Georgios Tofas (born 17 June 1989) is a

Cypriot Cypriot (in older sources often "Cypriote") refers to someone or something of, from, or related to the country of Cyprus. * Cypriot people, or of Cypriot descent; this includes: **Armenian Cypriots **Greek Cypriots **Maronite Cypriots **Turkish C ...

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who played for

Enosis Neon Paralimni Enosis Neon Paralimni Football Club ( el, Ένωση Νέων Παραλιμνίου, ''Enosi Neon Paralimniou'', "Youth Union of Paralimni"), commonly referred to as ENP, is a Cypriot football team from Paralimni. Currently playing in the firs ...

as a striker.

Career

Tofas made his debut for Enosis Paralimni first team at 15, he was then called into the Cyprus U16 squad. He made nine substitute appearances for Paralimni in the 2006–07 season. Aged 17, he signed for

AEK Athens A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greece, Greek multi-sport club based in Nea ...

for two years, he went straight into the first team squad and trained with players like

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, where he impressed the then coach

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the former

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coach. He then progressed to play for Cyprus at all levels up to under-21 from under-16. He was spotted playing mostly in AEK Athens U-21 team and went to

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in January 2009 and after a week's trial was promptly offered a loan contract until the end of the season with a view to buy him, but this fell through. He then signed for

Anorthosis Anorthosis Famagusta ( el, Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου, translit=Anorthosi Ammochostou), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Anorthosis Famagusta multi-sport club fou ...

in January with the same deal as he was offered at Middlesbrough; a loan until the end of the season. Tofas has also been called into the Cyprus national squad for the World Cup qualifiers in March. On 2 November 2010, Tofas signed for

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(QPR) on a deal until the end of the 2010–11 season. He made his debut for QPR against Norwich City on 1 January 2011. He was promoted to Premier League with QPR as champions of the

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in the 2010–11 season. On 1 June 2011, Tofas was one of eight players to be released by QPR manager,

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