Andreas Mouratis

Personal information
Date of birth	(1926-11-29)29 November 1926
Place of birth	Piraeus, Greece
Date of death	10 December 2000(2000-12-10) (aged 74)
Place of death	Piraeus, Greece
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1936–1943	A.E. Chromatourgion
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1943–1945	Proodeftiki
1945–1955	Olympiacos
1955–1961	Argonaftis Piraeus
International career
1948–1953	Greece	16	(1)
1952	Greece Olympic	0	(0)
1962	Greece Military
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andreas Mouratis (Greek: Ανδρέας Μουράτης; 29 November 1926 – 10 December 2000), nicknamed Missouri, was a Greek footballer, who played for Olympiacos.

Career

He was the leading power in the Olympiakos team of the post-war era and won numerous league and cup titles. He was and still is one of the favourite Olympiakos players. Vigorous, aggressive and passionate, he embodies the ideal player characteristics for Olympiakos fans.

He made 16 appearances and scored one goal for the Greece national football team.^[1] He was also member of the national side for the 1952 Olympic Games, but he did not play in any matches.^[2]

Mouratis was nicknamed "Mourat Aslan" (Mouratis the Lion) by the Turkish press, after a friendly match of the national teams of Greece and Turkey, because he was playing aggressively like a lion.^[3]

Mouratis died at age 74.^[1]

Honours

Olympiacos

• Panhellenic Championship: 1946–47, 1947–48, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1954–55
• Greek Cup: 1946–47, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54
• Piraeus FCA Championship: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955

Greek Military Team

• World Military Cup: 1962

References