Tasos Chatzigiovanis
Personal information
Full name Anastasios Chatzigiovanis
Date of birth (1997-05-31) 31 May 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Mytilene, Greece
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Ankaragücü
Number 7
Youth career
0000–2013 APA Odysseas Elytis
2013–2017 Panathinaikos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2022 Panathinaikos 142 (16)
2022– Ankaragücü 49 (1)
International career‡
2017–2018 Greece U21 12 (1)
2020– Greece 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023

Anastasios "Tasos" Chatzigiovanis (Greek: Αναστάσιος "Τάσος" Χατζηγιοβάνης; born 31 May 1997) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a winger for Turkish Süper Lig club Ankaragücü and the Greece national team.[1]

Career

Panathinaikos

Chatzigiovanis plays mainly as a winger and joined Panathinaikos from the youth ranks of the club in the summer of 2016. Coach Andrea Stramaccioni gave Chatzigiovanis a debut as a late substitute in a 0–3 home defeat to Standard Liège in the UEFA Europa League.[2]

Chatzigiovanis was mostly used as a substitute by Marinos Ouzounidis in the 2017–18 season.[2] On 18 September 2018, in a 3–1 away win game against AEL, Chatzigiovanis scored hs first Super League goal with a last-minute penalty.[3]

On 29 September 2018, Chatzigiovanis scored his second with a header after Ousmane Coulibaly's assist in a 2–1 home win against PAS Giannina.[4] On 2 December, he scored with a penalty kick in stoppage time to secure a 1–1 draw away to Aris.[5] On 5 May 2019, the last matchday of the season, he opened the scoring with a penalty kick in a 4–0 home win against Panetolikos.[6]

In October 2019, Chatzigiovanis signed a new three-year contract with Panathinaikos; it was reported that the player had insisted on a release clause being included.[7] On the same day he scored the only goal of a 1–0 away win against Atromitos.[8] He crossed for Juan José Perea's goal against AEK Athens on 10 November 2019 that helped the team come back from a 2–0 deficit to win 3–2.[9] On 1 December 2019, he scored with a penalty kick, sealing a 1–0 home win against Asteras Tripolis.[10] A week later he scored with another penalty kick, sealing an 1–1 away draw against Volos.[11] On 14 December 2019, he opened the score with another penalty kick in a 2–0 home win game against Lamia.[12] On 25 January 2020, scored with a penalty kick in a 2–0 away win against AEL.[13] On 2 February 2020, Chatzigiovanis scored in a 2–0 home win derby against reigning Super League champions PAOK, as he took advantage of some poor defending by Sverrir Ingi Ingason, and the Greek international forward clipped the ball delicately over Živko Živković, when clean through one-on-one with the visiting keeper.[14] On 1 March 2020, Chatzigiovanis scored with a kick in a 4–1 home win game against Volos.[15]

In July 2021, Panathinaikos accepted a second official approach from the Turkish club Altay S.K. for the transfer of the international midfielder. The new transfer bid was at €1 million, increased by €400,000 compared to their first attempt, but Panathinaikos again responded negatively, clarifying that the transfer is possible only if the proposal reached €1.5 million, his (unofficial) clause.[16] On 26 September 2021, he scored with a wonderful kick, his first goal of the season, after an assist from Carlitos, in a thriumphic 5–1 home win game against Volos.[17]

MKE Ankaragücü

On May 24, 2022, Turkish Süper Lig football Club MKE Ankaragücü, announced the signing of Chatzigiovanis for two years.[18] There was no transfer fee paid to his previous team Panathinaikos since his contract with them had already expired. Chatzigiovanis spent 6 years in the senior team of Panathinaikos after being brought up in their youth academies.

Career statistics

Club

As of 10 March 2024[19]
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Panathinaikos 2016–17 Super League Greece 9 0 5 1 1[b] 0 15 1
2017–18 17 0 4 0 3[b] 0 24 0
2018–19 27 4 3 0 — 30 4
2019–20 32 8 4 0 — 36 8
2020–21 29 3 2 0 — 31 3
2021–22 28 1 4 0 — 32 1
Total 142 16 22 1 4 0 168 17
Ankaragücü 2022–23 Süper Lig 25 1 6 2 — 31 3
2023–24 24 0 5 2 — 29 2
Career total 191 17 28 5 4 0 228 22
  1. ^ Includes Greek Cup, Turkish Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 15 October 2022
National team Year Apps Goals
Greece
2020 2 0
2022 8 0
2023 3 0
Total 13 0

Honours

Panathinaikos

Individual

References

  1. ^ "39 TASOS CHATZIJOVANIS". pao.gr. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
  2. ^ a b Nicolaides, Shaun (6 October 2018). "AGONA Spotlight: Anastasios Chatzigiovannis, Panathinaikos' new leader at 21". AgonaSport. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  3. ^ ""Τρένο" ο Παναθηναϊκός, 3-1 την ΑΕΛ με δυο γκολ του Γιόχανσον". www.sport24.gr. 16 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Παναθηναϊκός - ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα 2-1". www.gazzetta.gr. 29 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Άρης - Παναθηναϊκός 1-1: Πολύ σκληρό για να πεθάνει το "τριφύλλι", πήρε το βαθμό στις καθυστερήσεις". www.sport24.gr. 2 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Παναθηναϊκός - Παναιτωλικός 4-0: Φινάλε με τεσσάρα για το τριφύλλι". www.sport24.gr. 5 May 2019.
  7. ^ Nicolaides, Shaun (20 October 2019). "Chatzigiovanis extends Panathinaikos contract". www.agonasport.com. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Ατρόμητος – Παναθηναϊκός 0-1: Η γκολάρα του Χατζηγιοβάνη". www.onsports.gr. 20 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Παναθηναϊκός - AEK 3-2". www.sdna.gr. 10 November 2019.
  10. ^ "Παναθηναϊκός - Αστέρας 1-0: Αγχωτικό τρίποντο για το τριφύλλι". www.sport24.gr. 1 December 2019.
  11. ^ "Βόλος - Παναθηναϊκός 1-1: Πλήρωσε την αφέλεια του το τριφύλλι". www.sport24.gr. 8 December 2019.
  12. ^ "Παναθηναϊκός – Λαμία 2-0: "Πάτησε" πεντάδα!". www.onsports.gr. 14 December 2019.
  13. ^ "ΑΕΛ - Παναθηναϊκός 0-2: Διπλό τετράδας το τριφύλλι στη Λάρισα". www.sport24.gr. 25 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Παναθηναϊκός - ΠΑΟΚ 2-0: Πράσινο πάρτι γενεθλίων στο ΟΑΚΑ". www.sport24.gr. 2 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Παναθηναϊκός - Βόλος 4-1: Νίκη με τριπλό κέρδος για το τριφύλλι". www.sport24.gr. 1 March 2020.
  16. ^ "Παναθηναϊκός: Νέο "όχι" σε πρόταση 1 εκατ. ευρώ της Αλτάι για τον Χατζηγιοβάνη". www.sport24.gr. 7 July 2021.
  17. ^ "Παναθηναϊκός - Βόλος: Ο Χατζηγιοβάνης το 3-0 μετά από σέντρα του Καρλίτος με το εξωτερικό". www.sport24.gr. 26 September 2021.
  18. ^ "Anastasios Chatzigiovanis (Tasos) Ankaragücümüzde!". www.ankaragucu.org.tr. 24 July 2022.
  19. ^ "T. Chatzigiovannis". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  20. ^ "Новости". Российский футбольный союз (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-09-17.

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