Nikolaos Papadopoulos

Nikos, Nikolaos or Nikolas Papadopoulos may refer to:

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Nikolaos Papadopoulos (football)

Nikos Papadopoulos (Greek: Νίκος Παπαδόπουλος) (born 11 April 1990 in Athens) is a Greek footballer currently playing for Panionios G.S.S. in the Greek Super League.

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Nikos Papadopoulos (football manager)

Nikolaos "Nikos" Papadopoulos (Greek: Νίκος Παπαδόπουλος; born 5 October 1971 in Kilkis is a Greek football manager and former football player. He is currently the manager of Iraklis in the Greek Football League. Papadopoulos is mostly remembered for his 9.5-year spell in OFI. He has also played for Aris, Skoda Xanthi and Apollon Kalamarias in the top tier. In the later stages of his career he played in several clubs in the lower divisions. As a manager he has coached several clubs in Greece and Cyprus.

Playing career

After playing youth football, for the club of his village, Apollon Mavroneriou, he moved to nearby professional club Kilkisiakos in 1988. He moved to OFI in the winter transfer window of 1989-1990. In his first season he was part of the squad that reached the Greek Cup final, although he did not participate in the final. He stayed in OFI for 9.5 years and even managed to become captain of the club. In 1997-1998 received a record 21-match ban for being sent-off in match against Olympiacos. Totally he appeared in 213 matches for the club and scored 11 goals. His impact for the club was so high that in an internet polling of a local Heraklion website in 2011 Papadopoulos was voted among the all-time best XI of OFI.

Nikos Papadopoulos (Swedish politician)

Nikos Papadopoulos (Greek: Νίκος Παπαδόπουλος; born 1939) is a Swedish Social Democrat politician, born in Greece.

Papadopoulos was born in a small village near Kavala, Greece, in 1939. His grandfather was a member of the Greek parliament, and as a consequence, their house was always open. Nikos claims that these childhood experiences gave him an understanding of how important empathy and solidarity is to humans. After finishing secondary school, he had to look for further education abroad, as his chances of getting into a Greek university were at the time very slim. In 1962, he emigrated to Sweden, and later studied at Stockholm University.

Politics

Papadopoulos campaigned in the 1970s to give voting rights to non-citizen immigrants in Swedish municipal and county councils.

He first ran in the 1994 Swedish general election, but failed to win a seat. In 1996, he replaced Mats Hellström in the Riksdag, and in 1998 he was elected as a member in his own right. He was re-elected in 2002 and again in 2006.