Anastasios "Tasos" Tsokanis ( el, Αναστάσιος "Τάσος" Τσοκάνης; born 2 May 1991) is a Greek professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

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left back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

for

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club

Volos Volos ( el, Βόλος ) is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about north of Athens and south of Thessaloniki. It is the sixth most populous city of Greece, and the capital of the Magnesia regional unit ...

, for which he is

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Career

Tsokanis started his career at

Iraklis Psachna Iraklis Psachna Football Club is a Greek football club, based in Psachna, Euboea. History In 2009–10, Psachna earned promotion to the third tier of Greek football, Football League 2, for the first time in club history, as champions of Delta Et ...

in 2009 and during his time there, the club won two consecutive promotions in three years, from the

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to the

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. Until his contract was terminated in 2012, he made a total of 43 appearances and scored 8 goals for the club in the Football League and Football League 2. In July 2012, he signed a two-year contract with

Kerkyra Corfu (, ) or Kerkyra ( el, Κέρκυρα, Kérkyra, , ; ; la, Corcyra.) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The isl ...

in the

Greek Superleague 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 ...

. He made his debut at the league's opening match against

Atromitos Atromitos (Greek: Ατρόμητος, "fearless") may refer to: * Atromitos F.C., a football team based in Peristeri, Athens, Greece * Atromitos Piraeus, a football team based in Piraeus, Athens, Greece * Atromitos Yeroskipou, a football team curr ...

, coming as a substitute for Anestis Agritis in the 61st minute. On 27 May 2014, he signed a three years' contract with

Asteras Tripolis Asteras Tripolis Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Αστέρας Τρίπολης), commonly referred to as Asteras Tripolis (meaning "Star of Tripoli"), is a Greek professional football club based in the city of Tripoli in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greec ...

for an undisclosed fee. On 7 June 2019, he joined

, signing a two-year contract, on a free transfer.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tsokanis, Tasos 1991 births Living people Footballers from Chalcis Greek men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Iraklis Psachna F.C. players A.O. Kerkyra players Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players Asteras Tripolis F.C. players Panetolikos F.C. players Volos F.C. players Delta Ethniki players Gamma Ethniki players Football League (Greece) players Super League Greece players