# Thanasis Papazoglou

Athanasios Papazoglou (Greek: Αθανάσιος Παπάζογλου; born 30 March 1988), commonly known as Thanasis Papazoglou, is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a striker for Gamma Ethniki club Thermaikos.

## Club career
### Aris

Papazoglou made his professional debut for Aris in the 2007–08 Greek Superleague. He was promoted to the first team by coach Dušan Bajević. On 8 November 2007, he scored 2 goals in a 3–0 win against Red Star Belgrade in the Europa League. After his injuries kept him from maintaining his form, Papazoglou lost coach Mazinho's confidence and was sold to fellow Superleague side PAOK FC.
On 1 June 2009, Papazoglou signed a 4-year contract with PAOK FC. He was loaned to Asteras Tripoli for the 2010–11 season.

### OFI Crete

On 8 August 2012, Papazoglou signed a two-year contract with OFI Crete. After some good displays for his new club, he was linked to a number of teams from England. At the end of the 2013–14 season, Papazoglou terminated his contract with OFI Crete in order to move to Olympiakos, but only played in friendly games for the latter.
On 8 August 2014 Papazoglou signed a two-year contract with Greek club Atromitos. He scored his first goal for them two weeks later in a 1–0 home victory against Platanias.

### Kortrijk

In the summer of 2015 he moved to Belgian First Division A club Kortrijk, and later signed a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee. On 25 July 2015, he made his debut for Kortrijk as he scored the only goal in a 2–1 away loss at Club Brugge KV.
On 17 October 2015, in a game against Stergos Marinos's club Sporting Charleroi he scored the first goal in a 2–0 home win. On 22 November 2015, he gave the lead to his club in a final 1–1 away draw against Standard Liège. On 28 November 2015, he scored his fifth goal in the League in a 3–1 home win against Waasland-Beveren. On 23 April 2016, he scored a goal and gave an assist in a 5–0 home win against Waasland-Beveren. He started the 2016–17 season as a starter, but gradually lost his place in the starting eleven, usually playing a few minutes as a late substitute.
On 28 December 2016, it was announced that Papazoglou was sent on loan to Dutch Eredivisie side Roda Kerkrade for the rest of the season.
On 28 July 2017, Papazoglou joined Norwegian Eliteserien side Aalesunds FK on loan from Kortrijk for the rest of the season. On 6 August 2017, he made his league debut with a penalty goal in a 3–3 home draw against SK Brann. A week later Papazoglou helped Aalesunds gain a point in the last minute of the game in a 1–1 home draw against Viking FK.

### Hapoel Haifa

In the summer of 2018 Papazoglou moved to Israeli club Hapoel Haifa. He immediately impressed manager Nir Klinger and was included on the Europa League list. On 26 July 2018, he made his first appearance for Hapoel coming in as a substitute and scoring the only goal in a 1–1 draw against Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar in the Europa League. On 29 July 2018, he won the Israel Super Cup after a penalty shoot-out win against Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C.

### Dinamo București

On 1 February 2019 Papazoglou signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Romanian club Dinamo București. On 10 July 2019, Papazoglou was released by the club.

### Voluntari

On 18 July 2019 Papazoglou signed a year contract with Romanian club FC Voluntari. On 8 January 2020, Voluntari mutually agreed to terminate the contracts of four players: Athanasios Papazoglou, Constantin Nica, Avtandil Ebralidze and Martin Harrer.

### AEL

On 3 January 2020, Papazoglou signed a year-and-a-half contract with Greek club AEL for an undisclosed fee.

### Xanthi F.C.

On 3 October 2020, Papazoglou signed a contract with Greek club Xanthi F.C. for an undisclosed fee.

## International career

Papazoglou played for Greece U19 and Greece U21 from 2007 to 2010 respectively. He was a part of the Greece U-19 selection at the 2007 U-19 European Championship in Austria, where Greece eventually lost to Spain in the final. On 29 March 2016, Papazoglou made his full debut for the Greece national team in a 2–3 home loss against Iceland, coming in as a substitute.

## Career statistics

    As of match played 19 May 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Aris | 2007–08 | Superleague Greece | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
| Aris | 2008–09 | Superleague Greece | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Aris | Total | Total | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 2 |
| PAOK | 2009–10 | Superleague Greece | 22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 5 |
| PAOK | 2010–11 | Superleague Greece | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 2 |
| PAOK | 2011–12 | Superleague Greece | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 |
| PAOK | Total | Total | 50 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 61 | 10 |
| Asteras Tripolis (loan) | 2010–11 | Superleague Greece | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 |
| OFI | 2012–13 | Superleague Greece | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 27 | 9 |
| OFI | 2013–14 | Superleague Greece | 30 | 7 | 8 | 4 | — | — | 38 | 11 |
| OFI | Total | Total | 55 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 20 |
| Atromitos | 2014–15 | Superleague Greece | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 |
| Kortrijk | 2015–16 | Belgian Pro League | 36 | 9 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 9 |
| Kortrijk | 2016–17 | Belgian First Division A | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 |
| Kortrijk | 2017–18 | Belgian First Division A | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 |
| Kortrijk | Total | Total | 60 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 10 |
| Roda (loan) | 2016–17 | Eredivisie | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 |
| Aalesunds (loan) | 2017 | Eliteserien | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 3 |
| Hapoel Haifa | 2018–19 | Israeli Premier League | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| Dinamo București | 2018–19 | Liga I | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 4 |
| Voluntari | 2019–20 | Liga I | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 1 |
| AEL | 2019–20 | Superleague Greece | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 |
| Xanthi F.C. | 2020-21 | Super League Greece 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 2 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 300 | 48 | 25 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 336 | 58 |
* 1 2 Appearances in the Europa League
* ↑ One appearance in the Champions League and two in the Europa League
* ↑ Appearances in the Israeli Super Cup and Toto Cup Ligat Al

## Honours
### Club

Aris
* Greek Football Cup: Runner-up 2007–08
Hapoel Haifa
* Israel Super Cup: 2018

### International

Greece U19
* Under-19 European Championship: Runner-up 2007

## Personal life

Papazoglou has been dating Vasiliki Tsirogianni, the winner of Star Hellas 2012, since 2011.