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{{Short description|Greek footballer (born 1964)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Stratos Apostolakis
| image = Stratos Apostolakis (November 2020).png
| caption = Apostolakis in 2020
| fullname = Efstratios Apostolakis
| height = 1.72 m
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|5|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Agrinio]], Greece
| currentclub = 
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]], [[defensive midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1981–1985
| clubs1 = [[Panetolikos F.C.|Panetolikos]]
| caps1 = 106
| goals1 = 11
| years2 = 1985–1990
| clubs2 = [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]
| caps2 = 132
| goals2 = 5
| years3 = 1990–1999
| clubs3 = [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]]
| caps3 = 249
| goals3 = 21
| totalcaps = 481
| totalgoals = 37
| nationalyears1 = 1986–1998
| nationalteam1 = [[Greek national football team|Greece]]
| nationalcaps1 = 96
| nationalgoals1 = 5
}}
'''Stratos Apostolakis''' ({{langx|el|Στράτος Αποστολάκης}}; born 17 May 1964), nicknamed  '''The Turbo''', is a Greek former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]] or a [[defensive midfielder]].

==Career==
Apostolakis was no stranger to controversy as a player, his switch from [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]] to [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]] in 1990 led to the cancellation of the [[Greek Super Cup]] as the authorities feared riots.

As a footballer he played his best years for Panathinaikos being one of the key players behind club's European runs in [[European Cup 1991–92|1991–92]] and [[UEFA Champions League 1995–96|1995–96]]. He played with Panathinaikos through 1998.

During his playing career, Apostolakis was capped 96 times by the [[Greece national football team|Greece national team]] scoring five goals.<ref>{{cite web|author=Mamrud, Roberto|title=Efstratos Apostolakis - International Appearances|website=[[RSSSF]]|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/apostolakis-intl.html|date=2004-09-25}}</ref> and was a member of the [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994 World Cup]] squad. His 96 caps stood as a Greek record until it was broken by [[Theodoros Zagorakis]].

He also spent six months as a coach with Panathinaikos in 2001, before resigning from his position at the end of the year and eventually taking up the task of coaching the [[Greece national under-23 football team|Olympic team]] for [[2004 Summer Olympics|Athens 2004]].

==Personal life==
Apostolakis is the father of [[Kostas Apostolakis|Kostas]], who plays as a professional footballer at [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Greece Squad 1994 World Cup}}
{{Greece Squad 2004 Summer Olympics}}
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[[Category:Footballers from Agrinio]]
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[[Category:1994 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:Super League Greece players]]
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[[Category:Greek football managers]]
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[[Category:20th-century Greek sportsmen]]


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