Giannis Varouxakis (; born 9 December 1991) is a

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footballer who plays for AEEK SYN.KA.

Club career

Varouxakis played in the youth teams at Asteras Chalepas,

Chania Chania ( el, Χανιά ; vec, La Canea), also spelled Hania, is a city in Greece and the capital of the Chania regional unit. It lies along the north west coast of the island Crete, about west of Rethymno and west of Heraklion. The mun ...

and

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, and then moved on to

Panserraikos Panserraikos Football Club ( el, Πανσερραϊκός 1964), the ''All-Serres Football Club'', is a Greek football club based in Serres in Central Macedonia, Greece. Panserraikos is one of the most important and well-supported clubs in no ...

and

Apollon Kalamarias Apollon Kalamarias (Greek: Απόλλων Καλαμαριάς) is a Greek sport's club from Thessaloniki founded in 1926. The club is named after Apollo, the mythical Greek god and its colors are red and black. History When thousands of Pontic ...

, before returning to Chania (where he played professionally in

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), followed by stints at Kissamikos, Panakrotiriakos and Dotieas Agia. In 2015, he moved to England where he joined Woodford Town in the

Spartan South Midlands League The Spartan South Midlands Football League is an English football league covering Hertfordshire, northwest Greater London, central Buckinghamshire and southern Bedfordshire. It is a feeder to the Southern Football League or the Isthmian League, ...

, before signing for

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side

Weston-super-Mare Weston-super-Mare, also known simply as Weston, is a seaside town in North Somerset, England. It lies by the Bristol Channel south-west of Bristol between Worlebury Hill and Bleadon Hill. It includes the suburbs of Mead Vale, Milton, Oldmi ...

. He then joined

Eastbourne Borough Eastbourne Borough Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in Eastbourne, East Sussex. The club is an FA Chartered Standard Community club affiliated to the Sussex County Football Association and is a registered Commun ...

for the 2016-17 season, but played only three games before joining

Bishop's Stortford Bishop's Stortford is a historic market town in Hertfordshire, England, just west of the M11 motorway on the county boundary with Essex, north-east of central London, and by rail from Liverpool Street station. Stortford had an estimated popu ...

at the end of August 2016. Varouxakis then joined

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.Cockfosters FC , Ioannis Varouxakis
/ref> He joined

Biggleswade United Biggleswade United Football Club is a football club based in Biggleswade, England. Affiliated to the Bedfordshire County Football Association, they are currently members of the and play at Second Meadow. History The modern club was establish ...

for the 2017-18 season. After only three appearances, he returned to Greece and re-joined Asteras Chalepas, before joining Spatha Kolymvariou and then in February 2019 he joined Charaviakos. In the 2019-20 season he played for

Nafpaktiakos Asteras Nafpaktiakos Asteras ( el, Π.Α.Σ. Ναυπακτιακός Αστέρας) is a Greek football club based in the town of Nafpaktos, Greece. History It was formed by the conjunction of two former clubs of the city: Nafpaktiakos and Asteras Naf ...

and AEEK SYN.KA.

Personal life

Giannis appeared on the TV series 90 Day Fiance: Single Life, dating Chantel Everett.

References

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Ioannis Varouxakis
at Aylesbury United {{DEFAULTSORT:Varouxakis, Giannis 1991 births Living people Greek men's footballers Greek expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards OFI Crete F.C. players Panserraikos F.C. players Apollon Kalamarias F.C. players AO Chania F.C. players Bush Hill Rangers F.C. players Weston-super-Mare A.F.C. players Eastbourne Borough F.C. players Bishop's Stortford F.C. players Cockfosters F.C. players Biggleswade United F.C. players Nafpaktiakos Asteras F.C. players Football League (Greece) players National League (English football) players Gamma Ethniki players Expatriate men's footballers in England Footballers from Chania 21st-century Greek sportsmen