Athanasios Papazoglou ( el, Αθανάσιος Παπάζογλου; born 30 March 1988), commonly known as Thanasis Papazoglou, is a Greek professional

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who plays as a striker for

Gamma Ethniki The Gamma Ethniki ( el, Γ΄ Εθνική Ερασιτεχνική Κατηγορία, C National Amateur Division) is the third highest football league in Greece. History The Gamma Ethniki began in 1965 as an amateur championship, while in 198 ...

club

Thermaikos Thermaikos ( el, Θερμαϊκός) is a suburban municipality of the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Greece. It consists of the municipal units Thermaikos, Epanomi and Michaniona. The municipal unit Thermaikos is subdivided into the communities ...

Club career

Aris

Papazoglou made his professional debut for Aris in the 2007–08

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. He was promoted to the first team by coach

Dušan Bajević Dušan "Duško" Bajević ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Бајевић, ; gr, Ντούσαν Μπάγεβιτς, ''Doúsan Báyevits''; born 10 December 1948) is a Bosnian professional Manager (association football), football manager and former player. H ...

. On 8 November 2007, he scored 2 goals in a 3–0 win against

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in the

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. After his injuries kept him from maintaining his form, Papazoglou lost coach

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's confidence and was sold to fellow Superleague side

PAOK FC P.A.O.K. FC ( el, ΠΑΕ ΠΑΟΚ, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινουπολιτών, '' Panthessaloníkios Athlitikós Ómilos Konstadinoupolitón'', "Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of ...

. On 1 June 2009, Papazoglou signed a 4-year contract with

. He was loaned to

Asteras Tripoli 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, G ...

for the

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season.

OFI Crete

On 8 August 2012, Papazoglou signed a two year contract with

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. After some good displays for his new club, he was linked to a number of teams from England. At the end of the 2013–14 season, Papazoglou terminated his contract with OFI Crete in order to move to Olympiakos, but only played in friendly games for the latter. On August 8, 2014 Papazoglou signed a two year contract with Greek club

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 ...

. He scored his first goal for them two weeks later in a 1–0 home victory against

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Kortrijk

In the summer of 2015 he moved to

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club

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, and later signed a three year contract for an undisclosed fee. On 25 July 2015, he made his debut for Kortrijk as he scored the only goal in a 2–1 away loss at

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. On 17 October 2015, in a game against Stergos Marinos's club

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he scored the first goal in a 2–0 home win. On 22 November 2015, he gave the lead to his club in a final 1–1 away draw against

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. On 28 November 2015, he scored his fifth goal in the League in a 3–1 home win against

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. On 23 April 2016, he scored a goal and gave an assist in a 5–0 home win against

. He started the 2016–17 season as a starter, but gradually lost his place in the starting eleven, usually playing a few minutes as a late substitute. On 28 December 2016, it was announced that Papazoglou was sent on loan to Dutch

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side

Roda Kerkrade Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; Ripuarian: ), also known as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or Roda, is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisie. ...

for the rest of the season. On 28 July 2017, Papazoglou joined Norwegian

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side

Aalesunds FK Aalesunds Fotballklubb, commonly known as Aalesund or AaFK, is a Norwegian football club from the town of Ålesund, that competes in the Eliteserien, the first tier of the Norwegian football league system. The club was founded on 25 June 1914. A ...

on loan from Kortrijk for the rest of the season. On 6 August 2017, he made his league debut with a penalty goal in a 3–3 home draw against

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. A week later Papazoglou helped Aalesunds gain a point in the last minute of the game in a 1–1 home draw against

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Hapoel Haifa

In the summer of 2018 Papazoglou moved to Israeli club

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. He immediately impressed manager

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and was included on the

list. On 26 July 2018, he made his first appearance for Hapoel coming in as a substitute and scoring the only goal in a 1–1 draw against

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in the

. On 29 July 2018, he won the

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after a penalty shoot-out win against Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C.

Dinamo București

On February 1, 2019 Papazoglou signed a one-and-a-half year contract with Romanian club

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. On 10 July 2019, Papazoglou was released by the club.

Voluntari

On 18 July 2019 Papazoglou signed a year contract with Romanian club

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. On 8 January 2020, Voluntari mutually agreed to terminate the contracts of four players: Athanasios Papazoglou,

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, Avtandil Ebralidze and Martin Harrer.

AEL

On 3 January 2020, Papazoglou signed a year-and-a-half contract with Greek club AEL for an undisclosed fee.

Xanthi F.C.

On 3 October 2020, Papazoglou signed a contract with Greek club

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for an undisclosed fee.

International career

Papazoglou played for Greece U19 and Greece U21 from 2007 to 2010 respectively. He was a part of the Greece U-19 selection at the 2007 U-19 European Championship in Austria, where Greece eventually lost to Spain in the final. On 29 March 2016, Papazoglou made his full debut for the Greece national team in a 2–3 home loss against

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, coming in as a substitute.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

;Aris *

Greek Football Cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most im ...

: Runner-up 2007–08 ;Hapoel Haifa *

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International

;Greece U19 * Under-19 European Championship: Runner-up

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Personal life

Papazoglou has been dating Vasiliki Tsirogianni, the winner of

Star Hellas Star Hellas ( el, Σταρ Ελλάς, Μις Ελλάς, Μις Γιάνγκ) is a national beauty pageant in Greece. The Star Hellas, Miss Hellas, Miss Young title is a trademark for Vassilis Prevelakis and Associates E.E. George Prevelakis, ...

2012, since 2011.

References

External links

The Papazoglou topic on greeksoccer.com
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