Tasos Mitropoulos

Tasos Mitropoulos (Greek: Τάσος Μητρόπουλος, born 23 August 1957) is a Greek politician and retired football midfielder.

Tasos Mitropoulos
Personal information
Full name Anastasios Mitropoulos
Date of birth (1957-08-23) 23 August 1957
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)
1994–1995 Panathinaikos 2 (0)
1995–1996 Apollon Smyrnis 13 (1)
1996 Iraklis 8 (1)
1996–1997 Veria 29 (6)
1997–1998 Olympiacos 1 (0)
Total 493 (94)
National team
1978–1994 Greece 77 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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, Olympiakos, winning three league titles and two Greek cup titles with the team.

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

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

After retiring 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.

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

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Nikos Anastopoulos		 Greece captain
1988–1994		 Succeeded by
Stratos Apostolakis

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