Full name Vasilis Botinos 1958–1964 Olympiakos Volou Place of birth Volos, Greece Name Vasilis Botinos | Playing position Role Footballer Years Team | |
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Date of birth (1944-10-19) 19 October 1944 (age 71) Similar People Giorgos Sideris, Marton Bukovi, Michalis Kritikopoulos, Mimis Domazos, Georgios Delikaris |
Vasilis Botinos (Greek: Βασίλης Μποτίνος; born 19 October 1944) is a former Greek footballer who played for Olympiacos, as well as the Greek national side.
Career
Born in Volos, Botinos began playing football as a winger with Olympiakos Volou F.C. in 1958, until he joined Alpha Ethniki side Olympiacos F.C. in July 1964. He spent most of his career with Olympiakos, where he suffered a serious leg injury in 1969. Botinos left Olympiacos for Panegialios F.C. in 1972, and finished his career in the Alpha Ethniki with Panionios G.S.S., retiring at age 29 in 1974.
Botinos made twelve appearances and scored three goals for the Greece national football team from 1967 to 1969, scoring two goals in a 4–1 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifying victory against Switzerland on 15 October 1969.