Thanasis Intzoglou (22 August 1945 – 25 July 2020) was a Greek

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who played as a

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Club career

Intzoglou played at the youth level with

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. In 1962, he played in the

Alpha Ethniki The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...

with

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'' ...

, and was the league's top goal scorer for the 1967–68 season. He assisted in securing the

1971 Balkans Cup The 1971 Balkans Cup was an edition of the Balkans Cup, a association football, football competition for representative clubs from the Balkans, Balkan states. It was contested by 6 teams and Panionios F.C., Panionios won the trophy. Group A - ...

for Panionios by defeating

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. Throughout his tenure with Panionios he featured in the

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, and the

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. In the summer of 1974 he played abroad in the

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with Toronto Homer, and he returned for 1975 season. In 1976, he signed with

Ethnikos Piraeus Ethnikos Piraeus (Greek: Εθνικός Πειραιώς) is a Greek multisport club based in Piraeus. It was founded in 1923. The full name of the club is Ethnikos Omilos Filathlon Pireos/Phalirou or Ethnikos OFPF (Greek: Εθνικός Όμιλ ...

, and became the top goal scorer in the league for the second time during the 1976–77 season. He returned for the third time to play with Toronto (renamed as Toronto Panhellenic) for the 1978 summer season. He concluded his career at

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in Beta Ethniki, where he assisted in securing promotion by winning the league title.

International career

Intzoglou played with

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in 1969, and made four appearances.

Personal life

Intzoglou's brothers Babis and Christos were also footballers, as well as his nephew Lefteris. He died on July 25, 2020.

References

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