Tasos Mitropoulos

Mitropoulos in 1987
Personal information
Full name	Anastasios Mitropoulos
Date of birth	(1957-08-23) 23 August 1957 (age 66)
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	Panathinaikos	2	(0)
1994–1995	Apollon Smyrnis	13	(1)
1995	Iraklis	8	(1)
1996–1997	Veria	48	(14)
1997–1998	Olympiacos	1	(0)
Total		510	(102)
International career
1978–1994	Greece	77	(8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tasos Mitropoulos (Greek: Τάσος Μητρόπουλος, born 23 August 1957) is a Greek politician and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Playing 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, Olympiacos, 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 Olympiacos in 1997 for a final season, retiring at almost 41. He was given the nickname "Rambo" by Olympiacos fans.

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

Post-playing career

After retiring from playing 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

• Greek Championship: 1982, 1983, 1987, 1998
• Greek Cup: 1990, 1992

AEK Athens

• Greek Championship: 1993, 1994

Panathinaikos

• Greek Championship: 1995
• Greek Cup: 1995
• Greek Super Cup: 1994