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Petros Michos

Greek footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ3901100 ↗
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Petros Michos (Greek: Πετρος Μίχος; born 17 February 1959) is a former Greek footballer that currently works as a manager. He started his career as a defender at Panetolikos but is better known for his many years with Olympiacos and the Greece national team in the 1980s.

Club career

Petros Michos was born on 17 February 1959 in Agrinio. He began his professional career at his local team Panetolikos in the 1975–76 season, making his debut in the Greek top division on 7 December 1975, two months before his 17th birthday. He played there for three seasons before moving to Olympiacos in 1978. He was seen at the time as one of the best central defenders in Greece and he had 10 successful seasons with the Piraeus team. With Olympiacos he won five championships, four of them consecutively (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1987), a cup (1981) and was also named captain of the team. In 1988, he moved to Panionios for three seasons where he played for one more time in the cup final, in 1989. In 1991, he returned to Olympicos, with a view to finishing his career there but in the next season he went to Ionikos before returning to his first club Panetolikos, where he ended his career in 1994.

International team

Petros started his international career in 1977 with the Greek youth team.

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The public source identifies “Petros Michos” as greek footballer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Petros, Michos and Greek.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1959, 1975, 1978, 1980—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1959-02-17. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Petros, Michos and Greek providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3901100. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1959, 1975, 1978 and 1980.

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This entry incorporates text from “Petros Michos” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.