Nikolaos Machlas

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Nikos Machlas
Personnel
Surname Nikolaos Machlas
birthday June 16, 1973
place of birth Heraklion , Crete ,  Greece
size 182 cm
position striker
Juniors
Years station
until 1989 OFI Crete
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1990-1996 OFI Crete 154 (48)
1996-1999 Vitesse Arnhem 92 (60)
1999-2002 Ajax Amsterdam 74 (38)
2002-2003 Sevilla FC 14 0(2)
2003-2004 Iraklis Thessaloniki 26 (10)
2004-2006 OFI Crete 52 (21)
2006-2008 APOEL Nicosia 51 (17)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1993-2002 Greece 61 (18)
1 Only league games are given.

Nikolaos "Nikos" Machlas ( Greek Νικόλαος Μαχλάς , born June 16, 1973 in Heraklion , Crete ) is a Greek former football player who played as a professional in the Netherlands, Spain, Cyprus and his home country. He was a striker for the Greek national team for nine years .

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Machlas began his professional career at OFI in his Cretan hometown of Heraklion. In 1996 he moved to the Dutch first division club Vitesse Arnheim . After he had difficulty playing his scoring instinct in his first season, he was all the more convincing in the 1997/98 season: with 34 goals he was by far the top scorer in the Eredivisie and shot his club to the best league placement in its history. With 68 points, he also won the UEFA “ Golden Shoe ” for Europe's top goalscorer. After another year at Vitesse, he moved to league rivals AFC Ajax in Amsterdam in 1999 , where he scored 38 goals in three years and 74 games. An interlude at Sevilla FC was unsuccessful - Machlas only made 14 league appearances and only scored two goals. He went back to Greece, where he first played for Iraklis Thessaloniki and from 2004 to 2006 again in his home club. He then ended his professional career in Cyprus with the first division club APOEL FC .

National team

Machlas played 61 times for the Greek national team from 1993 to 2002 and scored 18 goals. He also took part in the 1994 World Cup in the USA .

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personal data
SURNAME Machlas, Nikolaos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Machlas, Nikos; Μαχλάς, Νικόλαος
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Heraklion , Crete, Greece