Stefanos Demiris

Stefanos Demiris (Greek: Στέφανος Δεμίρης; 19 January 1941 – 5 May 2016) was a Greek professional footballer who played as a forward and a later manager.

Demiris began his career at AE Kavala and in the summer of 1959 he was transferred to AEK Athens. He played 2 and a half seasons with the yellow-blacks, playing as a back-up choice, due to the harsh competition in the team offense. In the winter of 1962, he was loaned to Panegialios, until the summer of 1963.^[2] In the following season he was loaned again, but this time to Aris.^[3] On 23 February 1964, Aris faced AEK in Thessaloniki and Demiris scored a brace against his former club and shaped the final 2–0 and match that was named the "Revenge of Demiris".^[4] With his 12 goals he helped the team earn the ticket to the next season's Inter-Cities Fairs Cup for the first time in their history.^[5]

In the summer of 1964, when his loan expired, Aris after a fundraiser by the associations of his fans, raised the amount requested by the AEK for his acquisition. In the first round of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Demiris played in both legs against Roma, where Aris were eliminated.^[6][7] On 18 October 1964 he was sent off in a match against Doxa Drama, when he clashed with an opponent. The HFF punished him with a one-month ban, but after his return he scored a hat-trick against Panionios in Nea Smyrni. He played in the European matches of the following seasons against FC Köln, where Aris achieved their first European victory,^[8] and in the home game against Juventus, where he had a shot hit the crossbar.^[9] He continued as an attacking midfielder, but various injuries limited him in the 1967–68 season, while the following year he was not a starter, competing in only four matches.^[10] In the summer of 1969 he participated in the team's preparation, but decided to retire from football at the age of 28.^[11]

After the end of his career as a footballer, Demiris was involved in coaching mailny in Northern Greece taking charge of the benches of PAS Florina in 1971 for a season^[12] and Edessaikos in 1973.^[13] He was the manager credited with the promotion and the establishment of the then young Georgios Donis at the local Pavlos Melas in 1985.^[14] In 1989, he was the manager of Aiginiakos in the third division for as season.

• Stefanos Demiris at WorldFootball.net