Thanasis Papazoglou
 Papazoglou in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Athanasios Papazoglou | ||
| Date of birth | 30 March 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Thessaloniki, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Thermaikos | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2006 | Aris | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2009 | Aris | 14 | (2) |
| 2009–2012 | PAOK | 56 | (9) |
| 2011 | → Asteras Tripolis (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | OFI | 65 | (20) |
| 2014 | Olympiacos | 0 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Atromitos | 29 | (4) |
| 2015–2018 | Kortrijk | 60 | (10) |
| 2017 | → Roda (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | → Aalesund (loan) | 13 | (3) |
| 2018–2019 | Hapoel Haifa | 12 | (1) |
| 2019 | Dinamo București | 14 | (4) |
| 2019 | Voluntari | 11 | (1) |
| 2020 | AEL | 13 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Xanthi | 20 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | Rodos | 15 | (1) |
| 2022– | Thermaikos | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007 | Greece U19 | 3 | (1) |
| 2008–2010 | Greece U21 | 9 | (0) |
| 2016 | Greece | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2016 | |||
Athanasios Papazoglou (Greek: Αθανάσιος Παπάζογλου; born 30 March 1988), commonly known as Thanasis Papazoglou, is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a striker for Gamma Ethniki club Thermaikos.
Club career
[edit]Aris
[edit]Papazoglou made his professional debut for Aris in the 2007–08 Greek Superleague. He was promoted to the first team by coach Dušan Bajević. On 8 November 2007, he scored 2 goals in a 3–0 win against Red Star Belgrade in the Europa League.[1] After his injuries kept him from maintaining his form, Papazoglou lost coach Mazinho's confidence and was sold to fellow Superleague side PAOK FC.
On 1 June 2009, Papazoglou signed a 4-year contract with PAOK FC. He was loaned to Asteras Tripoli for the 2010–11 season.
OFI Crete
[edit]On 8 August 2012, Papazoglou signed a two-year contract with OFI Crete. After some good displays for his new club, he was linked to a number of teams from England.[2] 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.[3]
On 8 August 2014 Papazoglou signed a two-year contract with Greek club Atromitos.[4] He scored his first goal for them two weeks later in a 1–0 home victory against Platanias.
Kortrijk
[edit]In the summer of 2015 he moved to Belgian First Division A club Kortrijk,[5] and later signed a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[6] On 25 July 2015, he made his debut for Kortrijk as he scored the only goal in a 2–1 away loss at Club Brugge KV.
On 17 October 2015, in a game against Stergos Marinos's club Sporting Charleroi he scored the first goal in a 2–0 home win.[7] On 22 November 2015, he gave the lead to his club in a final 1–1 away draw against Standard Liège.[8] On 28 November 2015, he scored his fifth goal in the League in a 3–1 home win against Waasland-Beveren.[9] On 23 April 2016, he scored a goal and gave an assist in a 5–0 home win against Waasland-Beveren.[10] 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 Eredivisie side Roda Kerkrade for the rest of the season.[11]
On 28 July 2017, Papazoglou joined Norwegian Eliteserien side Aalesunds FK on loan from Kortrijk for the rest of the season.[12] On 6 August 2017, he made his league debut with a penalty goal in a 3–3 home draw against SK Brann. A week later Papazoglou helped Aalesunds gain a point in the last minute of the game in a 1–1 home draw against Viking FK.
Hapoel Haifa
[edit]In the summer of 2018 Papazoglou moved to Israeli club Hapoel Haifa. He immediately impressed manager Nir Klinger and was included on the Europa League list.[13][14] 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 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar in the Europa League.[15] On 29 July 2018, he won the Israel Super Cup after a penalty shoot-out win against Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C.[16]
Dinamo București
[edit]On 1 February 2019 Papazoglou signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Romanian club Dinamo București.[17] On 10 July 2019, Papazoglou was released by the club.[18]
Voluntari
[edit]On 18 July 2019 Papazoglou signed a year contract with Romanian club FC Voluntari.[19] On 8 January 2020, Voluntari mutually agreed to terminate the contracts of four players: Athanasios Papazoglou, Constantin Nica, Avtandil Ebralidze and Martin Harrer.[20]
AEL
[edit]On 3 January 2020, Papazoglou signed a year-and-a-half contract with Greek club AEL for an undisclosed fee.[21]
Xanthi F.C.
[edit]On 3 October 2020, Papazoglou signed a contract with Greek club Xanthi F.C. for an undisclosed fee.[22]
International career
[edit]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 Iceland, coming in as a substitute.
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 19 May 2021[23]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Aris | 2007–08 | Superleague Greece | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 2 | 12 | 2 |
| 2008–09 | Superleague Greece | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 2 | ||
| PAOK | 2009–10 | Superleague Greece | 22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 5 |
| 2010–11 | Superleague Greece | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 18 | 2 | |
| 2011–12 | Superleague Greece | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 17 | 3 | |
| Total | 50 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 61 | 10 | ||
| Asteras Tripolis (loan) | 2010–11 | Superleague Greece | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |
| OFI | 2012–13 | Superleague Greece | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | — | 27 | 9 | |
| 2013–14 | Superleague Greece | 30 | 7 | 8 | 4 | — | 38 | 11 | ||
| Total | 55 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 20 | ||
| Atromitos | 2014–15 | Superleague Greece | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 |
| Kortrijk | 2015–16 | Belgian Pro League | 36 | 9 | 3 | 0 | — | 39 | 9 | |
| 2016–17 | Belgian First Division A | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Belgian First Division A | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | ||
| Total | 60 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 10 | ||
| Roda (loan) | 2016–17 | Eredivisie | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | |
| Aalesunds (loan) | 2017 | Eliteserien | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 3 | |
| Hapoel Haifa | 2018–19 | Israeli Premier League | 7 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| Dinamo București | 2018–19 | Liga I | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 4 | |
| Voluntari | 2019–20 | Liga I | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | |
| AEL | 2019–20 | Superleague Greece | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |
| Xanthi F.C. | 2020-21 | Super League Greece 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 2 | |
| Career total | 300 | 48 | 25 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 336 | 58 | ||
- ^ a b Appearances in the Europa League
- ^ One appearance in the Champions League and two in the Europa League
- ^ Appearances in the Israeli Super Cup and Toto Cup Ligat Al
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Aris
- Greek Football Cup: Runner-up 2007–08
- Hapoel Haifa
International
[edit]- Greece U19
- Under-19 European Championship: Runner-up 2007
Personal life
[edit]Papazoglou has been dating Vasiliki Tsirogianni, the winner of Star Hellas 2012, since 2011.[24]
References
[edit]- ^ "Aris Thessaloniki 3:0 Red Star Belgrade". live-result.com. 8 November 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ "Thanasis Papazoglou ready to leave OFI Crete after Charlton link". skysports.com. 22 May 2013.
- ^ "Παπάζογλου: "Η άμυνα του ΠΑΟΚ… έμπαζε"". onsports.gr. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ "Παρουσιάστηκε από τον Ατρόμητο ο Παπάζογλου". redplanet.gr. 8 August 2014.
- ^ "Papazoglou heading to Kortrijk". www.sdna.gr. 2 May 2015.
- ^ "Kortrijk plukt Griekse spits Papazoglou weg bij Olympiakos". www.hln.be. 20 May 2015.
- ^ "Kortrijk vs Sporting Charleroi 2–0". www.bbc.com. 17 October 2015. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "Πήρε φόρα ο Παπάζογλου στο Βέλγιο". www.contra.gr. 22 November 2015.
- ^ "Το "βιολί" τους Παπάζογλου και Κωνσταντόπουλος". www.sport24.gr. 28 November 2015.
- ^ "KV Kortrijk grijpt de macht in groep A met klinkende zege". sporza.be. 23 April 2016. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016.
- ^ Griek moet einde maken aan doelpuntendroogte Roda JC (Dutch). Voetbal International. 28 December 2016
- ^ Από το Βέλγιο στη Νορβηγία ο Θανάσης Παπάζογλου (Greek). www.protothema.gr. 28 July 2017
- ^ Υπογράφει στην Χάποελ Χάιφα και την Πέμπτη παίζει ο Παπάζογλου (Greek). www.sdna.gr. 22 July 2018
- ^ Υπέγραψε στην Χάποελ Χάιφα ο Παπάζογλου (Greek). www.sport24.gr. 22 July 2018
- ^ Πέρασε από δοκιμαστικά, έπεισε και στο πρώτο ματς... παστέλι! (Greek). www.sdna.gr. 26 July 2018
- ^ Ο Παπάζογλου πανηγύρισε το Σούπερ Καπ στο Ισραήλ (Greek). www.sport24.gr. 29 July 2018
- ^ "Πήγε Βουκουρέστι ο Παπάζογλου". www.novasports.gr. 1 February 2019.
- ^ "OFICIAL. Raporturi contractuale încheiate cu Papazoglou" (in Romanian). FC Dinamo București. 10 July 2019. Archived from the original on 10 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ "ΑΕΛ: Επαναπατρίσθηκε ο Σάκης Παπάζογλου". www.sport24.gr. 3 January 2020.
- ^ Mihaitalazarica (8 January 2020). "FC Voluntari anunță că a reziliat pe cale amiabilă contractele cu 4 jucători" (in Romanian). Voluntari. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "Κάτοικος Ρουμανίας ο Θανάσης Παπάζογλου". www.to10.gr. 18 July 2019.
- ^ "Ξάνθη: Ανακοίνωσε τον Θανάση Παπάζογλου". www.gazzetta.gr. 3 October 2020.
- ^ "A. Papazoglou". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ Paradisanou, Nancy (22 January 2015). "Θανάσης Παπάζογλου: Αυτός είναι ο Έλληνας David Beckham". ProtoThema (in Greek). Retrieved 20 September 2022.