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Greek footballer and politician

Tasos Mitropoulos
Mitropoulos in 1987
Personal information
Full name Anastasios Mitropoulos
Date of birth (1957-08-23) 23 August 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth Volos, Greece
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, Striker
Youth career
Aris Petroupoli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1981 Ethnikos Piraeus 112 (25)
1981–1992 Olympiacos 270 (55)
1992–1994 AEK Athens 56 (6)
1994 Panathinaikos 2 (0)
1994–1995 Apollon Smyrnis 13 (1)
1995 Iraklis 8 (1)
1996–1997 Veria 48 (14)
1997 Olympiacos 0 (0)
Total 510 (102)
International career
1978–1994 Greece 77 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tasos Mitropoulos (Greek: Τάσος Μητρόπουλος, born 23 August 1957) is a Greek politician and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Mitropoulos was born in Volos, and started his football career at local team Aris Petroupoli. In 1976, he joined Ethnikos Piraeus, where he played five seasons. In 1981, he moved on to the largest Piraeus club, Olympiacos, winning three league titles and two Greek cup titles with the team.

Mitropoulos later played two seasons for AEK Athens, winning two league titles with them, and for Olympiacos' fierce rivals Panathinaikos, albeit only one game. He returned to Olympiacos in 1997 for a final season, retiring at almost 41. He was given the nickname "Rambo" by Olympiacos fans.

International career

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

Managerial career

After retiring from playing in 1998, Mitropoulos became an assistant coach to Dusan Bajevic, Alberto Bigon, Yannis Matzourakis and Takis Lemonis in Olympiacos. As an assistant coach, he celebrated four consecutive Greek Championships in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002.

Personal life

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

Honours

Olympiacos

AEK Athens

Panathinaikos

External links

Greece squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup
Greece
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