the "Golden Honor Medal" from the Turkish Football Federation for having played for the national selection in 50 international matches. Managerial career Lefter coached Egaleo in Greece and Johannesburg in South Africa. He later returned to Turkey to coach clubs, mostly Samsunspor, Orduspor, Mersin İdman Yurdu, and Boluspor. After football His statue was erected next to the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium in 2009. He was buried in the Greek Orthodox cemetery on his native island. Personal life Lefter was born to Christofis Antoniadis, a fisherman, and Argyro Antoniadis on the island of Büyükada in Istanbul. He grew up with ten brothers and sisters, and was of Greek descent. One of his brothers, Panagis Antoniadis, played for Pera Club. His family took part in the exodus of ethnic Greeks from Turkey during his childhood - except for his father. Due to his small stature, the Turks gave him the nickname Küçük, Turkish for "The Small", and Lefter added it to his surname – Küçükandonyadis, meaning "The Small Antoniadis". He was married to a fellow Greek woman, Stavriani Bekiari, and they had three children. Honours Club Fenerbahçe Süper Lig: 1959, 1960–61, 1963–64 National Division: 1950 Istanbul Football League: 1947–48, 1956–57, 1958–59 Atatürk Cup: 1963–64 Individual Turkish League top scorer: 1950, 1957–58 Istanbul League top scorer: 1947–48, 1953–54 Turkish Footballer of the Year: 1955 References Bibliography External links Official website of Fenerbahçe SK 1925 births 2012 deaths Turkish people of Greek descent Turkish footballers Turkey international footballers Turkish football managers Taksim SK footballers Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers ACF Fiorentina players OGC Nice players Serie A players Ligue 1 players Olympic footballers of Turkey Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics 1954 FIFA World Cup players AEK Athens F.C. players Expatriate footballers in France Turkish expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in Italy Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Turkish expatriate footballers Mersin İdman Yurdu managers Sivasspor managers Samsunspor managers Footballers from Istanbul Egaleo F.C. managers SuperSport United F.C. managers Orduspor managers Association football forwards Constantinopolitan Greeks