He was called "Library" because of his endless knowledge about the game of football and he is credited with creating the great Doxa Drama squad of the 1950s, along with his probably most famous honour, winning the Greek Football Cup with Panionios, the oldest Greek club in the world in 1979 and ending an 89-year drought since the club's formation.
He managed 16 different clubs during his 40-year long managerial career and is held in high regard by Panionios fans, in spite of some of the ultras insulting him after the famous 1979 win, which led to his acrimonious resignation.
He also had many spells at APOEL in Cyprus, which translated to success, mainly his first one from 1972 to 1975 when he led the team to a Cypriot double in 1973 which meant qualification for the 1973-74 Mainland Greece First Division.
Another important point of his career was when he managed the Greece national football team together with Lakis Petropoulos for 2 matches in 1966 and 1967.
His departure came after the Regime of the Colonels was established in Greece on 21 April 1967 and he was forcibly relinquished of his duties 5 days later.