Ioannis Kyrastas

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Ioannis Kyrastas Personal information Full name Yiannaros Date of birth October 25, 1952Place of birth Athens, GreeceDate of death April 1, 2004(aged 51) Place of death Athens, Greece Playing position Midfielder Youth clubs -1972 Olympiakos PiraeusSenior clubs1 Years Club App (Gls)* 1972-1981
1981-1986 Olympiakos Piraeus
Panathinaikos FC223 (?)
145 (?) National team 1974-1985 Greece46 (?) Teams managed Ethnikos Piraeus
Panileiakos
Panionios
Iraklis FC
Panathinaikos FC

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Ioannis Kyrastas (Greek: Ιωάννης Κυράστας) (25 October 1952 - 1 April 2004) was a Greek footballer and football manager.

1 Club career
2 Career as coach
3 Death
4 External links

Club career

Kyrastas was born in Piraeus and started his career in Olympiacos, where he played his first game in 10 December 1972 against Kavala. With Olympiacos he played 223 games, 16 of them in European competitions, and won 5 Greek Championships and 3 Greek Cups.

In 1981 he went, together with Mike Galakos, to archrival Panathinaikos, where he played in 145 games, 14 of them in European competitions, and won 2 Greek Championships and 3 Greek Cups. He retired in 1986 after playing his last game against Aris in November.

He also played for the Greek national team in 46 games, from 15 November 1974 to 19 May 1985. He also played in the 1980 UEFA European Championship.

Career as coach

After retiring, he became a coach. Starting in the 1987-1988 season and until 2001 he successfully coached many teams, including Ethnikos Piraeus, Paniliakos, Panionios FC, Iraklis and finally Panathinaikos. After his second time as coach of Panathinaikos, he retired from coaching.

Death

Kyrastas was admitted on 5 March 2004 to hospital with septicaemia, after being infected with the rare Fournier gangrene. Kyrastas's condition was said to be improving, but on Tuesday, 30 March he went into a decline from which he was not to recover. He died on Thursday, 1 April 2004 at the age of 52.

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Career

Preceded by
Juan Ramon Rocha PanathinaikosManager
1999-2000 Succeeded by
Angelos AnastasiadisPreceded by
Stratos ApostolakisPanathinaikos Manager
2001 Succeeded by
Sergio Markarián

v • d • e Panathinaikos FC– Managers

Game (1951–63) • Bobek (1963–67) • Guttmann (1967–68) • Petropoulos (1968–70) • Puskás (1970–74) • Górski (1976–77) • Petropoulos (1979) • Pesaola (1979–80) • Allen (1980) • Papaemanouil (1980) • Senekowitsch (1980–81) • Petropoulos (1981–82) • Kovac (1982–83) • Papaemanouil (1983) • Tsakos (1983) • Gmoch (1983–85) • Packert (1985–86) • Ivić (1986) • Daniil (1986–88) • Bengston (1988–89) • Bonev (1989–90) • Daniil (1990–92) • Osim (1992–94) • Rocha (1994–96) • Zajec (1996–97) • Daniil (1997–99) • Rocha (1999) • Kyrastas (1999–2000) • Anastasiadis (2000–01) • Kyrastas (2001) • Markarián (2001–02) • Santos (2002) • Markarián (2002–03) • Shum (2003–04) • Ščasný (2004–05) • Malesani (2005–06) • Backe (2006) • Velić (2006) • Muñoz (2006–07) • Peseiro (2007–08) • ten Cate (2008–)