| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nikolaos Sarganis | ||
| Date of birth | (1954-01-13)13 January 1954 | ||
| Place of birth | Rafina,Greece | ||
| Date of death | 8 December 2024(2024-12-08) (aged 70) | ||
| Place of death | Athens, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1971–1974 | Ilisiakos | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974–1977 | Ilisiakos | 89 | (0) |
| 1977–1980 | Kastoria | 78 | (0) |
| 1980–1985 | Olympiacos | 144 | (4) |
| 1985–1990 | Panathinaikos | 85 | (2) |
| 1990–1992 | Athinaikos | 37 | (0) |
| Total | 433 | (6) | |
| International career | |||
| 1980–1991 | Greece | 58 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Nikos Sarganis (Greek: Νίκος Σαργκάνης; 13 January 1954 – 8 December 2024) was a Greek professionalfootballer who played as agoalkeeper.
Born inRafina,Attica, (however, his families origins are from the village ofPapadianika,Peloponnese where he received an honourable reward from the village) Sarganis started his football career as afull-back atIlisiakos. He switched to goalkeeper under the guidance of his coach,Christos Ribas, himself a capable goalkeeper of the 1930s.
Sarganis moved on toKastoria in 1977 and played for thefurriers until the end of the 1980 season. He was part of the team that shocked the Greek football world by winning theGreek Cup in 1980. Following that triumph, he transferred toOlympiacos where he played from 1980 until the end of the 1985 season.
Sarganis then controversially joined Olympiacos' arch-rivals,Panathinaikos and played for the greens for the next five years. On 8 May 1988, Sarganis helped win the Greek Cup for Panathinaikos in a penalty shootout by saving two Olympiacos penalty shots while scoring one himself.
In 1990, he continued his career atAthinaikos where he played for two seasons before he retired.
During his career Sarganis was capped 58 times by theGreece national team.[1] His international high point came on 15 October 1980, when he preserved a 1–0 Greek victory in Copenhagen againstDenmark. The Danish press gave him the nicknamePhantom by which he would be known throughout the rest of his career.
Sarganis was an active member of Olympiacos' Old Players team.
Sarganis died from cancer inAthens on 8 December 2024, at the age of 70.[2]
Kastoria
Olympiacos
Panathinaikos