[2] Papadopoulos played once for Greece on 29 January 1992 in a away friedly match against Albania, coming in as a sub at the half time.
[3] Papadopoulos started his coaching career in 2002, during which he sat on the benches of various teams, such as Kerkyra, Pamisos Messini, AE Giannena and Lamia.
The club were going through the worst season in their history after Vlachos was sacked he was the first coach for a match at home against Kerkyra, which ended 1–1.
Afterwards, Ewald Lienen was hired and Papadopoulos continued to his duties as an assistant coach with the German technician until the end of the season.
After AEK, he sat on the bench of Proodeftiki for a few days and then at Egaleo, while in 2015 was at APO Kanaris Nenita for a season.