Michalis Vlachos

Michalis Vlachos
Personal information
Full name	Michail Vlachos
Date of birth	20 September 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth	Athens, Greece
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender, defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1985–1991	Apollon Athens
1991–1993	Olympiacos
1993–1997	AEK Athens
1998–2000	Portsmouth
2000	Walsall
2000–2002	Ionikos
2002–2003	Apollon Athens
Total
International career
1989–1997	Greece
Managerial career
2007–2008	Apollon Eretrias
2008–	Peramaikos
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michalis Vlachos (Greek: Μιχάλης Βλάχος; born 20 September 1967) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Vlachos began his career with Apollon Smyrnis, where he was called up for a debut with the Greece national football team in 1989. He later represented both Olympiakos and AEK, they winning the Greek championship with the latter. During the 1994–95 season, Vlachos appeared for AEK in the UEFA Champions League, scoring in a 1–3 loss to Casino Salzburg in the group stage.^[1]

In 1998, Vlachos joined English First Division club Portsmouth, for whom he made over 50 league appearances as a midfielder and sweeper in two years. He joined Walsall in February 2000, making 12 appearances for the club prior to relegation in May of the same year.^[2]

Vlachos returned to Greece in the summer of 2000, joining Ionikos. He finished his career with his first club Apollon, retiring in 2003.^[2]