Anastasios Bakasetas

Anastasios Bakasetas
Personal information
Full nameAnastasios Bakasetas
Date of birth28 June 1993
Place of birthCorinth, Greece
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Panionios
Number--
Youth career
Asteras Tripoli
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2015Asteras Tripoli39(3)
2011Thrasyvoulos (loan)10(1)
2014Aris (loan)10(3)
2015–Panionios10(1)
National team
2011–Greece U1913(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:30, 11 February 2014 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Anastasios Bakasetas (Greek: Τάσος Μπακασέτας; born 28 June 1993) is a Greek footballer, who currently plays for Superleague Greece club Panionios as a forward.

Life and career

Club career

Anastasios came through the youth system at Asteras Tripoli, and was promoted to the first team in the 2010-11 Superleague season, for which he was assigned squad number 12. He made five league appearances for the club in this season, four of which were as a substitute, and two in the Greek Cup.[1] His Superleage debut was in a starting position against Xanthi on 28 November 2010, a match Asteras Tripoli lost 2-1 despite taking the lead.[2]

In the Greek Cup, he made his first start in a 1-0 defeat to Olympiakos on 22 December 2010.[3] His final appearance for Asteras Tripoli in the 2010-11 season came as a second half substitute in a 3-0 league defeat against AEK Athens on 16 January 2011.[4]

At the end of January 2011, he went on loan to Thrasyvoulos Filis in the second tier Greek Football League. He played ten league games for Thrasyvolous, scoring his first senior goal against Ethnikos Asteras in a 2-0 win on 28 February 2011.[5] He returned to Asteras Tripoli at the end of the season in July 2011. At the end of December 2013, he went on loan to Aris for helping him to avoid relegation. He made his debut to his new team in an away loss from Levadiakos scoring two goals. At the beginning of 2014/15 season he returned to Asteras Tripoli, playing against RoPS for the UEFA Europa League scoring his first international goal.[6]


International career

Anastasios has represented his country at youth international level. He was selected in the Greece under-19s squad for the 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship along with Asteras Tripoli teammate Nikolaos Skondras.[7]

He made his under-19 debut in one of the two opening games of the tournament, as a 55th minute substitute in a 2-1 defeat against the Republic of Ireland under-19s on 20 July 2011.[8] He made his first start in the second group game, a 1-0 victory against the Romania under-19s on 23 July 2011.[9]

References

  1. "2010-11 Greek Cup statistics: Asteras Tripolis". Uefa.com. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  2. "Match report: Asteras Tripolis vs Xanthi 1-2". soccerway.com. 28 November 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  3. "Match report: Asteras Tripolis vs Olympiakos 0-1". soccerway.com. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  4. "Match report: Asteras Tripolis vs AEK 0-3". soccerway.com. 16 January 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  5. "Anastasios Bakasetas profile". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  6. "Asteras Tripolis vs. RoPS 4 - 2". soccerway.com. 24 July 2014.
  7. "Bakasetas and Skondras in national U19 squad (Greek)". Asteras Tripoli. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  8. "Match report: Greece 1-2 Republic of Ireland". Uefa.com. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  9. "Match report: Romania 0-1 Greece". Uefa.com. 23 July 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2011.

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