Kostas Linoxilakis is a former Greek

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 footballer.

Linoxilakis started his career at Asteras Athens and was centre back of Panathinaikos from the mid-1950s until the 1962-1963 season. He was capped a total of 28 times by the Greek national team

Greece national football team

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 during his career, scoring 1 goal. He competed for Greece at the 1952 Summer Olympics

1952 Summer Olympics

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.

After his football career was over, he entered local politics and was elected to the Athens

Athens

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City Council.