Panikos Krystallis (Greek: Πανίκος Κρυστάλλης; born 1 July 1938) is a Cypriot former football player and manager who played as a forward.
His name was Panikos Anastasiou, but subsequently, in an affidavit, he changed it to Krystallis to honor his mother, Krystalla, who raised him alone as his father had died very early.
[1] Krystallis started his football career in 1953, when he joined the academies of AEL Limassol under Argyris Gavalas and in 1955 he was promoted to the men's team.
[3] In 1956, after he fell out with the management of the club, he was punished and transferred to the cross-town rivals and second division side, Apollon Limassol, where he had his best years as a striker.
With Apollon he started playing after his suspension ended in and contributed to the promotion of the team to the First Division, while in the period 19601 he became the top scorer in the Cypriot Championship with 26 goals.