Born in
Kifisia, Sourpis was talented at the pole vault and volleyball, but chose to play football with
Panathinaikos F.C. He partnered Takis Papoulidis in the centre of defence in the 4-3-3 formation that coach
Stjepan Bobek used at Panathinaikos. He played a total of 11 seasons for
Panathinaikos, winning the Greek
Alpha Ethniki six times (1962, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1972), two
Greek Football Cups, and helped the club reach the
1971 European Cup Final. Sourpis made four appearances for the full
Greece national football team from 1964 to 1967. ==References==