Besides his football career, he participated in the Greek Resistance during World War II, as a member of the National Liberation Front.

He was born in 1926, in Piraeus, to a poor family of refugees from Asia Minor (Vourla).He was not a good student in his childhood and did several different jobs during his youth.

[1] In 1943, he joined Proodeftiki and in 1945, he was transferred to Olympiacos, asking in return, instead of money, that the state security delete his personal information from their archives.

[3] He was the leading power of Olympiacos in the post-war era and won numerous league and cup titles.

Vigorous, aggressive and passionate, he embodied the ideal player characteristics for the fans of Olympiacos.