difference of 17,000 pounds that AEK asked for and 12,000 pounds offered by the English was bridged. In 1963 he won with the yellow blacks the Championship after a play-off match against Panathinaikos In the summer of 1963, the president of Apollon Limassol, Emilios Michaelidis, hastily arrived in Athens and almost orders Krystallis to return to Cyprus and Apollon, who were in decline and a possible relegation to the second was anything but a Government choice in Cyprus. Thus, Krystallis left AEK Athens. In his second spell in Apollon he led the club to the conquest of two consecutive Cups in 1966 and 1967, while he won the second cup as a player-coach of the team. He was the player-coach of Apollo from 1967 to 1969. In 1969 he was kicked out of the team after a disagreement with the coach. In 1970 he returned to AEL Limassol at the suggestion of Nikos Solomonidis. In the period 1972-1974 he was a player-coach of AEL, where he finished his career as a fooballer. International career During his career, he was capped 19 times by the Cyprus national team scoring four goals. Managerial career After his playing career was over, Krystallis coached various clubs including AEL Limassol, Apollon Limassol, Evagoras Paphos and the Cyprus national football team. Personal life On 15 July 2021, in a friendly match of AEK Athens and Apollon Limassol at Athens Olympic Stadium, he was jointly honored by both clubs. In recent years he has been engaged in painting. Honours As a player AEL Limassol Cypriot First Division: 1954–55, 1955–56 Apollon Limassol Cypriot Second Division: 1956–57 Cypriot Cup: 1965–66 AEK Athens Alpha Ethniki: 1962–63 As a player-manager Apollon Limassol Cypriot Cup: 1966–67 References External links Living people 1938 births Cypriot footballers Association football forwards Cyprus international footballers Cypriot First Division players Super League Greece players AEL Limassol players Apollon Limassol FC players AEK Athens F.C. players Cypriot football managers AEL Limassol managers Apollon Limassol FC managers Cyprus national football team managers Evagoras Paphos managers Expatriate footballers in Greece Cypriot expatriate sportspeople in Greece Cypriot expatriate footballers People from Limassol District