Giannis Gounaris

Giannis Gounaris
Personal information
Full name	Ioannis Gounaris
Date of birth	6 July 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth	Thessaloniki, Greece
Position(s)	Right back
Youth career
1967–1970	Doxa Neapoli
Senior career*
Years	Team
1970–1982	PAOK
1982–1985	Olympiacos
1985–1987	Makedonikos
Total
International career
1971–1983	Greece
Managerial career
1987	Olympiacos (assistant)
1989	Olympiacos
1989–1990	Xanthi
1991–1992	Xanthi
1992	PAOK
1994	Xanthi
1994–1995	Doxa Dramas
1996	Panionios
1996	Kastoria
1998	Panserraikos
2005	Niki Volos
2006	PAS Giannina
2006	Panthrakikos
2007	Lamia
2007–2008	PAS Preveza
2009	Anagennisi Giannitsa
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giannis Gounaris (Greek: Γιάννης Γούναρης; born 6 July 1952) is a Greek retired footballer and coach.

Career

Playing career

Born in Neapoli, Thessaloniki, Gounaris was a right wing back with a good crossing ability who played twelve years for PAOK and three years for Olympiacos from 1970 to 1985.^[1] He had 27 caps for the Greece National team and participated in the UEFA Euro 1980.

In 1970, Gounaris was acquired by PAOK from Doxa Neapoli and he quickly became known for his plowing runs down the whole right wing, transitioning defence into offence. His partnership with PAOK's left full-back Kostas Iosifidis became formidable not only for PAOK, but for the Greek national team as well. Gounaris was a vital member of the squad that won PAOK's first ever league title in 1976. He participated in seven Greek Cup finals with the White-blacks of the North, winning the trophy in 1972 and 1974. In the summer of 1982, his twelve-year contract expired and he moved to rivals Olympiacos. His transfer, along with some bitter statements that followed, created bad blood between Gounaris and PAOK fans, however his long-lasting contribution to the great team of the 1970s is an undeniable fact and he will always be a well-known former footballer of the club. Gounaris is PAOK 3rd all-time appearance maker with 457 games in total (376 in the league). With Olympiacos, he won the league title in 1983 and earned the appreciation of Olympiacos fans when he played with a broken arm in a Cup derby against Panathinaikos. He ended his career with Makedonikos in 1987.^[2]

Managerial career

After his retirement as a football player, Gounaris pursued a managerial career. In November 1987, he was assigned by Olympiacos president Giorgos Koskotas as assistant manager and was sitting on the bench on Olympiacos 6–1 record league defeat by PAOK on 6 December 1987.^[3]^[4] He was promoted to manager at the end of the following season and then took the reins of Xanthi for 2 seasons in the early 1990s. In 1992, PAOK president Thomas Voulinos assigned him as manager and the team reached the two-legged 1992 Cup final after an impressive 3–0 (aet) second leg semi-final win over AEK Athens. PAOK lost 3–1 on aggregate to Olympiacos in the final. On 24 May 1992 (matchday 32), with Gounaris at the helm, PAOK lost 1–2^[5] to Olympiacos at Toumba Stadium and suffered their first home defeat from their rivals after a 24-game unbeaten run (21 wins/3 draws – 21 league matches/3 cup matches – goals 52/12) which lasted for 23 years.^[6]

Career statistics

Club career

Career total statistics
Club	Years	Greek League		Greek Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Years	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
PAOK	1970–1982	376	8	59	0	22	0	457	8
Olympiacos	1982–1985	50	1	8	0	8	0	66	1
Career total		426	9	67	0	30	0	523	9

International career

Apps with Greece
Year	Apps
1971	2
1975	1
1976	2
1979	3
1980	5
1981	4
1982	6
1983	4
Total	27

Honours

PAOK

Greek League (1): 1975–76
Greek Cup (2): 1971–72, 1973–74

Olympiacos

Greek League (1): 1982–83

Individual

PAOK 3rd all-time appearance maker: 457 games
PAOK 3rd all-time league appearance maker : 376 games

References

^ Kolokotsios, Lambros (1 November 2010). Αθλητικοί Φάκελοι (ΓΟΥΝΑΡΗΣ) [Sporting Capsules (Gounaris)] (in Greek). Evrytania News. Archived from the original on 18 October 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
^ Λιαλιάτσης, Γιάννης (Lialiatsis, Giannis) (11 July 2011). "Το καμάρι της Νεάπολης" (in Greek). OnSports. Retrieved 23 March 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Stavros Sountoulidis (6 December 2018). "ΠΑΟΚ–Ολυμπιακός 6–1 (6/12/1987) - Βαρύ κι ασήκωτο μέχρι και σήμερα" [Heavy and unbearable to this day]. gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 12 July 2019.
^ Manos Tsalgatidis (9 October 2019). "Ο 'Αποδυτηριάκιας' (Κώστας Καίσαρης) γράφει στην εφημερίδα Φίλαθλος για τον κόσμο του ΠΑΟΚ πριν και μετά το 6–1 στις Σέρρες" [Journalist reports on PAOK fans before and after the game]. inpaok.com (in Greek). Retrieved 12 October 2019.
^ Giannis Santolis (24 May 2016). "ΠΑΟΚ–Ολυμπιακός 1–2 (24/5/1992) - Ένα σερί που κράτησε 23 χρόνια" [A winning streak that lasted for 23 years]. oldfootball.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
^ "Οταν ο Ολυμπιακός έχανε από τα...Τέμπη (21 ματς πρωταθλήματος, 19–2–0, γκολ 47–11)" [Olympiacos' losing streak at Toumba (21 league matches, 19–2–0, goals 47–11)]. thessports.gr (in Greek). 9 March 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

External links

EU-football.info - Giannis Gounaris International career
Giannis Gounaris – FIFA competition record (archived)
Giannis Gounaris at National-Football-Teams.com

[Ev-1] Kolokotsios, Lambros (1 November 2010). Αθλητικοί Φάκελοι (ΓΟΥΝΑΡΗΣ) [Sporting Capsules (Gounaris)] (in Greek). Evrytania News. Archived from the original on 18 October 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2012.

[2] Λιαλιάτσης, Γιάννης (Lialiatsis, Giannis) (11 July 2011). "Το καμάρι της Νεάπολης" (in Greek). OnSports. Retrieved 23 March 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[3] Stavros Sountoulidis (6 December 2018). "ΠΑΟΚ–Ολυμπιακός 6–1 (6/12/1987) - Βαρύ κι ασήκωτο μέχρι και σήμερα" [Heavy and unbearable to this day]. gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 12 July 2019.

[4] Manos Tsalgatidis (9 October 2019). "Ο 'Αποδυτηριάκιας' (Κώστας Καίσαρης) γράφει στην εφημερίδα Φίλαθλος για τον κόσμο του ΠΑΟΚ πριν και μετά το 6–1 στις Σέρρες" [Journalist reports on PAOK fans before and after the game]. inpaok.com (in Greek). Retrieved 12 October 2019.

[5] Giannis Santolis (24 May 2016). "ΠΑΟΚ–Ολυμπιακός 1–2 (24/5/1992) - Ένα σερί που κράτησε 23 χρόνια" [A winning streak that lasted for 23 years]. oldfootball.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

[6] "Οταν ο Ολυμπιακός έχανε από τα...Τέμπη (21 ματς πρωταθλήματος, 19–2–0, γκολ 47–11)" [Olympiacos' losing streak at Toumba (21 league matches, 19–2–0, goals 47–11)]. thessports.gr (in Greek). 9 March 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

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