He was a key contributor to the progress of the Nea Smyrni club to winning the Greek Cup in 1979.

He left Panionios in 1980 his career playing for Apollon Athens, Ethnikos Piraeus and the Korinthos.

[4] In 1994 he sat on the bench Apollon Athens and associated his name with the most successful period in the club's history.

Demis Nikolaidis, Theofilos Karasavvidis, Bledar Kola and the older ones Antonis Minou, Frank Klopas, Tasos Mitropoulos give personality to the team.

Four years earlier he had suffered another heart attack at the same stadium and had undergone a double bypass, but despite doctors' advice to avoid excitement, he chose to continue "living dangerously" as a coach.

The training session was almost over and Pathiakakis was playing a bet with goalkeeper Gintaras Staučė, shooting him from outside the area.

He had won the first game and when the Lithuanian goalkeeper asked for a rematch, the coach suddenly fell down.