Giannis Gravanis

Giannis Gravanis (Greek: Γιάννης Γραβάνης; 16 January 1958 – 30 April 2012) was a Greek footballer.

Giannis Gravanis
Personal information
Full name Ioannis Gravanis
Date of birth (1958-01-16)16 January 1958
Place of birth Domokos, Greece
Date of death 30 April 2012(2012-04-30) (aged 54)
Place of death Patras, Greece
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1977 Achilleas Domokos F.C.
1977–1988 Panionios 269 (14)
1988–1989 Panachaiki 6 (0)
1989 Patras
National team
1982 Greece 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Born in Domokos, Gravanis began playing football with local side Achilles Domokos. Gravanis joined Panionios in July 1977,[1] and played eleven seasons for the club in the Alpha Ethniki, appearing in 269 league matches.[2] He made his Alpha Ethniki debut on 10 January 1978, and helped Panionios win the 1978–79 Greek Cup final against AEK Athens F.C.[3]

Gravanis made three appearances for the Greece national football team during 1982.[4]

Personal

Gravanis died in a Patras hospital at age 54.[3]

References

  1. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (24 April 2003). "Greece 1977/78". RSSSF.
  2. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (19 June 2003). "Greece 1987/88". RSSSF.
  3. Πέθανε ο Γιάννης Γραβάνης [Giannis Gravanis died] (in Greek). Sport.gr. 30 April 2012. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012.
  4. ΕΘΝΙΚΕΣ ΟΜΑΔΕΣ > Εθνική Ομάδα Ανδρών (in Greek). Hellenic Football Federation. Archived from the original on 30 November 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2009.


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