Mattheos Maroukakis ( el, Ματθαίος Μαρουκάκης; born 4 January 1990) is a Greek former professional

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who played as a

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Early years

Maroukakis was born in

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh List ...

but was raised in

Lemnos Lemnos or Limnos ( el, Λήμνος; grc, Λῆμνος) is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within the Lemnos regional unit, which is part of the North Aegean region. The ...

. He made his first football steps in the local amateur side ''Keravnos Agios Dimitrios''. Unlike other children starting at an early age their involvement with football, he decided to begin in the age of 12! In the summer of 2007, aged 17, he went to Athens to study computer developing and started training with the youth squad of

Kallithea Kallithea (Greek: Καλλιθέα, meaning "beautiful view") is a district of Athens and a municipality in south Athens regional unit. It is the eighth largest municipality in Greece (96,118 inhabitants, 2021 census) and the fourth biggest i ...

in order not to completely lose contact with football, as a student. He started as a

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but later he decided to play as a

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. A year later, on 1 July 2008, he signed a five-year professional contract and moved to the first squad.

Career

He played in

for almost 6 years making a total of 143 appearances and scored 35 goals. On 1 July 2013, he moved to

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club

Panionios Panionios G.S.S. Football Club ( Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan-Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis'' ...

where he had in fact minimum participation (his first out of 3 appearances was on 18 August 2013 against OFI in the

Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium ( el, Γήπεδο Θεόδωρος Βαρδινογιάννης) is a stadium in Heraklion, Crete, Greece. It was built in 1951 (not at its present state) as the home stadium of OFI Crete. The stadium is common ...

) so on 2 January 2014, he moved to

Gamma Ethniki The Gamma Ethniki ( el, Γ΄ Εθνική Ερασιτεχνική Κατηγορία, C National Amateur Division) is the third highest football league in Greece. History The Gamma Ethniki began in 1965 as an amateur championship, while in 198 ...

club Ionikos. In the summer of 2014 he moved to Patras based

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club

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 ...

where he had a full season with 29 appearances and 11 goals. On 31 July 2015 he signed a three-year contract with

AE Larissa Athlitiki Enosi Larissas ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Λάρισας,e-ael.gr
''Athletic Union of Larissa''), foun ...

where he had an excellent beginning scoring 7 goals in the first 8 league games. At the end of

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, he celebrated the championship as the club promoted to Super League. On 31 December 2016, Maroukakis left the team by mutual agreement. On 2 January 2017 he joined

Trikala Trikala ( el, Τρίκαλα; rup, Trikolj) is a city in northwestern Thessaly, Greece, and the capital of the Trikala regional unit. The city straddles the Lithaios river, which is a tributary of Pineios. According to the Greek National Stati ...

. After only two months he terminated his contract stating personal problems. On 9 September 2018, he joined Aittitos Spata, ahead of the 2018–19 season.

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