Thanasis Papazoglou

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.

Thanasis Papazoglou
Papazoglou in 2010
Personal information
Full name Athanasios Papazoglou
Date of birth (1988-03-30) 30 March 1988
Place of birth Thessaloniki, Greece
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 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

Club career

Aris

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

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 August 8, 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

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

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

On February 1, 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

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

On 3 January 2020, Papazoglou signed a year-and-a-half contract with Greek club AEL for an undisclosed fee.[21]

Xanthi F.C.

On 3 October 2020, Papazoglou signed a contract with Greek club Xanthi F.C. for an undisclosed fee.[22]

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 Iceland, coming in as a substitute.

Career statistics
As of match played 19 May 2021[23]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aris 2007–08 Superleague Greece 100101[lower-alpha 1]2122
2008–09 Superleague Greece 20000020
Total 1201012142
PAOK 2009–10 Superleague Greece 2233210265
2010–11 Superleague Greece 142103[lower-alpha 2]0182
2011–12 Superleague Greece 143003[lower-alpha 1]0173
Total 50842706110
Asteras Tripolis (loan) 2010–11 Superleague Greece 9000—90
OFI 2012–13 Superleague Greece 25821—279
2013–14 Superleague Greece 30784—3811
Total 5515105006520
Atromitos 2014–15 Superleague Greece 2841000294
Kortrijk 2015–16 Belgian Pro League 36930—399
2016–17 Belgian First Division A 10020—120
2017–18 Belgian First Division A 14100—141
Total 601050006510
Roda (loan) 2016–17 Eredivisie 11100—111
Aalesunds (loan) 2017 Eliteserien 12310—133
Hapoel Haifa 2018–19 Israeli Premier League 702[lower-alpha 3]041131
Dinamo București 2018–19 Liga I 14400—144
Voluntari 2019–20 Liga I 11110—121
AEL 2019–20 Superleague Greece 13000—130
Xanthi F.C. 2020-21 Super League Greece 2 18200—182
Career total 3004825712333658
  1. Appearances in the Europa League
  2. One appearance in the Champions League and two in the Europa League
  3. Appearances in the Israeli Super Cup and Toto Cup Ligat Al

Honours

Club
Aris
Hapoel Haifa

International
Greece U19

Personal life

Papazoglou has been dating Vasiliki Tsirogianni, the winner of Star Hellas 2012, since 2011.[24]

References
  1. "Aris Thessaloniki 3:0 Red Star Belgrade". live-result.com. 8 November 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  2. "Thanasis Papazoglou ready to leave OFI Crete after Charlton link". skysports.com. 22 May 2013.
  3. "Παπάζογλου: "Η άμυνα του ΠΑΟΚ… έμπαζε"". onsports.gr. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  4. "Παρουσιάστηκε από τον Ατρόμητο ο Παπάζογλου". redplanet.gr. 8 August 2014.
  5. "Papazoglou heading to Kortrijk". www.sdna.gr. 2 May 2015.
  6. "Kortrijk plukt Griekse spits Papazoglou weg bij Olympiakos". www.hln.be. 20 May 2015.
  7. "Kortrijk vs Sporting Charleroi 2–0". www.bbc.com. 17 October 2015. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  8. "Πήρε φόρα ο Παπάζογλου στο Βέλγιο". www.contra.gr. 22 November 2015.
  9. "Το "βιολί" τους Παπάζογλου και Κωνσταντόπουλος". www.sport24.gr. 28 November 2015.
  10. "KV Kortrijk grijpt de macht in groep A met klinkende zege". sporza.be. 23 April 2016. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016.
  11. Griek moet einde maken aan doelpuntendroogte Roda JC (Dutch). Voetbal International. 28 December 2016
  12. Από το Βέλγιο στη Νορβηγία ο Θανάσης Παπάζογλου (Greek). www.protothema.gr. 28 July 2017
  13. Υπογράφει στην Χάποελ Χάιφα και την Πέμπτη παίζει ο Παπάζογλου (Greek). www.sdna.gr. 22 July 2018
  14. Υπέγραψε στην Χάποελ Χάιφα ο Παπάζογλου (Greek). www.sport24.gr. 22 July 2018
  15. Πέρασε από δοκιμαστικά, έπεισε και στο πρώτο ματς... παστέλι! (Greek). www.sdna.gr. 26 July 2018
  16. Ο Παπάζογλου πανηγύρισε το Σούπερ Καπ στο Ισραήλ (Greek). www.sport24.gr. 29 July 2018
  17. "Πήγε Βουκουρέστι ο Παπάζογλου". www.novasports.gr. 1 February 2019.
  18. "OFICIAL. Raporturi contractuale încheiate cu Papazoglou" (in Romanian). FC Dinamo București. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  19. "ΑΕΛ: Επαναπατρίσθηκε ο Σάκης Παπάζογλου". www.sport24.gr. 3 January 2020.
  20. Mihaitalazarica (8 January 2020). "FC Voluntari anunță că a reziliat pe cale amiabilă contractele cu 4 jucători" (in Romanian). Voluntari. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  21. "Κάτοικος Ρουμανίας ο Θανάσης Παπάζογλου". www.to10.gr. 18 July 2019.
  22. "Ξάνθη: Ανακοίνωσε τον Θανάση Παπάζογλου". www.gazzetta.gr. 3 October 2020.
  23. "A. Papazoglou". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  24. Paradisanou, Nancy (22 January 2015). "Θανάσης Παπάζογλου: Αυτός είναι ο Έλληνας David Beckham". ProtoThema (in Greek). Retrieved 20 September 2022.
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