Takis Karagiozopoulos

Takis Karagiozopoulos
Personal information
Full name Dimitrios Karagiozopoulos
Date of birth (1961-02-04) 4 February 1961
Place of birth Meliki, Imathia, Greece
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Center back, defensive midfielder, striker
Youth career
–1978 Filippos Melikis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1981 Veria
1981–1993 AEK Athens 231 (19)
1993–1994 Apollon Athens 18 (0)
Total 249 (19)
International career
1978 Greece U19
1979–1987 Greece Mediterranean
1983 Greece U21
1984 Greece Olympic
Managerial career
1998–2000 AEK Athens (assistant)
1998 AEK Athens (caretaker)
2000 AEK Athens (caretaker)
2000–2001 Veria
2002–2003 P.A.O. Rouf
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dimitris "Takis" Karagiozopoulos (Greek: Τάκης Καραγκιοζόπουλος; born 4 February 1961) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as defender, mostly for AEK Athens. He is famous and beloved to AEK fans for his 12-year presence and for scoring the historic "golden" goal against Olympiacos on 7 May 1989, giving the Championship to AEK after 10 whole years.