 Takis Ikonomopoulos' record places him in spot number 19 in the World's Top Division Goalkeepers of all time with the longest time without conceding a goal (the second highest for Greece, ranking at world spot 38 is Vasilis Konstantinou of Panathinaikos who went 988 minutes without giving up a goal, from 30 December 1979 until 16 March 1980).He played for Panathinaikos at the 1971 European Cup Final.He played the whole European competition using the shirt of his idol Jose Angel Iribar, legendary keeper nicknamed "El Txopo" from Athletic Club of Bilbao and the Spanish national team, which he got from a Spain-Greece game in 1970.