Fanis Tasinos

Fanis Tasinos (Greek: Φάνης Τασίνος; 28 October 1940 – 22 April 2018) was a Greek professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Fanis Tasinos
Personal information
Full name Theofanis Tasinos
Date of birth (1940-10-28)28 October 1940
Place of birth Corinth, Greece
Date of death 22 April 2018(2018-04-22) (aged 77)
Place of death Corinth, Greece
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1954–1957 Achilleas Corinth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1963 Korinthos
1957–1958Panargiakos (loan)
1963–1966 AEK Athens 28 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Tasinos started playing football at the age of 14 in the Achilleas Corinth where Vangelis Boufis, an official of the club and the employer of Tasinos at the time, gave him a sport's card. Despite the desire of the Olympiacos Corinth team to sign him, he was loaned to Panargiakos for a year. The end of his loan and his return to Achilleas coincided with their merge with Olympiacos Corinth where Pagkorinthiakos was created. With Pagkorinthiakos he was part of the team that participated in the first national division championship in 1959.

In the summer of 1963, AEK Athens and Panathinaikos were interested for his acquisition. The "Greens" offered Pagkorinthiakos 300,000 drachmas and 4 players as an exchange, while the President of AEK Athens F.C., Nikos Goumas offered 500,000 drachmas. Tasinos eventually signed for the yellow-blacks with the help of the President of Pagkorinthiakos, Marinos Psomas. With AEK he played for 3 seasons and made the highlight of his career playing in both matches against Monaco for the qualifying phase of the European Cup,[1] even scoring and 1 goal in the first leg in Monaco on 18 September 1963 which ended in a 7–2 defeat.[2] During his spell in the club he won two Greek Cups in 1964[3] and in 1966.[4] He left the club in the summer of 1966.[5]

Personal life

Tasinos died at the age of 77 on 22 April 2018, the day when his former club, AEK Athens, were mathematically crowned Greek Champion.[6]

Honours

Korinthos

AEK Athens

References

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