Lazaros Papadopoulos

Lazaros Papadopoulos (; born 16 August 1950) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as right midfielder and a manager.

Club career Papadopoulos started his career at the club of his hometown, Veria.

Οn 31 August 1973 he was transferred to AEK Athens for a fee of 1.3 million drachmas. At the time, the presence of many prominent footballers in the team's roster did not leave much room for his establishment in the main squad. He was a part of the squad that reached to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in 1977. In fact he scored the only goal of his team in the first leg of the semi-finals against Juventus in the 4–1 defeat at Stadio Comunale on 6 April 1977. His last goal for AEK was on 21 February 1979, in the 4–0 victory over Acharnaikos for the round of 16 of the cup. where he played for a season. Afterwards, he competed in clubs of smaller categories, before he retired as a footballer. In 2012, he had been the coach of the women's football second division side, Agrotikos Asteras Agia Varvara.

Honours

AEK Athens Alpha Ethniki: 1977–78, 1978–79 Greek Cup: 1977–78