Manolis Skoufalis ( el, Μανώλης Σκούφαλης; born 21 August 1978) is a Greek

football player A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for Thesprotos F.C. He has made a name for himself in Greek football as an attacking-minded player with a flashy playing style, who usually plays on the right

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Career

Born in

Nea Ionia Nea Ionia ( el, Νέα Ιωνία, meaning New Ionia) is a northern suburb of Athens, Greece, and a municipality of the Attica region. It was named after Ionia, the region in Anatolia from which many Greeks migrated in the 1920s as a part of the ...

, Skoufalis began playing football with Doxa Vyronas F.C.

External links

Official Panionios profileProfile
at Onsports.gr Association football fullbacks 1978 births Living people A.P.O. Akratitos Ano Liosia players A.O. Kerkyra players Kozani F.C. players Panionios F.C. players Athinaikos F.C. players PAS Giannina F.C. players Doxa Vyronas F.C. players Footballers from Athens Greek footballers {{Greece-footy-defender-stub