Alexandros Tsemperidis (; born 26 July 1986) is a retired Greek professional

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who played as a

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Career

Tsemperidis was born on 26 July 1986 in

Kastoria Kastoria (, ''Kastoriá'' ) is a city in northern Greece in the modern regions of Greece, region of Western Macedonia. It is the capital of Kastoria (regional unit), Kastoria regional unit, in the Geographic regions of Greece, geographic region ...

. He began his career from the youth teams of Panathinaikos, and in 2005 was given on loan to

Proodeftiki Proodeftiki Football Club, also known as Proodeftiki Piraeus, simply as Proodeftiki, or with its full name as A.O. Proodeftiki Neolea (, transliterated "Athlitikós Όmilos Proodeftiki Neolea", ''Athletic Club Progressive Youth''), is a Greek fo ...

and then to

Koropi Koropi (, ) is a suburban town in East Attica, Greece. It is the seat of the municipality Kropia. It has been home to the new training facilities of Panathinaikos football club since the summer of 2013. Geography Koropi is situated east of the ...

. He has also played in

Ilisiakos Ilisiakos Football Club () is an Athens-based Association football, football club that was founded in 1927 by Michalis Xydis, Lambropoulos, Evgenopoulos, Nikolaos Plessas, ''et al.''. They played in Delta Ethiniki until 2003. Ilisiakos spent the ma ...

Kerkyra Corfu ( , ) or Kerkyra (, ) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands; including its small satellite islands, it forms the margin of Greece's northwestern frontier. The island is part of the Corfu regional unit, and is admin ...

, Ethnikos Piraeus,

Panachaiki Panachaiki G.E. (Greek: Παναχαϊκή Γυμναστική Ένωση, ''Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi'', "Pan- Achaean Gymnastic Union") is a Greek multi-sport club based in the city of Patras, Greece. The history of Panachaiki began in 1891, ...

and

Apollon Smyrni Apollon Smyrnis Football Club () is a professional football club based in Athens, Greece, which competes in the Athens FCA first division. It is part of GS Apollon Smyrnis (Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Απόλλων Σμύρνης), ...

in which he was a key member. In 2013, he won promotion to the

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. On 24 January 2014 he signed a 2.5 year contract with AEL. In October 2019, Tsemperidis suffered an injury to his

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and at the end of February 2020, he announced his retirement from football. However, he continued at Triglia in the role of a technical director. He left this position in July 2020.Τρίγλια, Προς αποχώρηση ο τεχνικός διευθυντής, Αλέξανδρος ...
soccerpractor.blogspot.com, 30 July 2020

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1986 births Living people Greek men's footballers Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players Panathinaikos F.C. players Kastoria 1980 F.C. players Ilisiakos F.C. players Kalamata F.C. players A.O. Kerkyra players Agrotikos Asteras F.C. players Proodeftiki F.C. players Koropi F.C. players Acharnaikos F.C. players PAE Kerkyra players Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. players Panachaiki F.C. players Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players Apollon Kalamarias F.C. players Niki Volos F.C. players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Kastoria 21st-century Greek sportsmen {{Greece-footy-midfielder-stub