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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
Playing position	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)
National team
1978–1994	Greece	77	(8)
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Tasos Mitropoulos (born August 23, 1957) is a Greek person who used to be a professional footballer. He played as a midfielder. After his football career, he also became a politician.

Tasos Mitropoulos: A Football Star

Tasos Mitropoulos was born in a city called Volos in Greece. He started playing football at a young age for a local team named Aris Petroupoli.

Playing for Clubs

In 1976, Tasos joined a team called Ethnikos Piraeus. He played there for five years. He then moved to a bigger club in the same city, Piraeus, called Olympiacos. With Olympiacos, he helped the team win the league championship three times and the Greek Cup twice.

Later in his career, Mitropoulos played for AEK Athens for two seasons. He won two more league titles with them. He also played one game for Panathinaikos, which is a big rival of Olympiacos. He returned to Olympiacos in 1997 for his very last season before retiring. He was almost 41 years old when he stopped playing. Fans of Olympiacos gave him the nickname "Rambo" because of his strong and determined playing style.

Playing for Greece

Tasos Mitropoulos was also a very important player for the Greek national team. He played for his country from 1978 to 1994. During this time, he played 76 matches and scored 8 goals. He even played in the 1994 World Cup, which is a huge international football tournament.

Becoming a Coach

After he stopped playing football in 1998, Mitropoulos became an assistant coach. He worked with several head coaches at Olympiacos, including Dusan Bajevic and Takis Lemonis. As an assistant coach, he helped Olympiacos win the Greek Championship four times in a row, from 1999 to 2002.

Life After Football

After his football and coaching career, Tasos Mitropoulos decided to get involved in politics. He became a member of the city council in Piraeus. In 2004, he even ran to become a member of the Greek Parliament for the New Democracy political party.

Awards and Trophies

Here are some of the major titles Tasos Mitropoulos won with his teams:

Olympiacos

• Alpha Ethniki (League Championship): 1982, 1983, 1987, 1998
• Greek Cup: 1990, 1992
• Greek Super Cup: 1987

AEK Athens

• Alpha Ethniki (League Championship): 1993, 1994

Panathinaikos

• Alpha Ethniki (League Championship): 1995
• Greek Cup: 1995
• Greek Super Cup: 1994

See also

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