Manos Staramopoulos has been active in journalism since 1978, focusing exclusively on international football. Since 1988, he has served as the official *France Football* correspondent in Greece and he is the only Greek journalist to participate consistently in the voting for the Ballon d’Or. He has covered every Champions League final in person, and conducted interviews with leading figures in world football.
He is the First Vice President of PSAT (Greek Sports Press Association), the representative in Greece for the International Press and Information Federation, Editor-in-Chief of the international websites “Discoveryfootball” and “Europacalcio”, and a member of the “Parnassos” Literary Society and the Society of Athenians. He has also received significant distinctions for his contributions to international sports journalism.