Tasos Kyriakos (; born 14 August 1978) is a former

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who played as a defender or

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Career

Born in

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, Kyriakos started his career at his hometown with Apollon Larissa and he later moved to the local giants AEL, then playing in

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. Since 2002 he has been playing in the Greek First Division, as a member of

Kallithea Kallithea (Greek language, Greek: Καλλιθέα, meaning "beautiful view") is a suburb in Athens#Athens Urban Area, Athens agglomeration and a municipality in South Athens (regional unit), south Athens regional unit. It is the eighth larges ...

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, ...

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and again AEL, where he returned on 25 August 2008 and played for one season. On 15 July 2013 he signed an annual contract with Iraklis. In January 2014, Kyriakos signed a contract with Greek Football League club

Paniliakos F.C. Paniliakos Football Club () is a Greek association football club based in Pyrgos, Elis, Greece. It plays its home matches at the Pyrgos Stadium. Paniliakos was the team of Serbia and Montenegro international Predrag Đorđević, before moving to ...

The transfer from Kallithea F.C. to Olympiacos F.C. was by some seen as a surprise move despite the fact that Olympiacos F.C. had competition for the signature of the player. Rumors in the Greek media, Ethnospor among others, claimed that Brøndby IF and their head coach Michael Laudrup expressed their interest in Kyriakos just before Olympiacos F.C. signed him.

Honours

Omonia * Cypriot Championship: 2009–10

References

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