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Greek footballer

Nikos Karoulias
Personal information
Full name	Nikolaos Karoulias
Date of birth	(1954-02-07) 7 February 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth	Samos, Greece
Position(s)	Left back, left midfielder, attacking midfielder
Youth career
1973	AEK Athens
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1973–1974	AEK Athens	3	(1)
1974–1980	Apollon Athens	45	(3)
1980–1988	Panathinaikos	152	(0)
Total		200	(4)
International career
1981–1985	Greece	31	(1)
Managerial career
1996	Proodeftiki
1997	Panathinaikos (interim)
1997–1998	Proodeftiki
1998–1999	Athinaikos
1999–2000	Proodeftiki
2001	Kallithea
2010–2011	Apollon Smyrnis
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nikos Karoulias (Greek: Νίκος Καρούλιας; born 7 February 1954) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a left back and a former manager.

Club career

Karoulias started his football career at the academies of AEK Athens, where in 1973 he was promoted to the men's team under Stan Anderson. In the summer of 1974 he transferred to Apollon Athens, as an exchange for the transfer of Christos Ardizoglou, where he remained for six years.

The big leap in his career took place in the summer of 1980, when he transferred to Panathinaikos. He was distinguished for his spirited game, while the highlight of his career was his participation as a starter in the team that reached the semi-finals of the European Cup in 1985. At Panathinaikos he won 2 Championships and 4 Greek Cups and a Greek Super Cup including 2 domestic doubles in 1984 and 1986. He played in the "greens" until the 1988, when he retired at the age of 34.

International career

Karoulias played for the first time with Greece on 14 October 1981, in the home match against Denmark (2-3), for the qualifiers of the 1982 FIFA World Cup. He participated in a total of 31 matches, scoring 1 goal.

Managerial career

After he retired as a footballer, Karoulias followed a career as a coach, with his most important moment being his brief presence at the bench of Panathinaikos in 1997, while he has also worked in other clubs, including Athinaikos, Panargiakos, Olympiakos Nicosia, Anorthosis Famagusta, Proodeftiki, Kallithea and Apollon Smyrnis from 1996 until 2011.