Loukas Barlos was a Greek

Greeks

The Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....

 businessman who served as AEK Athens' twenty third president from 1974 until 1981.

As a youth, he was an Aris Thessaloniki

Aris Thessaloniki F.C.

Aris Football Club , also known as God of war and the Yellows, is a Greek football club based in the city of Thessaloniki, Macedonia. Formed in 1914, the club was a founding member of Macedonian Football Clubs Association as well as the Hellenic Football Federation, they currently compete in...

 supporter and even tried out with the club. In September 1974, he became chairman of AEK Athens. The team, which had won the league in 1971, had since fallen on hard times with many of its former star players retired or transferred to other teams. Barlos immediately invested much of his own money and brought coach Frantisek Fadrhonc

František Fadrhonc

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 to the club as well as players such as Christos Ardizoglou

Christos Ardizoglou

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, Giorgos Skrekis, Giorgos Dedes

Giorgos Dedes

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, Walter Wagner

Walter Wagner (footballer)

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 and Timo Zahnleiter

Timo Zahnleiter

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. In 1976, he further improved AEK by acquiring Thomas Mavros

Thomas Mavros

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, Takis Nikoloudis and Nikos Christidis. Dusan Bajevic

Dušan Bajevic

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 and Milton Viera

Milton Viera

Milton Viera Rivero is a former Uruguayan footballer.He played for Nacional, Boca Juniors, Peñarol, Olympiacos, AEK. Viera had a great career in Greece winning 5 championships and 2 cups.-Honours:Olympiakos...

joined the following year making the team even more powerful. These moved lead to AEK Athens to winning two successive championships and qualifying for the UEFA Cup semi-finals. Barlos resigned AEK's presidency in June 1980. He died of lung cancer on October 20, 1999.