Yiannis Andrianopoulos

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playername = Yiannis Andrianopoulos


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dateofbirth = 1900
cityofbirth = Piraeus
countryofbirth = Greece
dateofdeath = November 6, 1952
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position = Striker/Forward
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years = 1918–1924
1924–1925
1925-1929
clubs = Peiraikos Syndesmos FC
Athletic and Football Club of Piraeus
Olympiacos FC
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nationalyears = 1994-2004
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Yiannis Andrianopoulos (1900 – November 6, 1952) was a Greek footballer and one of the founding members of Greece's most successful football club, Olympiacos CFP.

Born in Piraeus, Greece, Yiannis was the oldest of six brothers who like him, would go on to become famous footballers in the Olympiacos' ranks. Yiannis began his career at the age of 18, playing for home town club Peiraikos Syndesmos. Here Yiannis earned his first taste of success, winning an unoffcial Greek Championship in 1923. Following a series of mergers between other Piraeus and Athens based clubs, as well as an Athens football Championship, Yiannis and his brothers went on to create Olympiacos FC in March of 1925.

Yiannis, Giorgios, Dinos, Vasilis, Leonidas, and Stelios went on to make the newly formed Piraeus club famous throughout Greece. As a result, Yiannis and his brothers earned Olympiacos the name "Thrylos" meaning "Legend" in Greek, a nickname which the club carries to this day. Yiannis was certainly the brother who made the biggest impact towards the club, even becoming a player-coach; Olympiacos' first coach, from 1925 until 1927. In 1929, Yiannis retired from football, and became Olympiacos' president for 3 years.