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Tasos Mitropoulos
Greek footballer and politician
Tasos Mitropoulos (Greek: Τάσος Μητρόπουλος, born 23 August 1957) is a Greek politician and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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Mitropoulos in 1987 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anastasios Mitropoulos | ||
| Date of birth | (1957-08-23) 23 August 1957 (age 66) | ||
| Place of birth | Volos, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Aris Petroupoli | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1981 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 112 | (25) |
| 1981–1992 | Olympiacos | 270 | (55) |
| 1992–1994 | AEK Athens | 56 | (6) |
| 1994 | Panathinaikos | 2 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Apollon Smyrnis | 13 | (1) |
| 1995 | Iraklis | 8 | (1) |
| 1996–1997 | Veria | 48 | (14) |
| 1997–1998 | Olympiacos | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 510 | (102) | |
| International career | |||
| 1978–1994 | Greece | 77 | (8) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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Mitropoulos was born in Volos, and started his football career at local team Aris Petroupoli. In 1976, he joined Ethnikos Piraeus, where he played five seasons. In 1981, he moved on to the largest Piraeus club, Olympiacos, winning three league titles and two Greek cup titles with the team.
Mitropoulos later played two seasons for AEK, winning two league titles with them, and for Olympiacos' fierce rivals Panathinaikos, albeit only one game. He returned to Olympiacos in 1997 for a final season, retiring at almost 41. He was given the nickname "Rambo" by Olympiacos fans.
Mitropoulos was also a prominent Greece national team player between 1978 and 1994, playing 76 matches and scoring 8 goals. He played at the 1994 World Cup.
After retiring from playing in 1998, Mitropoulos became an assistant coach to Dusan Bajevic, Alberto Bigon, Yannis Matzourakis and Takis Lemonis in Olympiacos. As an assistant coach, he celebrated four consecutive Greek Championships in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002.
After retiring, Mitropoulos became a politician serving in the Piraeus city council. He ran for Parliament in 2004 for the New Democracy party.
Olympiacos
- Greek Championship: 1982, 1983, 1987, 1998
- Greek Cup: 1990, 1992
AEK Athens
- Greek Championship: 1993, 1994
Panathinaikos
- Greek Championship: 1995
- Greek Cup: 1995
- Greek Super Cup: 1994
- Tasos Mitropoulos at National-Football-Teams.com
- Phantis Wiki entry