Sotiris Kaiafas
Sotiris Kaiafas | ||
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Personnel | ||
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birthday | December 17, 1949 | |
place of birth | Limassol , Cyprus | |
position | striker | |
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
1967-1984 | Omonia Nicosia | 388 (261) |
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) |
Cyprus | 18 | (2)|
1 Only league games are given. |
Sotiris Kaiafas (born December 17, 1949 in Limassol ) is a former Cypriot football player. He was a striker and played exclusively for Omonia Nicosia .
Career
Kaiafas joined Omonia Nicosia in 1967 at the age of 16. With the double in the 1971/72 season, in which Kaiafas was also top scorer, the most successful phase in the history of the club began.
With Omonia Kaiafas won the Cyprus Championship a total of 11 times, from 1974 to 1979 six times in a row. He won the cup four times and the Supercup five times. He was also the top scorer of the Cypriot league in eight seasons and in 1976/77 he was the first Cyprus player to win the Golden Shoe as Europe's top scorer with 44 goals . In 1984 he ended his career.
Kaiafas played 17 times for the Cypriot national team , scoring two goals.
In 2003 he was chosen as the " Golden Player " of Cyprus, the most important Cypriot player of the last 50 years.
successes
- 11 × Cypriot champion (1971/72, 1973/74, 1974/75, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1977/78, 1978/79, 1980/81, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84)
- 4 × Cypriot cup winners (1972, 1980, 1982, 1983)
- 5 × Cypriot Supercup winner (1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)
- 8 × Cypriot top scorer (1971/72, 1973/74, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1978/79, 1979/80, 1980/81, 1981/82)
- Winner of the Golden Shoe in the 1976/77 season
- "Golden Player" of Cyprus
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kaiafas, Sotiris |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cypriot soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 17, 1949 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Limassol |