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| Date of birth | 22 April 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Athens, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | OFI Crete | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996-2001 | Kallithea | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2001–2005 | Panionios | 67 | (18) |
| 2005–2011 | Panathinaikos | 65 | (26) |
| 2008 | → Eintracht (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2010 | → Anorthosis (loan) | 14 | (7) |
| 2010–2011 | → Marítimo (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2011- | OFI Crete | 12 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005– | Greece | 7 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 May 2010. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Vangelis Mantzios (Greek: Βαγγέλης Μάντζιος) (born 22 April 1983) is a Greek international football player currently playing as a striker for OFI Crete in Greek Super League.
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Mantzios and was signed by Panionios from Kallithea in the summer of 2001. After making 67 league appearances and scoring 12 goals, he was snapped up by Greek giants Panathinaikos in 2005 in a deal that also included Alexandros Tziolis. He dazzled in his debut (2005–2006) season for Panathinaikos as he became a first team regular under Alberto Malesani and contributed many crucial goals towards the end of the season. Poor performances, lack of confidence and several coach changes saw Mantzios on the fringes of the first team squad in 2006–2007 as new coach Víctor Muñoz preferred a striking duo of captain, Dimitris Papadopoulos and Dimitris Salpigidis. His season was summed up in the cup final loss to Larissa when Mantzios had the chance to level the match in stoppage time but missed a completely open goal, managing to hit the ball into the arms of the keeper.
Mantzios had limited chances during the 2007–2008 season and he was loaned out to Eintracht Frankfurt for the second half of the season. He played only a few games scoring one in Bundesliga and the German club chose not to activate the clause to purchase his contract.
Mantzios gained an improved role during the 2008–2009 pre-season for Panathinaikos after he impressed his new manager Henk Ten Cate, playing as the lone striker in a 4–2–3–1 system. However in the beginning of the season an injury and a possible conflict with the manager limited his participation in the first team. Mantzios was recalled in October and he managed to put together a very impressive string of perfofmances especially against Werder Bremen for the UEFA Champions' League. Mantzios scored three goals in two games against the German team helping Panathinaikos to gain the first four points in his group.
On 31 December 2009, Mantzios completed a loan move to the Cypriot club Anorthosis Famagusta FC.
On 31 September 2010, Mantzios completed a loan move to the Portuguese Club Sport Marítimo. Mantzios was ruled out of the season due to a long term injury on his right knee which led him only playing 1 match.
Mantzios made his debut for Greece in a 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifying match against Georgia on 12 October 2005. He stayed in the squad throughout the rest of 2005 and into early 2006 but was dropped for almost a year, finally being called up again for the friendly loss to South Korea on 6 February 2007.
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