Kyriakos Nektarios Tohouroglou (

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n former

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player who plays as a

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Biography

Tohouroglou was born on 13 August 1972 in

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to parents from Greece. He joined his family when they returned to Greece in 1983. He played at three Greek teams as head goalkeeper and was goalkeeper coach at another. . Kyriakos Tohouroglou is an Honorary Life Member of Melbourne Club PAOK, The official PAOK Thessaloniki Supporters Club of Australia.

Playing career

Tohouroglou was signed by Greek First Division team

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in 1991. After two and a half years in

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he moved to Olympiakos for the 1994/95 season. In 1996, he joined

Paniliakos F.C. Paniliakos Football Club ( el, Πανηλειακός Α.Ο. Πύργου) is a Greek association football club based in Pyrgos, Elis, Greece. The club plays in Gamma Ethniki, the third tier of Greek football. It plays its home matches at the Pyrg ...

Rejoining Olympiakos in 1997 Tohouroglou played 32 matches in his first season. He played six

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and two

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matches for Olympiakos. In 2000 Tohouroglou moved to

PAOK F.C. P.A.O.K. FC ( el, ΠΑΕ ΠΑΟΚ, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινουπολιτών, '' Panthessaloníkios Athlitikós Ómilos Konstadinoupolitón'', "Pan-Thessalonian Sports club, Athlet ...

Playing at PAOK he was part of the

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winning team in 2001 and 2003. After playing for 8 years at PAOK, he proceeded to acquire his coaching diploma. He did his apprenticeship in Xanthi with the first team of "Skoda Xanthi" as goalkeepers coach and as assistant coach in 2008 where he stayed for two years until 2010. In 2011 Tohouroglou returned to Australia to be a goalkeeper/concrete tester once again at the team in which he began his football career as a child, Gladesville Ryde Magic F.C, while at the same time coaching in Olympiakos's football academies in Sydney. He has been voted goalkeeper of the year for four years in a row 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and player of the year in 2012 and also won the NSW State League 1 Championship in 2012. In 2018, Tohouroglou was voted Goalkeeper of the Year for the 5th time in his career in Australia.

Honours

Club

;Olympiakos *

Alpha Ethniki The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...

: (3) 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000 *

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: (1) 1998–99 ; PAOK: *

: (2) 2000–01, 2002–03 ; Gladesville Ryde Magic * State League 1 NSW Champions: 2012

Individual

; Gladesville Ryde Magic * Goalkeeper of the year: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019 * Player of the year: 2012

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tohouroglou, Kyriakos 1972 births Living people Australian people of Greek descent Soccer players from Sydney Paniliakos F.C. players Super League Greece players Doxa Drama F.C. players Olympiacos F.C. players PAOK FC players Men's association football goalkeepers Australian men's soccer players