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{{Short description|Greek footballer and manager (1915–1988)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
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| name           = Kleanthis Vikelidis
| image          = Kleanthis Vikelidis.jpg
| caption        = Kleanthis Vikelidis
| fullname       = Kleanthis Vikelidis
| height         = 
| birth_date     = {{birth date|1915 |9|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [[Thessaloniki]], Greece
| death_date     = {{death date and age|1988|11|4|1915|9|15|df=yes}}
| death_place    = Thessaloniki, Greece
| currentclub    = 
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| position       = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| years1         = 1933–1949
| clubs1         = [[Aris Thessaloniki F.C.|Aris]]
| caps1          = 131
| goals1         = 72
| nationalyears1 = 1936–1948
| nationalteam1  = [[Greece national football team|Greece]]
| nationalcaps1  = 7
| nationalgoals1 = 5
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'''Kleanthis Vikelidis''' ({{langx|el|Κλεάνθης Βικελίδης}}; 15 September 1915 – 4 November 1988) was a [[Greece|Greek]] [[association football|footballer]] who played for [[Aris Thessaloniki F.C.|Aris]] and [[Greece national football team|Greece]]. He was also a manager, taking charge of Aris, [[PAOK FC|PAOK]] and [[Apollon Kalamarias]].

Vikelidis was born in 1916 in [[Thessaloniki]] and was the youngest of the three Vikelidis brothers that played for Aris, the others being Kostas and Nikiforos. He was instrumental in Aris winning the [[Super League Greece|Panhellenic Championship]] in 1932 and 1946, given the nickname ''"Macedonian tank"'' ''({{langx|el|"Μακεδονικό τανκ"}})''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sentragoal.gr/article.asp?catid=10584&subid=2&pubid=120620752 |title=Κλεάνθης Βικελίδης: Το "Μακεδονικό τανκ" &#124; ποδόσφαιρο , γ' εθνική , αρης &#124; SentraGoal |access-date=2014-06-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015200807/http://www.sentragoal.gr/article.asp?catid=10584&subid=2&pubid=120620752 |archive-date=15 October 2014}}</ref> During his career, Vikelidis was capped 7 times by the Greece National Football Team, scoring 4 goals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.makthes.gr/news/sports/14725/ |title=94 χρόνια Άρης - Εφημερίδα Μακεδονία της Θεσσαλονίκης |access-date=2012-08-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803235300/http://www.makthes.gr/news/sports/14725/ |archive-date=3 August 2012}}</ref> Vikelidis coached Aris twice in 1954 and 1959 and later continued his managing career with [[PAOK FC|PAOK]] during the 1957 season and [[Apollon Kalamarias]] during the 1961 season. In his honour, Aris FC named their stadium at Charilaou, ''[[Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium]]''.

==International goals==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 21 May 1936 || [[Stadionul Republicii|Stadionul ONEF]], [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]] || {{fb|BUL}} || 5–4 || Lost || [[1936 Balkan Cup]]
|-
| 2. || 22 January 1938 || [[Maccabiah Stadium]], [[Tel-Aviv]], [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine/Eretz Israel]] || {{fb|Mandatory Palestine}} || 1–3 || Win || [[1938 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 3. || 22 January 1938 || [[Maccabiah Stadium]], [[Tel-Aviv]], [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine/Eretz Israel]] || {{fb|Mandatory Palestine}} || 1–3 || Win || [[1938 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 4. || 20 February 1938 || [[Leoforos Alexandras Stadium]], [[Athens]], [[Greece]] || {{fb|Mandatory Palestine}} || 1–0 || Win || [[1938 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 5. || 23 April 1948 || [[Leoforos Alexandras Stadium]], [[Athens]], [[Greece]] || {{fb|TUR}} || 1–3 || Lost || [[Friendly match|Friendly]]
|-
| colspan="12"|<small>''Correct as of 22 November 2016''<ref>[http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=22215 Football PLAYER: Kleanthis Vikelidis]</ref></small>
|}

==External links==
*{{WorldFootball.net|kleanthis-vikelidis}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110721075327/http://www.athlitikihxo.gr/ShowNewspaper.php?ShowDate=1988-11-05 Αθλητική Ηχώ]
*''Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Άρης 1914-2004'' Κέντρο ιστορίας Θεσσαλονίκης, Θεσσαλονίκη 2004, {{ISBN|960-87344-8-7}}
*''Άρης 1914-2002'', Άγγελος Καριπίδης
*Κωνσταντίνος Ίντος, "Η Ιστορία του Άρη", τόμος 1, "Ποδόσφαιρο (1914–2000), Ο κίτρινος θεός του πολέμου στον 20ό αιώνα."

==See also==
*[[List of one-club men in association football|List of one-club men in football]]

==References==
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{{Super League Greece top scorers}}
{{Aris Thessaloniki F.C. managers}}
{{PAOK F.C. managers}}
{{Pierikos F.C. managers}}
{{Niki Volos F.C. managers}}

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[[Category:1916 births]]
[[Category:1988 deaths]]
[[Category:Footballers from Thessaloniki]]
[[Category:Greek Macedonians]]
[[Category:Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players]]
[[Category:Super League Greece players]]
[[Category:Greek men's footballers]]
[[Category:PAOK FC managers]]
[[Category:Niki Volos F.C. managers]]
[[Category:Greece men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Aris Thessaloniki F.C. managers]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Greek football managers]]
[[Category:20th-century Greek sportsmen]]