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Sport & Investments: former football player Michael Vakalopoulos (Pimco) 

Michael Vakalopoulos of Pimco, football player

Five years after he was scouted for ADO's youth academy in the The Hague, Netherlands, 16-year-old Michael Vakalopoulos was asked if he wanted to play in the Greek national team. It brought him a professional football career, with employers such as ADO, PSV, Vitesse and SC Veendam. At Pimco, the 31-year-old account manager can still put his energies into the company football team that he plays 5-a-side football with.

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