Dimitris Zagylos (; 15 March 1938 – 10 June 2022) was a Cypriot professional footballer who played as a right winger and a later manager. His nickname was "Dimitrakis" ()

Club career

Zagylos started football at Anorthosis Famagusta, from 1953. In 1958, he emerged as the top scorer of the league with 21 goals. With Anorthosis he won 3 championships, and a Cypriot Cup in 1959.

Dimitris Zagylos

In the summer of 1961, he transferred to AEK Athens, who paid the sum of 320,000 drachmas for his acquisition. Zagylos showed aspects of his talent in Greece as well, standing out for his inexhaustible combativeness, his elaborate game and his excellent attacks, however, due to injuries, he did not perform as well as he could. In April 1962 he secretly left for Cyprus, because AEK had not found him a job as promised. In fact, he had worked for two weeks in the shop of an agent of AEK, but was fired without knowing the reason. After almost a month he came back after the people of AEK assured him that they would find him a job with a satisfactory salary. With AEK he won the Greek championship in 1963.

Dimitris Zagylos

He played in AEK until October 1963 and then returned to Anorthosis, winning another Cup in 1964, scoring in the final against APOEL. He played at the club of Famagusta until 1968, when he finished his football career. He is the fourth scorer in the history of Anorthosis with 93 goals in 166 appearances.

Dimitris Zagylos

International career

Zagylos was an international footballer with Cyprus.

Managerial career

After the end of his football career, Zagylos also worked as a coach at Enosis Neon Paralimni, winning the Cypriot Second Division and the to the First Cypriot Division in 1969.

Personal life

Zagylos died on the morning of 10 June 2022, at the age of 84.

Honours

As a player

Anorthosis Famagusta

Cypriot First Division: 1956–57, 1957–58, 1959–60

Cypriot Cup: 1958–59, 1963–64

AEK Athens

Alpha Ethniki: 1962–63

Individual

Cypriot First Division top scorer: 1957–58

As a manager

Enosis Neon Paralimni

Cypriot Second Division: 1968–69

References

Works cited

1938 births

2022 deaths

Cypriot men's footballers

Men's association football forwards

Cyprus men's international footballers

Cypriot First Division players

Super League Greece players

Anorthosis Famagusta FC players

AEK Athens F.C. players

Cypriot football managers

Enosis Neon Paralimni FC managers

Expatriate men's footballers in Greece

Cypriot expatriate sportspeople in Greece

Cypriot expatriate men's footballers

Greek Cypriot people

People from Paralimni