Alexandros Tabakis

Alexandros Tabakis (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Ταμπάκης; born 8 December 1992), also known as Alex Tambakis, is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for American club North Carolina FC.

Alexandros Tabakis
Personal information
Full name Alexandros Tabakis
Date of birth (1992-12-08) 8 December 1992
Place of birth Athens, Greece
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 North Carolina FC
Number 1
Youth career
2005–2011 Panathinaikos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2016 Panathinaikos 1 (0)
2014–2015 → Niki Volos (loan) 4 (0)
2015 → VVV-Venlo (loan) 0 (0)
2016 Charleston Battery 21 (0)
2017 Atlanta United 1 (0)
2017 → Charleston Battery (loan) 8 (0)
2018– North Carolina FC 64 (0)
National team
2010–2011 Greece U19 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 March 2020

Career

He started playing football for Takis Oikonomopoulos's academy, in Artemida, Attica, from there, he moved to Paiania (training ground) to be a member of Panathinaikos's youth academies. He promoted to the first team on July 1, 2011 signing a contract which keeps him in Panathinaikos until 2016. He made his debut as a player of the first team on April 23, 2012 at a 4-0 win against Panetolikos F.C.,[1] replacing Kotsolis on the 86th minute of the game.

On February 2, 2015, Tabakis was loaned to Eerste Divisie side VVV-Venlo until the end of the season, but he did not make an appearance with the first team before returning.[2] He made two appearances with the Under-21 side, and he was also named to the squad for Venlo's first-round promotion playoff matches against Oss, ahead of Eric Verstappen.

On January 25, 2016 Tambakis transferred from Panathinaikos to Atlanta United FC on a free transfer.[3] He became the first player to be signed by the club, who were set to make their debut in the 2017 season.[4] He was immediately sent on loan to third division with Charleston Battery.[3][5] Tambakis made 19 appearances for the Battery in 2016, as well as 2 in the postseason, keeping 6 clean sheets. Tambakis was loaned back out to Charleston ahead of the 2017 season,[6] and was recalled multiple times by Atlanta throughout the season. Tambakis made his first teamsheet with Atlanta on March 18, listed ahead of Kyle Reynish as the reserve goalkeeper.

On October 3, 2017, Tambakis made his MLS debut, coming on as a substitute for Reynish, who was sent off for denying Minnesota United forward Abu Danladi a clear goal-scoring opportunity. Entering the game at a 1–0 deficit, Atlanta would score two goals before conceding two more in the 3–2 defeat.[7] Tambakis was in the squad because first-choice goalkeeper Brad Guzan was away at international duty, and second-choice Alec Kann was out injured.[8]

After his option was declined following the 2017 season, Tambakis' rights were traded by Atlanta on December 10, 2017 to Sporting Kansas City along with Kenwyne Jones' rights and a 2021 MLS SuperDraft pick in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft, Kevin Oliveira, and Tyler Pasher.[9]

Tambakis joined USL side North Carolina FC on March 2, 2018.[10]

Honours
Panathinaikos

References
  1. balleto.gr Archived 2016-01-31 at the Wayback Machine Great honor for me
  2. Alex Tabakis to VVV-Venlo
  3. "Atlanta United FC sign the first player in its history, goalkeeper Alexander Tambakis". Univision (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  4. Hudson, Phil. "Atlanta United begins building roster with signing of Alexander Tambakis as first player". Atlanta Business Chronicle. BizJournals.com. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  5. Conover, Dan. "Atlanta to send goalkeeper Tambakis on loan". Charleston Battery. CharlestonBattery.com. Archived from the original on 2016-01-31. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  6. Cardamone, Sarah (March 23, 2017). "TAMBAKIS, AMBROSE LOANED TO BATTERY FOR USL OPENER". Charleston Battery.
  7. Roberson, Doug (October 3, 2017). "Atlanta United loses to Minnesota United". Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
  8. "Two Atlanta United players called up for international duty". Atlanta United. October 1, 2017.
  9. https://www.sportingkc.com/post/2017/12/10/sporting-kc-acquires-forward-kenwyne-jones-goalkeeper-alexander-tambakis-and-2021
  10. https://www.northcarolinafc.com/news_article/show/892912
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