Vangelis Mantzios

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Vangelis Mantzios
Mantzios in 2008
Personal information
Full name Evangelos Mantzios
Date of birth (1983-04-22) 22 April 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Athens, Greece
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 PAO Rouf
Youth career
1996–2001 Kallithea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2005 Panionios 55 (11)
2005–2011 Panathinaikos 90 (23)
2008 → Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) 10 (1)
2010 →
Anorthosis
(loan)		 14 (9)
2010–2011 → Marítimo (loan) 1 (0)
2011–2012 OFI 22 (7)
2012–2013 Baku 8 (2)
2013 Atromitos 7 (1)
2013–2017 Levadiakos 101 (34)
2018 Apollon Smyrnis 6 (0)
2019 Olympiacos Volos 8 (7)
2019–2020 Levadiakos 15 (6)
2020–2022 PAO Rouf 6 (2)
International career‡
2005–2009 Greece 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 August 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 January 2009

Vangelis Mantzios (Greek: Βαγγέλης Μάντζιος; born 22 April 1983) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is the current technical director of Agios Ierotheos F.C. Academies.

Club career

After establishing himself as one of the most talented young strikers in Greece during the first few years of his career at Panionios, Mantzios earned a transfer to Greek giants Panathinaikos in 2005.

In his first four seasons with Panathinaikos, Mantzios proved to be an important player, whether playing from the start or as a substitute – in total, scoring 18 goals in 68

Inter Milan, Werder Bremen and Anorthosis Famagusta FC
.

In his last two seasons though, Mantzios struggled for playing time, with some tough new competition at the striker position, as Panathinaikos brought in prominent foreign strikers Djibril Cissé (Greek Super League top scorer in 2009–10 and 2010–11), Sebastián Leto and Sidney Govou, while generally employing a one-striker system. As a result, Panathinaikos sent Mantzios out on loan, to Anorthosis in 2009–10 (six goals in 14 games) and Portuguese club Marítimo in 2010–11 (only one match played, due to a knee injury).

Manztios' contract with Panathinaikos expired at the end of the 2010–11 season, and during the summer transfer period he joined Super League club

OFI Crete
on a one-year contract. In 2011–12, Manztios was OFI's leading scorer with seven goals in 22 Super League matches.

In his last season though, Mantzios joined Baku for a total of 8 matches, before he returned to Greek Super League for Atromitos.

At the beginning of the 2013–14 season, he signed for Levadiakos F.C. for a two-year contract. On 18 August 2013, he made his debut with the club by scoring one goal in a 2–2 home draw against Panthrakikos.

In May 2013, Mantzios was awarded $280,000 from

FK Baku by FIFA over unfulfilled contract obligations.[1]

After his two years spell in Levadiakos, who got relegated, he came close to agree on moving to Platanias, though the club attacked to Mantzios for not following the oral agreement they had and eventually the deal didn't close. After that event, Mantzios was approached by Veria. On 1 July 2015, the two sides made an oral agreement,[2] and both sides will sign the contract in a due course.

After various rumours concerning the future of the player, Mantzios renewed his contract with Levadiakos for €300,000 till the summer of 2017.

Panetolikos.[6]

On 23 December 2015, his excellent performance in the first half of the

2015–16 season
, attracts the interest of many clubs. Greek club Olympiacos F.C. will probably make a move in January transfer window, as the experienced international will be an excellent replacement of Alan Pulido.[7] To complete this transfer, Olympiacos is willing to offer Levadiakos except from money the Comorian international forward El Fardou Ben Nabouhane, who arrived in Piraeus from Veria last summer but has not make a single appearance with the club yet. [8] On 17 February 2016, Mantzios' penalty kick allowed Levadiakos to salvage a 1–1 draw with Atromitos for the postponed 16th matchday of Greek Super League.[9] On 20 February 2016, Mantzios' penalty kick allowed Levadiakos to escape with a 1–0 home win against kalloni.[10] By scoring in that game Mantzios has achieved an excellent 11/11 record at penalties in the Super League Greece. The all-time record stands since season 1989-90, when Hungarian star of Olympiacos
2015–16 season.[13]

On 25 September 2016, he scored in a 2–1 home win against

2016–17 season
. On 4 December 2016, a drug substance that was taken under medical treatment in June 2016 gave the player a positive doping control after a 4–0 away loss against champions Olympiacos. Through his attorney-at-law, Yannis Marakakis, the 33-year-old striker stressed among other things that he was unaware of the composition of the drug he was given for treatment and that the "controversial" substance was taken out of the "non-race" period without offering a competitive advantage to the international player. Within the next few days he is expected to be summoned to the ESCAN Disciplinary Committee.[14] As a result of the doping control result, the player did not play since 12 February 2017.[15] At the end of the season he solved his contract with Levadiakos, having 109 appearances (36 goals, 10 assists) in all competitions.

After six months on 10 January 2018, he signed a contract with Gamma Ethniki club Egaleo for the rest of the 2017–18 season for an undisclosed fee, but it was not certain if he could play with the club due to legal issues with the ESCAN Disciplinary Committee.[16]

Olympiakos Volou F.C.,[19] but on 26 June 2019, he returned to his former club Levadiakos F.C.[20] He was waived at the end of the season & then signed for PAO Rouf which he played for two seasons in Gamma Ethniki
.


He announced his retirement from football on 31 August 2022 & he has since been working as the technical director of the Agios Ierotheos F.C. Academies. It was later revealed that he was banned again from competing after he tested positive for Oxilofrine. The punishment from the ESCAN Disciplinary Committee was set at 7 years.

International career

Mantzios made his debut for Greece in a 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifying match against Georgia in October 2005. His most recent cap came in a friendly match against Italy in November 2008.

Honours

Club

Olympiacos Volos

Individual

References

  1. ^ "ФК Баку подвергся новым санкциям на сумму более чем в 500.000$". www.azerifootball.com/ru/ (in Russian). Azeri Football. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  2. ^ ΒΕΡΟΙΑ: Υπογράφει ο Λόπεθ έκλεισε άλλους τέσσερις
  3. ^ Δικός του ο Μάντζιος! Retrieved 11 July 2015
  4. ^ Μάντζιος ως το 2017 Retrieved 11 July 2015
  5. ^ Φοβερή ανατροπή στην Κομοτηνή, 3-1 ο Λεβαδειακός Retrieved 3 October 2010
  6. ^ Δεν ολοκλήρωσε την ανατροπή ο Λεβαδειακός, 2-2 με τον Παναιτωλικό Retrieved 18 October 2010
  7. ^ Olympiakos monitoring Mantzios and Mygas Retrieved 23 December 2015
  8. ^ Olympiakos to include Ben in Mantzios' transfer Retrieved 23 December 2015
  9. ^ Levadeiakos hold off Atromitos to 1-1 draw Retrieved 17 February 2016
  10. ^ Λεβαδειακός - Καλλονή 1-0 Retrieved 20 February 2016
  11. ^ Mantzios' excellent penalty record Retrieved 22 February 2016
  12. ^ SKODA Xanthi and Levadiakos draw after interesting match Retrieved 19 March 2016
  13. ^ Λεβαδειακός - ΑΕΚ 3-0 Retrieved 17 April 2016
  14. ^ O Bαγγέλης Μάντζιος παραδέχθηκε ότι έχει βρεθεί θετικός σε έλεγχο ντόπινγκ Retrieved 17 March 2017
  15. ^ Βαγγέλης Μάντζιος ο ντοπέ ποδοσφαιριστής! Retrieved 17 March 2017
  16. ^ "Βόμβα" με Βαγγέλη Μάντζιο το Αιγάλεω! Retrieved 10 January 2018
  17. ^ Αιγάλεω: Εμπλοκή στο θέμα Μάντζιου Retrieved 15 January 2018
  18. ^ Επίσημο: Στον Απόλλωνα Σμύρνης ο Μάντζιος Retrieved 21 July 2018
  19. ^ Στον Ολυμπιακό Βόλου ο Βαγγέλης Μάντζιος Retrieved 24 January 2019
  20. ^ Λεβαδειακός: Επιστρέφει ο Μάντζιος Retrieved 26 June 2019

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