The AEK players visited the “SOS Children’s Villages” and the “Panagioti and Aglaia Kyriakou” children’s hospital.

AEK players brought smiles to the faces of needy children with two visits. The first took place in the “SOS Children’s Village”, where the Yellow and Blacks, accompanied by members of the administration, distributed gifts and played football with the children.

The second visit took place Children’s Hospital “Panagioti & Aglaia Kyriakou” and distributed gifts and sports equipment from the team to the children, thereby encouraging them at the same time.

The announcement from PAE AEK in detail: “Before the Christmas holidays, AEK football players paid two really special visits.

The Doubles of Greece decided to use the money collected to buy gifts and give them to the children growing up in the SOS Children’s Village of Vari and those who are hospitalized at the “Panagioti & Aglaia Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital.

Stankovic, Athanasiadis, Mukudi, Mohammadi, Rota, Cullens, Vida, Hadjisafi, Sidibe, Simanski, Jonsson, Gacinovic, Pineda, Mandalos, Amrabad, Garcia, Van Weert and Eliasson, accompanied by AEK sports director Bruno Alves, team manager Dimitris Nalitzis and the Head of the press office, Tassos Tsatalis, visited the SOS Children’s Village Vari. There they were welcomed by the organization’s president, Antonis Alakiotis, the director of the SOS Children’s Village, Lemonis Filon, and the villagers.

The yellow and black handed out gifts to the children, signed autographs and played games and table football with them. Their presence there did not reach the limits of a typical visit, as the AEK players then went out onto the 5×5 field present in the facility and played football for a long time with their little friends who seemed crazy about the experience.

Before their departure, the Union players heard from the organization’s leaders how important it is for the children to see AEK compete in their European games, such as the last one against Ajax, with the “SOS Children’s Village” on their jerseys. While the players, in turn, promised the children that their next meeting would be in a team game at the OPAP Arena.

Ginis, Theoharis, Pelios, Mitoglou, Gemboa, Galanopoulos, Lamarana, Tzuber, Fernandes, Zini, Pissaro, Chrysopoulos and Ponce visited the “Panagioti & “Aglaia Kyriakou” accompanied by AEK technical director Radek Kuharski, team manager Panos Anastasopoulos and team doctor Haris Lalos. Children’s Hospital. They were welcomed by the deputy director of the hospital, Mr. Andreas Toskas, and accompanied to the departments of surgery, orthopedics and ENT clinic.

The AEK footballers gave the children in the hospital educational toys and electronic devices to use during their hospital stay, hoping that it will be as short as possible, as well as scarves and team sports equipment. At the same time, they gave autographs, took photos with them and discussed a lot about football topics, but also about their favorite activities“.