At the age of 17, he moved to Turkey to play for Beyoğlu (also known as Pera Club), where for three years had very good performances, that caused the interest of Beykoz, which at the time were in the top positions of the league.

[2] He agreed to sign for AEK in 1962 despite the ban from the HFF, as at that time it was forbidden for a professional footballer to compete in the first division, thus he was forced to wait for the appeals and legal disputes to end.

He adapted immediately, putting in some terrific performances, which attracted the interest of Bayern Munich, who asked AEK for signing him.

[6] He left the club at the behest of Branko Stanković in the summer of 1969 as part of the Yugoslavian manager's radical overhaul and at the age of 32 he moved to Egaleo, which he led to a stunning 4th place finish in the 1970–71 league.

However, the manager, Sandro Puppo ignored the whole situation and wanted the Greek players such as him and Lefter Küçükandonyadis in the national team at all costs.