Daniil Papadopoulos

Daniil Papadopoulos (; born 15 June 1963) is a former Greek footballer that played in several positions throughout his career. He was born in Thessaloniki and played youth football with Olympos Dendropotamou before starting his professional career with Iraklis. Papadopoulos spent his entire professional career with Iraklis and he is the all-time leader for Iraklis with 419 appearances. Papadopoulos is also the second all-time goalscorer of Iraklis with 64 goals. He managed to gain 5 caps for Greece. Papadopoulos also had a brief career in management, as an assistant and caretaker manager of Iraklis and as a manager in second and third-tier teams.

Club career

Early life and career Papadopoulos was born in Thessaloniki and started playing football for amateur side Olympos Dendropotamou. When he was a child he watched the matches of Iraklis at Kaftanzoglio with his uncle. In the next season he established himself in the starting lineup of Iraklis and he proved even more prolific, by scoring 11 goals in 30 matches.

Later on in his career in the 1985–86 season, under manager Telis Batakis, he had to adapt in a more defensive role as he started playing as a left wingback. In the later stages of his career he was placed in the centre of the defence of Iraklis, by then manager Dušan Mitošević. He made his debut on 11 October 1989 during an away 4–0 defeat from Bulgaria for the 1990 World Cup qualifiers.

Managerial career He was the assistant manager in Iraklis during the Angelos Anastasiadis era. After Kyrastas left the club in March Papadopoulos was appointed caretaker manager of the club.

Honours Iraklis Balkans Cup: 1984–85