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Nikos Kovis (born 6 January 1953), known as Niko Kovi in Turkey, is a Turkish-Greek football player and manager. He was a central defender. He was born in Istanbul.
Nikos Kovis was the Technical Director of the youth academies of Panathinaikos until 2010.[1]
He was the fourth Greek origin football player who played for Turkish National Football team, after Fenerbahçe S.K. legend Lefter Küçükandonyadis, legendary İstanbulspor captain Koço Kasapoğlu and Beşiktaş J.K. Aleko Yordan.[2]
There is another Greek player born in Turkey and played for Turkish teams. Alekos Sofianidis was Beşiktaş J.K. left back, but never played for Turkey National Football team.
National team
He played for Turkey national football team on four different levels. 5 times A National, 3 times B National, 5 times Under-23, and 3 times for A-Youth.[3]
Managerial history
After he retired Kovis coached Levadiakos F.C., Panargiakos F.C., Proodeftiki F.C., PAS Giannina, EAR, Athinaikos and Apollon Smyrnis F.C.[4]
Records and honours
Kovis won Turkish Cup with Beşiktaş J.K. in 1975, scoring in the second leg against Trabzonspor.[5]
He also won Başbakanlık Kupası (Turkish Presidential Cup) in 1974 scoring the vital goal for Beşiktaş J.K. against Bursaspor.[6]
Kovis won Greek Cup with Panathinaikos in 1982.[7]
Playing career
[8]
He began his career with Vefa SK in 1970. After 2 years with Vefa SK, Kovis moved to Beşiktaş J.K. in 1972 and played for 6 seasons. He then transferred to Panathinaikos in 1978 playing for them for 5 seasons. Kovis also played for OFI for two seasons and retired in 1985.
1968-69 Vefa SK 1 games no goal
1969-70 Vefa SK 17 games no goal
1970-71 Vefa SK 21 games no goal
1971-72 Vefa SK 29 games 1 goals
1972-73 Vefa SK 29 games 1 goals
1973-74 Beşiktaş J.K. 30 games 1 goals
1974-75 Beşiktaş J.K. 30 games 2 goals
1975-76 Beşiktaş J.K. 27 games 3 goals
1976-77 Beşiktaş J.K. 23 games 2 goals
1977-78 Beşiktaş J.K. 9 games no goal
1978-79 Panathinaikos 28 games
1979-80 Panathinaikos 20 goals 1 goal
1980-81 Panathinaikos 34 games
1981-82 Panathinaikos 24 games no goal
1982-83 Panathinaikos 21 games 3 goals
1983-84 OFI 13 games no goal
1984-85 OFI 15 games 1 goal
References
http://www.pao.gr/document.php?category_id=73&document_id=1233
http://www.angelfire.com/nj/sivritepe/5657/znta.html
http://www.turkfutbolu.net/millitakim/millifutbolcu.html#14
http://www.www.wldcup.com/news/2001Jan/20010130_7067_world_soccer.html
http://www.kartalyuvasi.net/trkupasitarihi.htm
http://www.angelfire.com/nj/sivritepe/BB.html
http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/grk82.html
http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/grk84.html
External links
Nikos Kovis – FIFA competition record
Niko Kovi career stats in Turkey at mackolik.com
His picture (http://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=202&ftxtID=874)
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