Savvas Gentsoglou
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Savvas Gentsoglou | ||
Date of birth | 19 September 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Alexandroupoli, Greece | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | APOEL | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2006 | AEK Athens | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2012 | AEK Athens | 41 | (2) |
2007 | → Panachaiki (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2008 | → Nea Ionia (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2012–2014 | Sampdoria | 5 | (0) |
2012–2013 | → Livorno (loan) | 34 | (0) |
2013–2014 | → Spezia (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Ergotelis | 26 | (0) |
2015–2017 | Bari | 12 | (0) |
2016–2017 | → Hajduk Split (loan) | 24 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Hajduk Split | 22 | (2) |
2018– | APOEL | 2 | (0) |
International career | |||
2008–2009 | Greece U-17 | 6 | (1) |
2009–2010 | Greece U-19 | 13 | (1) |
2010–2012 | Greece U-21 | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 October 2018 |
Savvas Gentsoglou (Greek: Σάββας Γκέντσογλου, pronounced [ˌsavas ˈɡent͜soɣlu]; born 19 September 1990) is a Greek football player currently playing as a defensive midfielder for Cypriot club APOEL FC.
Club career
AEK Athens
Savvas Gentsoglou was promoted from the AEK Athens youth system to the senior side in 2006, but didn't make his first appearance for AEK until the 2008-09 season. On 25 June 2008, Gentsoglou renewed his contract with AEK until 2014. Gentsoglou was first used as a central defender by coach Dusan Bajevic. Gentsoglou moved to the defensive midfield position in the middle of the 2009-10 season and became a key player of the starting eleven. Gentsoglou scored his first goal for AEK against Atromitos in a 3–2 home win. The following week Gentsoglou scored the equalising goal against Kavala. On 20 May 2010, Gentsoglou signed a new four-year deal.[1]
Sampdoria
On 19 January 2012, Gentsoglou joined Italian Serie A side Sampdoria.[2] Gentsoglou did not feature for Sampdoria in the 2011–12 season, and was sent out on loan the following season to Serie B squad Livorno to gain playing experience.[3] Gentsoglou made 35 appearances for Livorno, as the side won promotion to Serie A.
Gentsoglou then returned to Sampdoria for the 2013-14 Serie A season, but after again failing to establish himself in the Doria first eleven, he moved on loan to Serie B side Spezia Calcio in January 2014.[4]
Ergotelis
On 30 August 2014, Gentzoglou returned to Greece to continue his career in the Greek Super League, playing for Ergotelis,[5] signing a two and a half year deal.[6]
Bari 1908
On 23 June 2015, the Serie B club Bari 1908 announced the signing of Gentsoglou till the summer of 2018 for an undisclosed fee.[7][8]
Hajduk
On 8 August 2016, the Prva HNL club Hajduk Split announced the signing of Gentsoglou on a twelve-month loan deal from Bari 1908.[9] On 14 August 2016, Gentsoglou made his Hajduk debut, the 5th round of the Prva HNL, playing the first 66 minutes in a 1-1 draw with NK Osijek at Stadion Gradski vrt, before being substituted for Toma Bašić.[10]
On 27 June 2017, after spending a year on loan at Hajduk, Gentsoglou signed a two-year contract with Hajduk[11], finalizing his move from Bari. On 23 July 2017, he scored his first goal with the club in all competitions in a Prva HNL 2-2 away draw against Inter Zaprešić. On 18 March 2018, he scored in a 3-3 away draw game against NK Osijek. [12]
APOEL
On 16 July 2018, Savvas terminated his contract with Hajduk, eventually joining APOEL on a two years' contract for an undisclosed fee. [13]
International career
Gentsoglou was first called up to the Greece U-19 in 2007, he featured in all of Greece's games in qualifying for the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.
References
- ^ Gentsoglou signs new 4 year deal (GR) Archived 7 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Επίσημα τέλος από ΑΕΚ ο Γκέντσογλου (in greek)
- ^ "Savvas Gentsoglou al Livorno a titolo temporaneo" (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. 13 August 2012. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
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- ^ "Σάββας Γκέντζογλου: σε ποια ομάδα πήρε μεταγραφή λόγω… Ηλιάδη" (in Greek). inewsgr.com. 30 August 2014.
- ^ "Gentsoglou in Ergotelis F.C." chaniapost.eu. 30 August 2014.
- ^ "Στην Μπάρι ο Γκέντσογλου" (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Savvas Gentsoglou torna in Itala, firma un triennale con il Bari di Davide Nicola" (in Italian). www.cittadellaspezia.com. 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Στην Χάιντουκ Σπλιτ ο Σάββας Γκέντσογλου" (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 8 August 2016.
- ^ http://hajduk.hr/vijest/osijek-hajduk-1-1/7619
- ^ "Savvas Hajdukov iduće dvije godine" (in Croatian). hajduk.hr. 27 June 2016.
- ^ "Γκολ στην Όσιγιεκ ο Γκέντσογλου" (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 18 March 2018.
- ^ "Savvas potpisao za APOEL" (in Croatian). www.nogometplus.net.
- Use dmy dates from July 2013
- 1990 births
- Living people
- People from Alexandroupoli
- Greek footballers
- Association football midfielders
- A.S. Livorno Calcio players
- Ergotelis F.C. players
- U.C. Sampdoria players
- Spezia Calcio players
- F.C. Bari 1908 players
- HNK Hajduk Split players
- Superleague Greece players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Croatian First Football League players
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Croatia
- Greek expatriate footballers
- Greek expatriates in Italy
- Greek expatriates in Croatia
- APOEL FC players
- Expatriates in Cyprus
- Greek expatriates in Cyprus