Alexandros Tabakis
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexandros Tabakis | ||
| Date of birth | 8 December 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Athens, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Atlanta United FC | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2011 | Panathinaikos | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2016 | Panathinaikos | 1 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Niki Volos (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2015 | → VVV-Venlo (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2016– | Atlanta United | 0 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Charleston Battery (loan) | 21 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2010–2011 | Greece U19 | 4 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 September 2016. | |||
Alexandros Tabakis (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Ταμπάκης) (born December 8, 1992), is a Greek football goalkeeper who plays for Charleston Battery of the United Soccer League on loan from Atlanta United FC. He is the first player ever signed by Atlanta United.[1][2][3][4][5] Prior to joining Atlanta, Tambakis played for Panathinaikos of Superleague Greece.[6]
Career
He started playing football for Takis Oikonomopoulos's academy, in Artemida, Attica, from there, he moved to Paiania (training ground) to be a member of Panathinaikos's youth academies. He promoted to the first team on July 1, 2011 signing a contract which keeps him in Panathinaikos until 2016. He made his debut as a player of the first team on April 23, 2012 at a 4-0 win against Panetolikos F.C.,[7] replacing Kotsolis on the 86th minute of the game.
On February 2, 2015 VVV-Venlo and Panathinaikos reached agreement on the lease of Alexandros Tabakis.[8]
On January 25, 2016 Tambikis transferred from Panathinaikos to Atlanta United FC on a free transfer.[4] He became the first player to be signed by the club with the transfer.[5] He was immediately sent on loan to third division, Charleston Battery for the 2016 USL season, ahead of United's debut season in 2017.[4][9]
Honours
- Panathinaikos
References
- ↑ Stejskal, Sam. "Atlanta United FC sign goalkeeper Alexander Tambakis as first player in club history". Major League Soccer. MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ↑ "Atlanta United FC signs first player, goalkeeper Alexander Tambakis". Sports Illustrated. SI.com. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ↑ Vertelney, Seth. "Atlanta United signs goalkeeper Alexander Tambakis as club's first player". Goal.com. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Atlanta United FC sign the first player in its history, goalkeeper Alexander Tambakis". Univision (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- 1 2 Hudson, Phil. "Atlanta United begins building roster with signing of Alexander Tambakis as first player". Atlanta Business Chronicle. BizJournals.com. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ↑ "Atlanta United signs first player, begins to build roster". Atlanta United. ATLUtd.com. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ↑ balleto.gr Great honor for me
- ↑ Alex Tabakis to VVV-Venlo
- ↑ Conover, Dan. "Atlanta to send goalkeeper Tambakis on loan". Charleston Battery. CharlestonBattery.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.