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Full name
  
Kleanthis Vikelides

Name
  
Kleanthis Vikelidis

Playing position
  
Forward


Kleanthis Vikelidis

Date of birth
  
(1916-10-23)23 October 1916

Date of death
  
4 November 1988(1988-11-04) (aged 72)

Place of death
  
Thessaloniki, Greece

Place of birth
  
Thessaloniki, Greece

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Kleanthis Vikelides (Greek: Κλεάνθης Βικελίδης; 23 October 1916 – 4 November 1988) was a Greek footballer who played for Aris Thessaloniki and the Greece national football team. He was also a manager, taking charge of Aris Thessaloniki, PAOK and Apollon Kalamaria.

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Vikelides was born in 1916 in Thessaloniki and was the youngest of the three Vikelides brothers that played for Aris F.C., the others being Kostas and Nikiforos. He was instrumental in Aris winning the Greek Championship in 1932 and 1946, given the nickname 'Macedonian Tank'. During his career, Vikelides was capped 7 times by the Greek National Football Team, scoring 4 goals. Vikelidis coached Aris Thessaloniki twice in 1954 and 1959 and later continued his managing career with PAOK during the 1957 season and Apollon Kalamaria during the 1961 season. In his honour, Aris FC named the stadium at Charilaou, Thessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelides Stadium.

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Kleanthis Vikelidis Wikipedia