Alexandros Tabakis

Alexandros Tabakis
Personal information
Full name Alexandros Tabakis
Date of birth (1992-12-08) 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)
2014–2015Niki Volos (loan) 4 (0)
2015VVV-Venlo (loan) 0 (0)
2016– Atlanta United 0 (0)
2016Charleston Battery (loan) 21 (0)
National team
2010–2011 Greece U19 4 (0)

* 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

  1. Stejskal, Sam. "Atlanta United FC sign goalkeeper Alexander Tambakis as first player in club history". Major League Soccer. MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  2. "Atlanta United FC signs first player, goalkeeper Alexander Tambakis". Sports Illustrated. SI.com. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  3. Vertelney, Seth. "Atlanta United signs goalkeeper Alexander Tambakis as club's first player". Goal.com. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "Atlanta United FC sign the first player in its history, goalkeeper Alexander Tambakis". Univision (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  5. 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.
  6. "Atlanta United signs first player, begins to build roster". Atlanta United. ATLUtd.com. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  7. balleto.gr Great honor for me
  8. Alex Tabakis to VVV-Venlo
  9. Conover, Dan. "Atlanta to send goalkeeper Tambakis on loan". Charleston Battery. CharlestonBattery.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

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