Elias Yfantis

Elias Yfantis (Greek: Ηλίας Υφαντής; born 29 July 1936) is a Greek former professional football player who played as a striker and a later manager of Olympiacos. He was a key member of Olympiacos during the 1950s and 1960s.

Elias Yfantis

Personal information
Full name	Elias Yfantis
Date of birth	(1936-07-29) 29 July 1936
Place of birth	Piraeus, Greece
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1950–1953	Olympiacos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1953–1964	Olympiacos	150	(61)
1964–1965	Ethnikos Piraeus	18	(1)
Total		168	(62)
International career
1957–1960	Greece	7	(2)
1960	Greece Olympic	1	(0)
Managerial career
1970	Olympiacos
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

Born in Aghia Sophia in Piraeus, Yfantis joined the senior side of Olympiacos F.C. at the age of 17. He played for the first time in an official match in 1953. He played as a forward and scored 225 career goals in all competitions. In A'Ethniki, he not only played in 58 games in three seasons and scored 30 goals, but he had also scored first for the historic struggle of Olympiacos in European competition against AC Milan (final score 2–2). Serious injuries forced him to quit football in 1964 at the age of 28.

He made seven appearances and scored two goals for the Greece national football team, playing from 1957 to 1960.

In 1970, he became the head coach of Olympiacos as caretaker manager, and later for many years in parts of the infrastructure of the club.

Honours

Olympiacos

• Panhellenic Championship: 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59
• Greek Cup: 1953–54, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63
• Piraeus FCA League: 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959