Athanasios Papazoglou (; born 30 March 1988), commonly known as Thanasis Papazoglou, is a Greek professional

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who plays as a striker for

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club Thermaikos.

Club career

Aris

Papazoglou made his professional debut for Aris in the 2007–08

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. He was promoted to the first team by coach

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. On 8 November 2007, he scored 2 goals in a 3–0 win against

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in the

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. After his injuries kept him from maintaining his form, Papazoglou lost coach Mazinho's confidence and was sold to fellow Superleague side

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. On 1 June 2009, Papazoglou signed a 4-year contract with

. He was loaned to Asteras Tripoli for the

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season.

OFI Crete

On 8 August 2012, Papazoglou signed a two-year contract with

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. After some good displays for his new club, he was linked to a number of teams from England. At the end of the 2013–14 season, Papazoglou terminated his contract with OFI Crete in order to move to Olympiakos, but only played in friendly games for the latter. On 8 August 2014 Papazoglou signed a two-year contract with Greek club Atromitos. He scored his first goal for them two weeks later in a 1–0 home victory against

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Kortrijk

In the summer of 2015 he moved to

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club

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, and later signed a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee. On 25 July 2015, he made his debut for Kortrijk as he scored the only goal in a 2–1 away loss at

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. On 17 October 2015, in a game against Stergos Marinos's club

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he scored the first goal in a 2–0 home win. On 22 November 2015, he gave the lead to his club in a final 1–1 away draw against

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. On 28 November 2015, he scored his fifth goal in the League in a 3–1 home win against

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. On 23 April 2016, he scored a goal and gave an assist in a 5–0 home win against

. He started the 2016–17 season as a starter, but gradually lost his place in the starting eleven, usually playing a few minutes as a late substitute. On 28 December 2016, it was announced that Papazoglou was sent on loan to Dutch

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side Roda Kerkrade for the rest of the season. On 28 July 2017, Papazoglou joined Norwegian

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side

Aalesunds FK Aalesunds Fotballklubb, commonly known as Aalesund or AaFK, is a Norwegian professional association football, football club from the town of Ålesund (town), Ålesund, that competes in the Norwegian first division, the second tier of the Norwegi ...

on loan from Kortrijk for the rest of the season. On 6 August 2017, he made his league debut with a penalty goal in a 3–3 home draw against

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. A week later Papazoglou helped Aalesunds gain a point in the last minute of the game in a 1–1 home draw against

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Hapoel Haifa

In the summer of 2018 Papazoglou moved to Israeli club

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. He immediately impressed manager

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and was included on the

list. On 26 July 2018, he made his first appearance for Hapoel coming in as a substitute and scoring the only goal in a 1–1 draw against

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in the

. On 29 July 2018, he won the

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after a penalty shoot-out win against

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Dinamo București

On 1 February 2019 Papazoglou signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Romanian club

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. On 10 July 2019, Papazoglou was released by the club.

Voluntari

On 18 July 2019 Papazoglou signed a year contract with Romanian club

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. On 8 January 2020, Voluntari mutually agreed to terminate the contracts of four players: Athanasios Papazoglou,

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, Avtandil Ebralidze and Martin Harrer.

AEL

On 3 January 2020, Papazoglou signed a year-and-a-half contract with Greek club AEL for an undisclosed fee.

Xanthi F.C.

On 3 October 2020, Papazoglou signed a contract with Greek club

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for an undisclosed fee.

International career

Papazoglou played for Greece U19 and Greece U21 from 2007 to 2010 respectively. He was a part of the Greece U-19 selection at the 2007 U-19 European Championship in Austria, where Greece eventually lost to Spain in the final. On 29 March 2016, Papazoglou made his full debut for the Greece national team in a 2–3 home loss against

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, coming in as a substitute.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

Aris *

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: Runner-up 2007–08 Hapoel Haifa *

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International

Greece U19 * Under-19 European Championship: Runner-up

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Personal life

Papazoglou has been dating Vasiliki Tsirogianni, the winner of

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2012, since 2011.

References

External links

The Papazoglou topic on greeksoccer.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Papazoglou, Thanasis 1988 births Living people Footballers from Thessaloniki Greek men's footballers Men's association football forwards Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players PAOK FC players Asteras Tripolis F.C. players OFI Crete F.C. players Olympiacos F.C. players Atromitos F.C. players K.V. Kortrijk players Roda JC Kerkrade players Aalesunds FK players Hapoel Haifa F.C. players FC Dinamo București players FC Voluntari players Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players Xanthi F.C. players A.S. Rodos players Super League Greece players Belgian Pro League players Eredivisie players Eliteserien players Liga I players Israeli Premier League players Super League Greece 2 players Greek expatriate men's footballers Greek expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Greek expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Greek expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Greek expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Greek expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Greece men's youth international footballers Greece men's under-21 international footballers Greece men's international footballers 21st-century Greek sportsmen