbokis
  8. ↑ ""Κριάρι" ο Μπορμπόκης". 11 March 1999.
  9. ↑ http://www.gazzetta.gr/podosfairo/article/323551-do-you-speak-english gazzetta.gr
  10. ↑ sport24.grArchived 2 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine In the Island of the Top!
  11. ↑ "Vassilis Borbokis | Football Stats | 1996-2005 | Soccer Base". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. ↑ "Τι έχουν τα "έρμα" και γυρίζουν πίσω;". tovima.gr. 24 November 2008.
  14. ↑ "Ο Βασίλης Μπορμπόκης ακολούθησε τον Μπάγεβιτς στην ΑΕΚ". in.gr (in Greek). 23 May 2002. Archived from the original on 21 July 2020.
  15. ↑ Μιχάλης Κουκάς (4 August 2004). "Μπαράζ εφέσεων". Athletic Echo (in Greek). p. 13.
  16. ↑ EPO Participations, goals
  17. ↑ Eleftherotypia AEK: Dimitriadis, Borbokis took over
  18. ↑ [http: / /www.sentragoal.gr/article.asp?catid=10523&subid=2&pubid=4293754 sentragoal.gr Borbokis returns]
  19. ↑ "ATROMITOS FC OFFICIAL WEB SITE". atromitosfc.gr.
  20. ↑ "Κυριάκος Γιαξής: Ακόμα ένα "λιοντάρι" στον ΠΑΟΚ". www.ertnews.gr (in Greek). 4 July 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
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