Georgios Tzavellas

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Georgios Tzavellas
Tzavellas with Greece in 2010
Personal information
Full name Georgios Tzavellas[1]
Date of birth (1987-11-26) 26 November 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Athens, Greece
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)
Centre-back / Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Atromitos
Number 33
Youth career
1992–2006 Doxa Vyronas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Kerkyra 23 (2)
2008–2010 Panionios 45 (2)
2010–2012 Eintracht Frankfurt 27 (1)
2012–2013 Monaco 38 (3)
2013–2017 PAOK 78 (5)
2017–2021 Alanyaspor 124 (5)
2021–2023 AEK Athens 41 (2)
2023 Pendikspor 1 (0)
2023– Atromitos 19 (1)
International career‡
2010–2023 Greece 50 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Georgios Tzavellas (

centre-back for Super League club Atromitos
.

Club career

Kerkyra

Tzavellas began his professional career with Kerkyra in a home match against Larissa (0–0).In Kerkyra played in 23 games (two goals) before signed for Panionios in January 2008.

Panionios

After signing for Panionios, Tzavellas was given the number 31. He made his debut on 13 September 2008 in the 0–1 away win versus Panserraikos. He scored his first goal on 7 December 2008 in the 45th minute in the 1–1 draw with Larissa. In his first full season, Tzavellas went on to make 17 appearances, scoring two goals. The 2009–10 season began brightly for Tzavellas as he cemented his place in the squad. In his second season with Panionios, he made a total of 24 appearances, starting all 24, but not scoring.

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 3 June 2010, the

Schalke. He managed to beat German international goalkeeper Manuel Neuer with an effort from 73 meters, setting a new record for the longest distance a Bundesliga goal was ever scored from.[3]

During the Bundesliga match against

2. Bundesliga
at the end of the season.

During summer 2011, Bundesliga new-boys Augsburg were reported to want the Greece defender, who was under contract until 2013, to strengthen their squad ahead of what promised to be a difficult season. At the same time, Tzavellas was rumoured to want to leave Eintracht Frankfurt following their relegation from the top flight. However, his agent, Paul Koutsoliakos, stated: "There is simply no truth in this." Eintracht Frankfurt general manager Bruno Hübner added: "We would refuse to accept any loan arrangements in this respect as something like this would just postpone a permanent transfer for the player. We would be in the same situation in 12 months."[5]

Monaco

Tzavellas with Monaco in 2010

An injury to his left knee towards the end of the 2010–11 season, put the knockout and the relegation of the team, substantially accelerated its consignment of borrowing to Monaco at the end of next season. On 31 January 2012, it was announced that Tzavellas would leave Eintracht Frankfurt and join Ligue 2 outfit Monaco with immediate effect.[6] Under the guidance of

PAOK.[7] The left back who has spent two seasons with the club is understood to have agreed to move to the club but Monaco and PAOK are currently in negotiations regarding the fee.[8]

PAOK

On 2 September 2013, he signed a four years' contract with

PAOK[9] and made his club debut on 14 September 2013 against Veria.He scored his first goal with the club in a 1–1 away draw against Atromitos. On 19 September 2013, he made his first ever appearance in UEFA competitions in a 2–1 home victory against FC Shakhter Karagandy.[10]

After six months in

PAOK and his commitment by scoring the winning goal to the victory against the Greek giant Olympiakos, he believes that "this time, there has nothing to envy from Monaco and it made me very positive impression! We have an excellent administrative and organization of football, the club operates on a purely European standards and the most important is that the administrative leader has the vision to reach the high score! As a player I can say that I do not miss anything of what I had in Montecarlo! I believe in the team all the conditions required to look up ..."[11]

He scored twice in his first season with the club, but undoubtedly the most important was the winning goal, on 9 March 2014, against the champions

PAOK player but his situation is still wide open as the transfer window has not closed yet.[12]

On mid-March 2015, official

PAOK.[13]

He started the

2015–16 season in an away game against Platanias, Tzavellas reached 100 appearances with the club in all competitions.[19] On 25 August 2016, in the play off's second leg of UEFA Europa League against Dinamo Tsibili he scored his first international goal after Facundo Pereyra's corner with the head, sealing a 2–0 home win.[20]

On 13 September 2016, Tzavellas extended his contract with

PAOK
officially announced that Tzavellas has been released from the club.

Alanyaspor

The 29-year-old international defender after he terminated his contract with

PAOK, came close to Cypriot club APOEL, but the transfer is not completed due to economic differences. Eventually on 21 January 2017, signed a 2,5 seasons' contract with Turkish side Alanyaspor. His contract, which ran until 2019, was worth €2 million plus bonuses.[23] On 28 January 2016, he made his debut with the club in a 2–1 Süper Lig away loss match against Antalyaspor. On 1 April 2017, he scored his first goal with the club, sealing a 3–1 home win against Kasımpaşa[24] On 10 February 2019, he scored with a head kick at the end of the first half after an assist from Djalma Campos, in a 3–2 away loss against rivals Göztepe[25] On 3 December 2019, he opened the score after an assist from Salih Uçan in a hammering 5–1 home Cup win game against Adanaspor.[26] On 18 January 2020, he scored with a right wing, his first goal for the 2019–20 Süper Lig season, as he opened the score after a Steven Caulker's assist in a hammering 5–1 home win game against Kayserispor.[27] On 3 February 2021, he scored with a right footed shot his first goal for the 2020–21 season in an away 1–1 draw against Kayserispor.[28]

AEK Athens

Giorgos Tzavellas will sign to AEK on a two-year contract, after the release clause was paid to his former club Alanyaspor, and the only thing left is for the Greek club to officially announce the transfer of the international defender.[29] On 30 June 2021, he was officially announced by the club.[30] On 23 January 2022, he scored his first goal with the club in a 2–0 away win against Atromitos.[31]

Pendikspor

Giorgos Tzavellas signed for free to Pendikspor from AEK on July 1.[32]

Atromitos

Giorgos Tzavellas signed for free to Atromitos on September 11.[33]

Georgios Tzavellas

International career

Greece

After his impressive performances for Panionios, Tzavellas was called up to the Greece national football team on 15 November 2009 by Otto Rehhagel to face Ukraine in the second leg of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification playoffs. He did not feature in this game.[34] On 11 May 2010, Tzavellas was named in Rehhagel's 30 man provisional World Cup squad for the 2010 World Cup, but was not selected for the final 23-man squad.[35]

He made his international debut in a Euro 2012 qualifier against Croatia on 7 September 2010. Tzavellas was named to the 23-man squad for UEFA Euro 2012.[36]

Tzavellas' season year with

Fernando Santos to the 30 man provisional World Cup squad, but also to the final 23-man squad for 2014 World Cup.[37]

On 7 October 2016, Tzavellas will miss the next three to four weeks due to knee injury. Tzavellas picked a knee injury during Greece's 2–0 win over Cyprus and he underwent scans to learn the extent of his injury. On 12 November 2016, at the Karaiskakis Stadium, Tzavellas scored, at the 95th minute against Bosnia and Herzegovina giving a valuable point to Greece, in his effort to qualify to the 2018 World Cup.[38]

On 17 November 2023, Tzavellas announced his retirement from the Greek national team.

Career statistics

Club

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Greece League Greek Cup Europe Total
2006–07
 Kerkyra Super League Greece 13 1 0 0 0 0 13 1
2007–08
Beta Ethniki
 10 1 0 0 0 0 10 1
2008–09 Panionios Super League Greece 18 2 2 0 0 0 20 2
2009–10
 27 0 2 0 0 0 29 0
Germany League DFB-Pokal Europe Total
2010–11
 Eintracht Frankfurt
Bundesliga
 25 1 3 1 0 0 28 2
2011–12
2. Bundesliga
 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
France League Coupe de France Europe Total
2011–12 Monaco Ligue 2 14 1 0 0 0 0 14 1
2012–13 24 2 3 0 0 0 27 2
Greece League Greek Cup Europe Total
2013–14
PAOK
 Super League Greece 24 2 8 0 4 0 36 2
2014–15
 19 1 0 0 4 0 23 1
2015–16
 30 2 5 0 10 0 45 2
2016–17
 5 0 0 0 4 1 9 1
Turkey League Turkish Cup Europe Total
2016–17 Alanyaspor Süper Lig 15 1 0 0 0 0 15 1
2017–18 29 0 1 0 0 0 30 0
2018–19 27 1 3 0 0 0 30 1
2019–20 18 1 9 2 0 0 27 3
2020–21 35 2 2 0 1 0 38 2
Greece League Greek Cup Europe Total
2021–22 AEK Super League Greece 28 2 3 0 2 0 33 2
2022–23 13 0 5 0 0 0 18 0
2023–24 Pendikspor Süper Lig 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2023–24 Atromitos F.C. Super League Greece 18 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
Career Total 395 20 46 3 25 1 466 24

Last updated: 18:00, 10 March 2024 (UTC).
Source: [39]

International

National team Year Apps Goals
Greece 2010 3 0
2011 2 0
2012 3 0
2013 3 0
2014 2 0
2015 2 0
2016 7 2
2017 6 0
2018 3 0
2020 5 0
2021 9 1
2022 3 0
2023 2 0
Total 50 3

Last updated: 3 June 2021
Source: [39]

Scores and results list Greece's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 24 March 2016
Pireaus, Greece
  Montenegro 1–0 2–1[40] Friendly
2 13 November 2016  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–1 1–1[41] 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 3 June 2021 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Belgium 1–1 1–1[42] Friendly

Honours

Club

AEK Athens

Individual

References

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