Stavros Tziortziopoulos

Stavros Tziortziopoulos

Personal information
Date of birth	(1978-08-15) 15 August 1978
Place of birth	Athens, Greece
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1998	Keratsini	20	(3)
1998–2002	Olympiacos	20	(1)
1999	→ Iraklis (loan)	14	(0)
2002–2003	Akratitos	17	(0)
2003–2004	Panionios	24	(1)
2004–2007	AEK Athens	35	(1)
2007	Omonia Nicosia	5	(0)
2008–2010	Skoda Xanthi	32	(1)
2010–2011	Panthrakikos	21	(1)
2011–2012	AEL Kalloni	14	(1)
2012–2013	Thrasyvoulos	25	(0)
2013–2014	A.E. Irakleio
2014–2015	Atromitos Chalandriou
2015–2017	A.P.S. Leon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2011

Stavros Tziortziopoulos (Greek: Σταύρος Τζιωρτζιόπουλος; born 15 August 1978) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is the current manager of AEK Athens U12 team.

Career

Born in Athens, Tziortziopoulos started his career at third division side Keratsini in the 1997/98 season and his performances caught the eye of Olympiacos, who signed him in the summer of 1998. Six months later he went on loan to Iraklis to gain experience and stayed until January 2000, when he returned to Olympiacos to make his debut. The defender, a former Greek Under-21 international, played ten times as they won the 1999/00 league title but only featured four more times in the following two triumphs. In July 2002, he joined Akratitos and the next summer he was on the move again, signing for Panionios. It was there that his career took off and after a fine season he joined AEK Athens in the summer of 2004–05. When signing in AEK, Tziortziopoulos was considered one of the best left-footed backs in Greece. After a faw games with the team it was thought that he would join the national team of Greece. Unfortunately, he was injured in December 2004 and returned more than a year later. Since then, he has had his ups and downs, unable to stabilise his appearances with the team.

On 12 November 2006, he scored for the first time for AEK Athens against AEL. On 7 June 2007, Tziortziopoulos was released by AEK Athens and immediately signed with the Cypriot side Omonia Nicosia.

References

• Guardian Football
• Profile at Onsports.gr