Michalis Vlachos

Michalis Vlachos

Personal information
Full name	Michail Vlachos
Date of birth	(1967-09-20) 20 September 1967
Place of birth	Athens, Greece
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender, defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985–1991	Apollon Athens	122	(11)
1991–1993	Olympiacos	47	(2)
1993–1997	AEK Athens	101	(4)
1998–2000	Portsmouth	56	(1)
2000	Walsall	12	(1)
2000–2002	Ionikos	36	(1)
2002–2003	Apollon Athens	21	(1)
Total		395	(21)
International career
1989–1997	Greece	10	(0)
Managerial career
2007–2008	Apollon Eretrias
2008–	Peramaikos
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michalis Vlachos (Greek: Μιχάλης Βλάχος; born 20 September 1967) is a Greek football manager and a former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Vlachos began his career with Apollon Smyrnis, where he was called up for a debut with Greece in 1989. He later represented both Olympiacos and AEK Athens, they winning the Greek championship with the latter. During the 1994–95 season, Vlachos appeared for AEK in the UEFA Champions League, scoring in a 1–3 loss to Casino Salzburg in the group stage.

In 1998, Vlachos joined English First Division club Portsmouth, for whom he made over 50 league appearances as a midfielder and sweeper in two years. He joined Walsall in February 2000, making 12 appearances for the club prior to relegation in May of the same year.

Vlachos returned to Greece in the summer of 2000, joining Ionikos. He finished his career with his first club Apollon, retiring in 2003.

Honours

Olympiacos

• Greek Cup: 1991–92
• Greek Super Cup: 1992

AEK Athens

• Alpha Ethniki: 1993–94
• Greek Cup: 1995–96, 1996–97
• Greek Super Cup: 1996

References

• Michalis Vlachos at National-Football-Teams.com