Emmanuel Zambazis

Emmanuel Zambazis
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-04-24) April 24, 1997
Place of birth Toronto, Canada
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
Olympic Flame
Mississauga SC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Vaughan Azzurri
2014–2017 Iraklis 9 (0)
National team‡
2016 Greece U19 2 (0)
2017 Canada U20 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 18, 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of September 18, 2017

Emmanuel "Manolis" Zambazis (born April 24, 1997) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a midfielder.

Playing career

Youth

Zambazis began playing soccer at the age of six for Olympic Flame. He later played for Mississauga SC.[1]

Vaughan Azzurri

In 2014, Zambazis appeared for Vaughan Azzurri in League1 Ontario.[2]

Iraklis

In August 2014, Zambazis signed with Greek Football League club Iraklis.

On 29 October 2015, Zambazis made his professional debut for Iraklis in a Greek Football Cup match against PAS Giannina. He subsequently made his league debut on 2 November as a late-game sub in a 2-0 win over Atromitos Athens in Superleague Greece.

By the end of the 2015–16 season Zambazis had made 9 league appearances for Iraklis, including one start, in addition to four appearances in the Greek Football Cup.[3]

Zambazis failed to make another appearance for Iraklis in the 2016–17 season before being released upon the club's dissolution due to financial troubles.[3][4]

International career

Zambazis is eligible to represent Canada or Greece internationally.[1]

Beginning in 2011, Zambazis participated in Canadian youth national team camps, ranging from the under-15 to under-20 level.[1] In February 2016 Zambazis played with Greece national under-19 football team in two friendly games against Czech Republic[5] [6]

In February 2017, Zambazis was called up to represent Canada at the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[7] Zambazis made his debut as a 75th-minute substitute in a 1-0 loss to Honduras. He later started in a 2-0 win over Antigua and Barbuda.[1]

Personal life

Zambazis' father is Greek, originally from the village of Mavrokambos in Kastoria, West Macedonia, while his mother is Greek- Canadian from Toronto.[1] His mother's brother Spriros Papathanasakis, is the former owner of Iraklis[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of September 18, 2017[3]
Club Division Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Iraklis Football League 2014–15 000000——00
Superleague Greece 2015–16 904000——130
2016–17 000000——00
Career Total 90400000130

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Emmanuel Zambazis profile". Canada Soccer. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Durham United FC vs Vaughan Azzurri June 13, 2014 Match Report". Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "Emmanuel Zambazis profile". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  4. ↑ ""Διαλύεται" ο Ηρακλής". Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  5. ↑ kalimera-arkadia.gr Βασικός με την Εθνική Νέων ο Αρκάς τερματοφύλακας Λευτέρης Αστράς!
  6. ↑ football-academies.gr
  7. ↑ "2017 CONCACAF Men's Under-20 Championship". Canada Soccer. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  8. ↑ ekirikas.com Ο ομογενής «τελευταίος πρόεδρος» της ΠΑΕ Ηρακλής Θεσσαλονίκης


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