Minou took his first football steps in Almopos Aridea and to Kastoria in 1980, and two years later, he went to Panathinaikos, where he became known to the general public and was called to the national team.
However, the difficult competition with Nikos Sarganis forced him to look for another football team, and in the summer of 1988, he was transferred to AEK Athens.
[1] The decision by the club's management to release him in the summer of 1993 caused quite a surprise, since he was the first-choice goalkeeper in his last two seasons in which the team won the respective championships, while also playing in the national team.
He played for the first time on 8 October 1986, in an away friendly match against Italy, when under the instructions of Miltos Papapostolou, he replaced Theologis Papadopoulos in the second half.
[4] He was part of the squad that traveled to the USA for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, where he played in the opening match against Argentina.