Michael Panopoulos

Mike Panopoulos

Personal information
Full name	Michael Panopoulos
Date of birth	9 October 1976
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Playing position	Central midfielder, Right winger
Youth career
	Heidelberg United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1994	Heidelberg United	8	(0)
1995–1999	Aris Thessaloniki	55	(8)
1999	→ Dundee United (loan)	0	(0)
1999–2002	Portsmouth	54	(6)
2002	Dunfermline Athletic	9	(0)
2002–2003	Aris Thessaloniki	4	(0)
2003–2004	South Melbourne	22	(1)
2004–2005	AO Kerkyra	4	(0)
2007	Oakleigh Cannons	22	(0)
National team^‡
1996-1999	Greece U-21
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:34, 6 May 2009 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:34, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Michael "Mike" Panopoulos (also written Michalis Panopoulos), born in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian-Greek association football player.^[1] He has currently retired from playing, but now coaches the Altona City U12/U13 boys team and also the state of Victoria.

Panopoulos' parents come from the Macedonian Greek village of Kratero in Florina, Greece. He began his career as a youth player with Heidelberg United in Australia, though in 1993 he was offered a professional contract with Aris Thessaloniki F.C. in the Greek Super League. Whilst at the Greek club Panopoulos played in the UEFA cup and was a losing finalist in the Greek Football Cup.

Strong performances by Panopoulos for the Greek club led to a £750,000 transfer to Portsmouth F.C. in August 1999.^[2] Panopoulos spent three years at Portsmouth, but left the club the year before Portsmouth's promotion to the FA Premier League.

In December 2001 Panopoulos moved on loan from Portsmouth to Dunfermline F.C. in the Scottish Premier League. After leaving Portsmouth he transferred to South Melbourne FC and then made a return to Greece with Kerkyra F.C. That was followed by a move back to Australia, with Oakleigh Cannons of the Victorian Premier League.

International Career

Michael Panopoulos played with U-21 Greek National team

References

1. OzFootball Profile
2. "Wilkinson Puts Faith in Prem De la Prem; DIALLING THE WORLD OF SOCCER". Daily Mail. 25 August 1999. Retrieved 9 December 2013. – via Highbeam Research (subscription required)