GREECE legend Mimis Papaioannou has passed away aged 81.
Tributes have poured in for the former AEK Athens star, who is regarded as their “greatest” player ever.
Papaioannou played for AEK between 1962-1979 and made 566 appearances for the club, scoring 289 goals.
The attacking midfielder won five league titles and three domestic cups.
He also helped AEK reach the Champions League quarter-final in 1969 and the Uefa Cup semi-final in 1977, beating QPR in the last eight.
Papaioannou is AEK’s all-time top goalscorer and he also represented the Greece national team 61 times, scoring 20 goals.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
