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

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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 football competition for representative clubs from the Balkan states. It was contested by 6 teams and Panionios won the trophy. Group Stage Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Grou ...

for Panionios by defeating

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. Throughout his tenure with Panionios he featured in the

1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup The 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was the 12th Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. The competition was won by Arsenal over two legs in the final against Anderlecht. It was the first of Arsenal's two European trophies, the other being the European Cup W ...

, and the

1971–72 UEFA Cup The 1971–72 UEFA Cup was the inaugural season of the UEFA Cup, now known as the UEFA Europa League, which became the third club football competition organised by UEFA. The tournament retained the structure and format of the Inter-Cities Fairs C ...

. 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, 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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Beta Ethniki The Football League () was the second highest professional football league in Greece since its inception in 1962 as ''Beta Ethniki'' and until 2019. It then served as a third tier after the creation of the Super League 2 as the new second tier ...

, 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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Intzoglou, Thanasis 1945 births 2020 deaths Greece men's international footballers Chalkidona F.C. players Panionios F.C. players Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. players P.A.S. Korinthos players Super League Greece players Football League (Greece) players Canadian National Soccer League players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Piraeus Greek expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Greek expatriate sportspeople in Canada Greek men's footballers 20th-century Greek sportsmen