Georgios Magiras

Georgios Simos or Charalampous[1] (Greek: Γιώργος "Mάγειρας" Σίμος ή Χαραλάμπους; 1919 – 1994), commonly known as "Magiras" (Which ment "Cooker", a nickname that followed him throughout his career, on the occasion of the fact that his grandfather maintained a cooking restaurant in Naxos), was a Greece international footballer who played as a midfielder for AEK Athens and helped the club win their first domestic double in 1939.

Georgios Magiras
Personal information
Full name Georgios Simos
Date of birth 1919
Place of birth Urla, İzmir, Turkey
Date of death 1994 (aged 74–75)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1931–1938 Eleftheroupoli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1938–1949 AEK Athens
National team
1948–1949 Greece 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Born in Urla, İzmir, Mageiras moved to Greece to play for AEK Athens, where he was part of the club that won the Panhellenic Championship and Greek Cup in 1939.[2]

Mageiras made four appearances for the Greece national football team from 1948 to 1949. He made his debut in a friendly against Turkey on 23 April 1948.[3]

Honours

Panhellenic Championship: 1939, 1940

Greek Cup: 1939, 1949

References
  1. newspaper "Athlitismos", 12 January 1948, page 2
  2. "ORIGINAL 21 GALATSI A.E.K. HISTORY PAGE 1938 - 1939" (in Greek). Original21Galatsi.com. Retrieved 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (25 September 2004). "Greece - International Matches 1948-1960". RSSSF.
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