Anastasios Bakasetas

Tasos Bakasetas
Bakasetas playing for AEK Athens
Personal information
Full name Anastasios Bakasetas
Date of birth (1993-06-28) 28 June 1993
Place of birth Corinth, Greece
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 AEK Athens
Number 14
Youth career
2008–2010 Asteras Tripolis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 Asteras Tripolis 42 (4)
2010–2011 → Thrasyvoulos (loan) 10 (1)
2013–2014 → Aris Thessaloniki (loan) 10 (3)
2015–2016 Panionios 43 (12)
2016– AEK Athens 56 (13)
National team‡
2011–2012 Greece U19 19 (4)
2012–2015 Greece U21 4 (0)
2016– Greece 15 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:50, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:56, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

Anastasios "Tasos" Bakasetas (Greek: Αναστάσιος "Τάσος" Μπακασέτας; born 28 June 1993) is a Greek footballer who plays for Superleague Greece club AEK Athens.

Club career

Asteras Tripolis

Anastasios came through the youth system at Asteras Tripolis, and was promoted to the first team in the 2010–11 Superleague season, for which he was assigned squad number 12. He made five league appearances for the club in this season, four of which were as a substitute, and two in the Greek Cup.[1] His Super League debut was in a starting position against Xanthi on 28 November 2010, a match Asteras Tripolis lost 2–1 despite taking the lead.[2]

In the Greek Cup, he made his first start in a 1–0 defeat to Olympiacos on 22 December 2010.[3] His final appearance for Asteras Tripolis in the 2010–11 season came as a second-half substitute in a 3–0 league defeat against AEK Athens on 16 January 2011.[4]

Thrasyvoulos (loan)

At the end of January 2011, he went on loan to Thrasyvoulos in the second tier Greek Football League. He played ten league games for Thrasyvolous, scoring his first senior goal against Ethnikos Asteras in a 2–0 win on 28 February 2011.[5] He returned to Asteras Tripoli at the end of the season in July 2011.

Aris Thessaloniki (loan)

At the end of December 2013, he went on loan to Aris to try and help them to avoid relegation. He made his debut to his new team in an away loss from Levadiakos scoring two goals in a 4–3 defeat. He scored another goal before his loan finished. Unfortunately he couldn't help the side avoid relegation.

Panionios

On 28 January 2015, Bakasetas signed a two years' contract with Panionios for an undisclosed fee. He started the 2015–16 season in amazing fashion scoring 2 goals in the opening 3 matchdays including the winner against giants Iraklis and Panathinaikos.[6] On 17 October 2015, he scored the two goals of his club in a 2–0 home win against Kalloni [7] On 12 March 2016, he scored a hat-trick in a home win against Xanthi. On 3 April 2016, he had a free-kick smashing the woodwork and scored a brace in a 3–1 home win against PAOK, helping his club to seal the European qualification for the next season. On 23 May he was left out of the squad for a match against PAOK, after it was discovered he was negotiating his transfer to AEK Athens without club permission, while still having more than six months remaining on his contract. It was later revealed he had agreed with Panionios and Olympiacos to join the Greek champions, who were offering a larger sum of money to both Bakasetas and the club, but before the game with PAOK he had secretly met with AEK chairman Dimitrios Melissanidis on the "Tiger's" private yacht. This behaviour left him out of the squad for the rest of the play-offs, and Panionios originally planned to keep him until December, when his contract would end, but not have him play or train with the first team. His actions have led to him having a reputation similar to Grigoris Makos, Giannis Kontoes, and Christos Aravidis, while his irresponsibility toward his contract was followed by similar conduct by teammate Bruno Chalkiadakis and coach Marinos Ouzounidis.

AEK Athens

Bakasetas with AEK Athens

Panionios heads Christos Daras and Nikos Zamanis softened their stance on the issue, based on the will of the player to join AEK, and on 8 June 2016, Bakasetas signed a three-years contract with AEK Athens for an undisclosed fee, believed to be in the region of €300,000. [8] On 17 September 2016, he netted the first goal with the club in an away 2–0 win against Veria. [9] On 9 April 2017, Bakasetas scored a brace in a 5–0 home win against Kerkyra. [10]

On 10 September 2017, he scored his first goal for the 2017–18 season in a 4–0 home win against AEL. [11] On 26 October 2017, he helped his club by scoring a goal with a wonderful kick and giving three assists to gain a 7–0 Cup away win against Apollon Larissa. [12] On 27 November 2017, he sealed a 3–0 home win against Platanias. [13] On 6 January 2018, he was voted MVP of a 4–1 away win against Panetolikos, after scoring with a stunning free-kick and giving 3 assists. [14] On 18 February 2018, he scored with a header and gave 2 assists in an easy 4–0 home win against Xanthi. [15] On 22 April 2018, Bakasetas scored a brace rolling over Levadiakos 2–0 with consummate ease in a celebratory atmosphere in front on a sold-out Olympic Stadium to clinch their first, much-anticipated Super League title since 1994.[16]

On 22 August 2018, Bakasetas twisting on the edge of the box before firing in a shot which flew past Ádám Kovácsik via a deflection off Vidi defender Roland Juhász in a glorious 2–1 away win for UEFA Champions League Playoffs, 1st leg against MOL Vidi. It was his first goal with the club in UEFA matches. [17] On 16 September 2018, he scored his first goal for the 2018-19 season in a 4-0 home win game against his former club Panionios as found the net with a low, left-footed shot after collecting Petros Mantalos’ knock-down from a Michalis Bakakis cross. [18] On 29 September 2018, he scored with a wonderful kick in a 3–0 away win against OFI. [19] On 7 October 2018, Bakasetas scored the equaliser in the last minute after Rodrigo Galo’s cross in a 1–1 home derby game against rivals Olympiakos. [20]

International career

Anastasios has represented his country at youth international level. He was selected in the Greece under-19s squad for the 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship along with Asteras Tripolis teammate Nikolaos Skondras.[21]

He made his under-19 debut in one of the two opening games of the tournament, as a 55th-minute substitute in a 2–1 defeat against the Republic of Ireland under-19s on 20 July 2011.[22] He made his first start in the second group game, a 1–0 victory against the Romania under-19s on 23 July 2011.[23]

On 19 May 2016, was called up for the friendly matches against Australia on 4 and 7 June 2016.[24] On 4 June 2016, he made his international debut as a substitute, in a 1–0 friendly loss against Australia, when Mathew Leckie has scores with the final kick of the game to help the Socceroos beat Greece.[25]

Honours

AEK Athens

References

  1. ↑ "2010–11 Greek Cup statistics: Asteras Tripolis". Uefa.com. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Match report: Asteras Tripolis vs Xanthi 1–2". soccerway.com. 28 November 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Match report: Asteras Tripolis vs Olympiakos 0–1". soccerway.com. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "Match report: Asteras Tripolis vs AEK 0–3". soccerway.com. 16 January 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "Anastasios Bakasetas profile". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  6. ↑ "Μπακασέτας διετίας!". www.sdna.gr. 28 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Πανιώνιος Ευρώπης, 2–0 την Καλλονή". www.sport24.gr. 17 October 2015.
  8. ↑ AEK FC signs Bakasetas
  9. ↑ Βέροια – ΑΕΚ 0–2: Και… λίγα ήταν!
  10. ↑ "Πάρτι για την Ένωση!" (in Greek). Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  11. ↑ "Με περίπατο στην κορυφή η ΑΕΚ" (in Greek). Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  12. ↑ "Πάρτι πρόκρισης για την ΑΕΚ, 7-0 με τον Απόλλωνα Λάρισας" (in Greek). Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  13. ↑ "Κάνει μάγια… κορυφής, 3-0 η ΑΕΚ τον Πλατανιά". www.sport24.gr. 27 November 2017.
  14. ↑ "Παναιτωλικός – ΑΕΚ 1–4 (vid)" [Panetolikos – AEK 1–4 (vid)] (in Greek). Gazzetta. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  15. ↑ "Με το πόδι στο γκάζι η ΑΕΚ, 4-0 την Ξάνθη". www.sport24.gr. 18 February 2018.
  16. ↑ "ΑΕΚ-Λεβαδειακός 2-0: Πρωταθλήτρια εν αναμονή". www.onsports.gr. 22 April 2018.
  17. ↑ "Βίντι-ΑΕΚ 1-2: Με το ένα πόδι στους ομίλους του Champions League η «Ένωση»!". www.protothema.gr. 22 August 2018.
  18. ↑ "ΑΕΚ - Πανιώνιος 4-0". www.gazzetta.gr. 16 September 2018.
  19. ↑ "ΟΦΗ - ΑΕΚ 0-3". www.gazzetta.gr. 29 September 2018.
  20. ↑ "ΑΕΚ-Ολυμπιακός 1-1" (in Greek). www.gazzetta.gr. 7 October 2018.
  21. ↑ "Bakasetas and Skondras in national U19 squad (Greek)". Asteras Tripoli. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  22. ↑ "Match report: Greece 1–2 Republic of Ireland". Uefa.com. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  23. ↑ "Match report: Romania 0–1 Greece". Uefa.com. 23 July 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  24. ↑ Εθνική: Μπακασέτας και Μπουκουβάλας στις κλήσεις για Αυστραλία
  25. ↑ "Mathew Leckie's late winner helps Socceroos beat Greece 1–0". www.abc.net.au. 4 June 2016.
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