Tasos Mitropoulos

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Tasos (Anastassios) Mitropoulos (born August 23, 1957) is a Greek politician and retired football midfielder.

Mitropoulos was born in Volos, and started his football career at local team Aris Petroupolis. In 1976 he joined Ethnikos Piraeus, where he played five seasons. In 1981 he moved on to the largest Piraeus club, Olympiacos. Mitropoulos won three league titles and two Greek cup titles with the team. He 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 Olympiakos in 1997 for a final season.

Mitropoulos was also a prominent national team player between 1978 and 1994, playing 76 matches and scoring 8 goals. He played at the 1994 World Cup.

After retiring, Mitropoulos became a politician serving in the Piraeus city council. He ran for Parliament in 2004 for the New Democracy party.

[edit] Career statistics

Season Club Country Matches Goals
1976/77 Ethnikos Piraeus Flag of Greece Greece 29 3
1977/78 Ethnikos Piraeus Flag of Greece Greece 27 8
1978/79 Ethnikos Piraeus Flag of Greece Greece 15 5
1979/80 Ethnikos Piraeus Flag of Greece Greece 18 6
1980/81 Ethnikos Piraeus Flag of Greece Greece 23 3
1981/82 Olympiacos Flag of Greece Greece 25 5
1982/83 Olympiacos Flag of Greece Greece 28 7
1983/84 Olympiacos Flag of Greece Greece 26 7
1984/85 Olympiacos Flag of Greece Greece 23 6
1985/86 Olympiacos Flag of Greece Greece 25 8
1986/87 Olympiacos Flag of Greece Greece 21 4
1987/88 Olympiacos Flag of Greece Greece 19 1
1988/89 Olympiacos Flag of Greece Greece 23 7
1989/90 Olympiacos Flag of Greece Greece 19 5
1990/91 Olympiacos Flag of Greece Greece 14 0
1991/92 Olympiacos Flag of Greece Greece 17 1
1992/93 AEK Athens FC Flag of Greece Greece 26 6
1993/94 AEK Athens FC Flag of Greece Greece 30 0
1994/95 Panathinaikos Flag of Greece Greece 1 0
Apollon Smyrnis Flag of Greece Greece 13 1
1995/96 Iraklis Flag of Greece Greece 8 1
1996/97 AS Veria Flag of Greece Greece 29 6
1997/98 Olympiacos Flag of Greece Greece 0 0

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Greece Greece squad - 1994 World Cup Greece

1 Minou | 2 Apostolakis | 3 Kolitsidakis | 4 Manolas | 5 Kalitzakis | 6 Tsalouchidis | 7 Saravakos | 8 Nioplias | 9 Machlas | 10 Mitropoulos | 11 Tsiantakis | 12 Marangos | 13 Karagiannis | 14 Dimitriadis | 15 Karkamanis | 16 Alexoudis | 17 Hantzidis | 18 Karataidids | 19 Kofidis | 20 Atmatzidis | 21 Alexandris | 22 Alexiou | Coach: Panagoulias