Athanasios Tsigas
Greek footballer (born 1982)
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Thanasis Tsigas (Greek: Αθανάσιος Τσίγκας; born 20 September 1982) is a Greek former footballer, who played as a striker.
Full name
Athanasios Tsigas
Date of birth
20 September 1982
Place of birth
Alexandroupoli, Greece
Height
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Athanasios Tsigas | ||
| Date of birth | 20 September 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Alexandroupoli, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2001 | PAE Thraki | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2004 | Paniliakos | 63 | (10) |
| 2004–2006 | Kallithea | 36 | (9) |
| 2006–2008 | Panathinaikos | 4 | (2) |
| 2006 | → PAOK (loan) | 9 | (2) |
| 2008 | → Atromitos (loan) | 13 | (3) |
| 2008–2009 | AEL | 20 | (2) |
| 2009–2012 | Kerkyra | 59 | (13) |
| 2012–2013 | AEL | 29 | (4) |
| 2013 | Glyfada | 4 | (1) |
| 2014 | Ionikos | ||
| 2015 | Kallithea | 11 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 December 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 July 2013 | |||
Career
He is a professional since 2001 and he played for Paniliakos, Kallithea, PAOK, Panathinaikos and Atromitos.[1] He was the first striker that Larissa signed in for 2008–09 season. On early August 2009, Panthrakikos expressed their interest on signing Tsigas but he was finally transferred to Beta Ethniki club Kerkyra, with which were promoted to the Super League.
