# Antonis Minou

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{{Short description|Greek footballer (born 1958)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Antonis Minou
| image          = 
| fullname       = Antonios Minou
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1958|5|4}}
| birth_place    = [Aridaia](/source/Aridaia), Greece
| height         = 1.92m<ref name=AEK>{{Cite web|url=https://football.aek.com/player/antonis_minou/177|title=Αντώνης Μήνου|website=football.aek.com}}</ref>
| position       = [Goalkeeper](/source/Goalkeeper_(association_football))
| youthyears1    = 1979–1980
| youthclubs1    = [Almopos Aridea](/source/Almopos_Aridea_F.C.)
| years1         = 1980–1982
| clubs1         = [Kastoria](/source/Kastoria_F.C.)
| caps1          = 51
| goals1         = 0
| years2         = 1982–1988
| clubs2         = [Panathinaikos](/source/Panathinaikos_F.C.)
| caps2          = 73
| goals2         = 0
| years3         = 1988–1993
| clubs3         = [AEK Athens](/source/AEK_Athens_F.C.)
| caps3          = 125
| goals3         = 0
| years4         = 1993–1996
| clubs4         = [Apollon Athens](/source/Apollon_Smyrnis_F.C.)
| caps4          = 79
| goals4         = 0
| totalcaps      = 328
| totalgoals     = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1984
| nationalteam1  = [Greece Olympic](/source/Greece_national_under-23_football_team)
| nationalcaps1  = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1986–1994
| nationalteam2  = [Greece](/source/Greece_national_football_team)
| nationalcaps2  = 16
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| manageryears1  = 1998
| managerclubs1  = [AEK Athens](/source/AEK_Athens_F.C.) (caretaker)
}}

'''Antonis Minou''' ({{langx|el|Αντώνης Μήνου}}; born 4 May 1958) is a Greek former professional [footballer](/source/association_football) who played as a [goalkeeper](/source/goalkeeper_(association_football)).

==Club career==
Minou began his career with [Almopos Aridea](/source/Almopos_Aridea_F.C.), signing for [Kastoria](/source/Kastoria_F.C.) in 1980, and two years later, he moved to [Panathinaikos](/source/Panathinaikos_F.C.), where he became known to the general public and was called to the national team.<ref name=Minou>{{Cite web|url=https://athletestories.gr/author/antonis-minou/|title=ΑΝΤΩΝΗΣ ΜΗΝΟΥ|website=athletestories.gr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aektoday.com/4-maiou-gegonota/1313-4-5-1958-gennithike-o-antonis-minou|title=4/5/1958 Γεννήθηκε ο Αντώνης Μήνου|website=aektoday.com}}</ref> At Panathinaikos, he won two [Championships](/source/Super_League_Greece) and three [Cups](/source/Greek_Football_Cup). However, the difficult competition for a first-team place with [Nikos Sarganis](/source/Nikos_Sarganis) forced him to look for another club.

On 13 July 1988 Minou was transferred to [AEK Athens](/source/AEK_Athens_F.C.) for a fee of 50 million [drachmas](/source/Modern_drachma).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aek-live.gr/%ce%bc%ce%b5-50-%ce%b5%ce%ba%ce%b1%cf%84-%ce%b4%cf%81%cf%87-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b7%ce%bd-%ce%b1%ce%b5%ce%ba-%ce%bf-%ce%bc%ce%ae%ce%bd%ce%bf%cf%85/|title=Στην ΑΕΚ... ο Μήνου|date=13 July 2015|website=aek-live.gr|lang=el}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=14 July 1988|title=Ο Α. Μήνου στην ΑΕΚ για 3 χρόνια|pages=1, 3|work=Athletic Echo|author=Γιώργος Πάστρας|lang=el}}</ref> In his first season with AEK, he was a second choice behind [Spyros Ikonomopoulos](/source/Spyros_Ikonomopoulos), but from the following season he became a regular and never lost his place, until the end of his spell at AEK.<ref name=AEK/> The decision by the club's management to release him in the summer of 1993 was said to be surprising, since he was the first-choice goalkeeper in his last two seasons in which the team won the league, while also playing in the national team. With AEK he won three Championships, one [Greek Super Cup](/source/Greek_Super_Cup) and one [Greek League Cup](/source/Greek_League_Cup).<ref name=AEK/> 

In the summer of 1993 his contract with AEK expired<ref>{{Cite news|date=19 June 1993|title=Οριστικά παρελθόν Μήνου|pages=1, 3|work=Athletic Echo|author=Βασίλης Σαμπράκος|lang=el}}</ref> and on 9 July Minou joined [Apollon Athens](/source/Apollon_Smyrnis_F.C.) alongside his teammate, [Takis Karagiozopoulos](/source/Takis_Karagiozopoulos).<ref>{{Cite news|date=10 July 1993|title=Πάλι μαζί Μήνου - Καραγκιοζόπουλος |pages=1, 6|work=Athletic Echo|author=Άγγελος Κλ. Λάμπρου|lang=el}}</ref> There he played for three seasons before ending his career at a footballer at the age of 38.<ref name=Minou/>

==International career==
Minou played in a total of 16 matches with [Greece](/source/Greece_national_football_team). He played for the first time on 8 October 1986, in an away friendly match against [Italy](/source/Italy_national_football_team), when under the instructions of [Miltos Papapostolou](/source/Miltos_Papapostolou), he replaced [Theologis Papadopoulos](/source/Theologis_Papadopoulos) in the second half.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.epo.gr/media/files/ETHNIKES_OMADES/MATCH_ANDRES_1929-2000/ethniki_andrwn_1986_1990.pdf|title=Greece matches 1986–1990|website=epo.gr}}</ref> He was part of the squad that traveled to the [USA](/source/United_States) for the [1994 FIFA World Cup](/source/1994_FIFA_World_Cup), where he played in the opening match against [Argentina](/source/Argentina_national_football_team). He also competed with the Olympic team in 1983.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.epo.gr/media/files/ETHNIKES_OMADES/MATCH_ANDRES_1929-2000/ethniki_andrwn_1990_1995.pdf|title=Greece matches 1990–1995|website=epo.gr}}</ref>

==Managerial career==
After the end of his career he became involved in coaching, in the period 1997–98, he was initially the assistant coach of [Dumitru Dumitriu](/source/Dumitru_Dumitriu) at AEK Athens and after the later was sacked, he his replacement until the end of the season. Later he became assistant of [Fernando Santos](/source/Fernando_Santos_(footballer%2C_born_1954)) at AEK and later in Greece.<ref name=AEK/><ref name=Minou/>

==Honours==

'''Panathinaikos'''<ref name=Minou/>
*[Alpha Ethniki](/source/Super_League_Greece):  [1983–84](/source/1983%E2%80%9384_Alpha_Ethniki), [1985–86](/source/1985%E2%80%9386_Alpha_Ethniki)
*[Greek Cup](/source/Greek_Football_Cup): [1983–84](/source/1983%E2%80%9384_Greek_Football_Cup), [1985–86](/source/1985%E2%80%9386_Greek_Football_Cup), [1987–88](/source/1987%E2%80%9388_Greek_Football_Cup)

'''AEK Athens'''<ref name=AEK/><ref name=Minou/>
*Alpha Ethniki: [1988–89](/source/1988%E2%80%9389_Alpha_Ethniki), [1991–92](/source/1991%E2%80%9392_Alpha_Ethniki), [1992–93](/source/1992%E2%80%9393_Alpha_Ethniki)
*[Greek Super Cup](/source/Greek_Super_Cup): [1989](/source/1989_Greek_Super_Cup)
*[Greek League Cup](/source/Greek_League_Cup): 1990

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{sports links}}

{{Greece Squad 1994 World Cup}}
{{AEK Athens F.C. managers}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Minou, Antonis}}
Category:1958 births
Category:Living people
Category:Greek men's footballers
Category:Greece men's international footballers
Category:Greek football managers
Category:Panathinaikos F.C. players
Category:AEK Athens F.C. players
Category:Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players
Category:Kastoria 1980 F.C. players
Category:AEK Athens F.C. managers
Category:1994 FIFA World Cup players
Category:Super League Greece players
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Footballers from Aridaia
Category:AEK Athens F.C. non-playing staff
Category:20th-century Greek sportsmen

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