Career
He played as a Centre Back, only for AE Larissa, in 399 official League games (holding the team"s all-time appearance record) and he is considered to be one of the club"s best ever. He is also the longest serving captain in club"s history. Galitsios is also a retired professional Firefighter.
Giannis" son Georgios Galitsios is also a football player, having played for K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen after spending four years with AEL.
Galitsios appeared in 17 matches for the senior Greece national football team from 1982 to 1984.