Kostantinos Mitroglou

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Personal information
Kostantinos Mitroglou
Date of birth	March 12, 1988 (1988-03-12) (age 20)
Place of birth	Kavala, Greece
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Olympiakos Piraeus
Number	22
Youth clubs
1994-2005	Mönchengladbach
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005-2007 2007-	Bor. Mönchengladbach II Olympiakos	23 (0) 15 (4)
National team²
2006-	Greece U21	7 (6)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:10, 20 NApril 2008 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 10:46, 24 May 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Konstantinos Mitroglou, (born March 12, 1988) is a Greek footballer who is currently playing for Olympiacos Piraeus.

1 Club Career
- 1.1 Olympiacos
2 Honours
3 International Career
- 3.1 Greece
4 References

[edit] Club Career

[edit] Olympiacos

Mitroglou was born in Kavala in 1988, but soon after him and his family moved to Germany, there he was signed to VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach youth team in 1994,and in 2005 made it to the first team. After impressing in the 2007 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, Mitroglou was signed by Greek champions Olympiacos CFP. Making a few substitute and starting 11 appearances for the Piraeus based team in his first season, Mitroglou scored his first Super League goal for the club against Levadiakos and more notably scored the only goal in the Greek Super Cup clash against AEL 1964. The promising striker has been instrumental for Olympiakos during the last fixtures of the season 2007-2008 netting several goals and helping towards the claim of the league trophy.

[edit] Honours

Greek Super League:2008
Greek Super Cup: 2007

[edit] International Career

[edit] Greece

He is a member of the Greece national under-21 football team. Mitroglou began his career with the Greek international side in the 2007 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, where he scored 3 times for the national team, including one against Germany in the semi-finals of the tournament which saw Greece win 3-2 in a dramatic semi-final.^[1]