Ilias "Maik" Galakos is a retired Greek

Greeks

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 football striker who was active during the 1970s and 1980s.

Galakos was born on 23 November 1951 in Piraeus

Piraeus

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, Greece

Greece

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 but his family emigrated to Germany

Germany

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 where he first played football for Fortuna Düsseldorf

Fortuna Düsseldorf

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 (1972–1973). He returned to Greece and played for Olympiakos in the period 1973–1981 before committing the unthinkable deed in the eyes of Olympiakos supporters, by signing with Panathinaikos

Panathinaikos FC

Panathinaikos Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in Athens. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Greek football history. They have won 20 Greek Championships and 17 Greek Cups.Panathinaikos is the most...

. Galakos played for the greens between 1981 and 1985. He retired after playing in 255 Alpha Ethniki matches.

Galakos was capped 30 times by the Greece national football team

Greece national football team

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, scoring five goals.

Career statistics

Season	Club	Competition	Apps	Goals
1972–73	Fortuna Düsseldorf Fortuna Düsseldorf ' is a German association football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the second tier of German league football, the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga...	Bundesliga Fußball-Bundesliga The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...	2	0
1973–74	Olympiacos	Alpha Ethniki	9	1
1974–75	Olympiacos	Alpha Ethniki	18	5
1975–76	Olympiacos	Alpha Ethniki	18	9
1976–77	Olympiacos	Alpha Ethniki	28	16
1977–78	St. Pauli FC St. Pauli Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that also has Rugby Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that...  (loan)	Bundesliga	0	0
1977–78	Olympiacos	Alpha Ethniki	29	9
1978–79	Olympiacos	Alpha Ethniki	24	4
1979–80	Olympiacos	Alpha Ethniki	26	10
1980–81	Panathinaikos Panathinaikos FC Panathinaikos Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in Athens. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Greek football history. They have won 20 Greek Championships and 17 Greek Cups.Panathinaikos is the most...	Alpha Ethniki	31	10
1981–82	Panathinaikos Panathinaikos FC Panathinaikos Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in Athens. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Greek football history. They have won 20 Greek Championships and 17 Greek Cups.Panathinaikos is the most...	Alpha Ethniki	29	8
1982–83	Panathinaikos Panathinaikos FC Panathinaikos Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in Athens. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Greek football history. They have won 20 Greek Championships and 17 Greek Cups.Panathinaikos is the most...	Alpha Ethniki	9	0
1983–84	Panathinaikos Panathinaikos FC Panathinaikos Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in Athens. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Greek football history. They have won 20 Greek Championships and 17 Greek Cups.Panathinaikos is the most...	Alpha Ethniki	30	7
1984–85	Panathinaikos Panathinaikos FC Panathinaikos Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in Athens. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Greek football history. They have won 20 Greek Championships and 17 Greek Cups.Panathinaikos is the most...	Alpha Ethniki	4	0
	| Total			257	79

Club

Olympiacos

• Alpha Ethniki (4): 1973–74, 1974–75, 1979–80, 1980–81
• Greek Cup
  Greek football Cup
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   (2): 1974–75, 1980–81

Panathinaikos

• Alpha Ethniki (1): 1983–84
• Greek Cup
  Greek football Cup
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   (2): 1981–82, 1983–84

External links

• Maik Galakos Biography
• Fortuna Düsseldorf Roster 1972/73
• FC St. Pauli Roster 1977/78