Ergotelis on the other hand, would languish in the lower leagues for 32 years, before making a comeback in the early 2000s, which saw the club win the Beta Ethniki title in the 2005-2006 season, and start its own consecutive top-flight run, which is still continuing.
Māris Verpakovskis (born 15 October 1979 in Liepāja), is former Latvian football forward, last playing for the Super League Greece club Ergotelis in Crete, Greece and Latvia national football team.
He scored his first league goal on 27 February 2011, in a 3–2 away win against Ergotelis.
Koutsianikoulis had traveled to Heraklion in April 2007 to be tried out by then OFI coach, Reiner Maurer in a friendly against Ergotelis.