Greeks Abroad Review: Ogboe strikes twice in Scotland 

AGONAsport’s Shaun Nicolaides rounds up the performances of Greeks playing in other leagues in this week’s Greeks Abroad Review.

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Marios Ogboe, who has made a positive start to 2020 with Hamilton in the Scottish Premiership, scored twice in the first half of a thrilling 2-2 draw with Hearts in Edinburgh. Elsewhere, Taxiarchis Fountas continued his excellent campaign at Rapid Vienna with his 12th goal of the Austrian Bundesliga season, while young forward Alexandros Voilis netted his maiden marker in Portugal since switching to Casa Pia on loan from Olympiacos.

MAIN MEN (Comprised of current/former senior national team players):

Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Arsenal/English Premier League): Sat on the bench as Arsenal thrashed Newcastle United 4-0 in London.

Jose Cholevas (Watford/English Premier League): Watford did not play this week.

Panagiotis Retsos (Sheffield United/English Premier League): No game for Sheffield United over the weekend.

Sebastian Vasiliadis (Paderborn/German Bundesliga): Played the entirety of a 2-1 home loss to Hertha Berlin.

Konstantinos Stafylidis (Hoffenheim/German Bundesliga): Remained on the bench with Hoffenheim losing 3-2 to Wolfsburg at home.

Stefanos Kapino (Werder Bremen/German Bundesliga): The goalkeeper was an unused substitute in a 3-0 away defeat against RB Leipzig.

Vasilis Lampropoulos (Bochum/German Bundesliga 2): Did not feature in a 1-0 loss to VfB Stuttgart at home.

Kostas Manolas (Napoli/Serie A): Received a yellow card while playing 90 minutes of a 1-0 win at Internazionale in the Italian Cup, before competing for the full match against Cagliari as his team claimed a 1-0 victory.

Orestis Karnezis (Napoli/Serie A): On the bench for both games.

Panagiotis Tachtsidis (Lecce/Serie A): Sat on the bench with Lecce defeating SPAL 2-1.

Charalampos Lykogiannis (Cagliari/Serie A): Remained an unused substitute in the 1-0 loss to Napoli.

Odisseas Vlachodimos (Benfica/Portuguese Primeira Liga): Conceded the one goal as Benfica conceded to suffer a 1-0 setback against Braga in Lisbon.

Andreas Samaris (Benfica/Portuguese Primeira Liga): Sat on the bench during the loss to Braga.

Dimitris Siovas (Leganes/La Liga): Played the entire 90 minutes of a 0-0 draw with Real Betis at home.

Leonardo Koutris (Mallorca/La Liga): Used as a substitute in the 28th minute of a 1-0 victory over Alaves.

Efthymis Koulouris (Toulouse/Ligue 1): An unused substitute in a 2-0 home defeat to Nice.

Anastasios Donis (Reims/Ligue 1): Emerged as a substitute in the 65th minute of a 1-0 victory against Rennes at home.

Konstantinos Mitroglou (PSV Eindhoven/Eredivisie): Played the concluding nine minutes of a comfortable 3-0 triumph at Den Haag.

Marios Vrousai (Willem II/Eredivisie): Emerged from the bench in the 82nd minute of a 1-1 home draw with Utrecht.

Vangelis Pavlidis (Willem II/Eredivisie): Played the entire 90 minutes in the same game.

Tasos Bakasetas (Alanyaspor/Turkish Super Lig): Played 90 minutes of the 3-1 Turkish Cup loss at Galatasaray, receiving a booking. Subsequently played the full game against Genclerbirligi as Alanyaspor lost 1-0.

Manolis Siopis (Alanyaspor/Turkish Super Lig): Played 66 minutes against Galatasaray and missed the match with Genclerbirligi.

Georgios Tzavellas (Alanyaspor/Turkish Super Lig): Took a yellow card while playing 90 minutes with Galatasaray and then sat on the bench during the next game.

Carlos Zeca (Copenhagen/Danish Superliga): Played 90 minutes of a 1-0 loss to Esbjerg.

Panagiotis Kone (Western United/A-League): Stayed on the pitch for the full match against Brisbane Roar with his team losing 1-0.

GERMANY

Konstantinos Mavropanos (Nuremberg/German Bundesliga 2): Received a yellow card while playing the full 90 minutes of a 2-2 draw with Heidenheim on the road.

Dimitris Diamantakos (St. Pauli/German Bundesliga 2): Used as a substitute in the 83rd minute of a 0-0 draw against Dynamo Dresden at home.

Ioannis Gelios (Holstein Kiel/German Bundesliga 2): Conceded the one goal with his club defeating Erzgebirge Aue 2-1.

Stelios Kokovas (Bochum/German Bundesliga 2): Didn’t feature in the 1-0 defeat to VfB Stuttgart.

Panagiotis Vlachodimos (Grossaspach/3. Liga): Played the full 90 minutes as his team lost 1-0 to Hansa at home.

NETHERLANDS

Konstantinos Lamprou (Vitesse/Eredivisie): On the bench for a 3-0 loss to Ajax in the Dutch Cup and a 4-2 victory against Heerenveen in the Eredivisie.

Giorgos Strezos (Willem II/Eredivisie): Remained an unused substitute in the 1-1 home draw with Utrecht.

Lazaros Rota (Fortuna Sittard/Eredivisie): Played 90 minutes of a 0-0 tie against Emmen at home.

Giannis Mystakidis (De Graafschap/Eerste Divisie): Emerged as a substitute in the 83rd minute of a 2-0 home triumph over Roda.

James Efmorfidis (Almere City/Eerste Divisie): Missed a 1-0 defeat to Cambuur.

BELGIUM

Stergos Marinos (Charleroi/Jupiler League): Did not feature in the 1-1 draw with Royal Antwerp.

Nikos Kenourgios (Zulte Waregem/Jupiler League): Kept on the bench in a 2-1 defeat to Mouscron.

Dimitris Chatziisais (Cercle Brugge/Jupiler League): Played the 90 minutes of a 1-0 victory against St. Truiden on the road.

ITALY

Giorgos Kyriakopoulos (Sassuolo/Serie A): Played the full match against Parma with Sassuolo losing 1-0.

Dimitris Nikolaou (Empoli/Serie B): Remained on the bench during a 2-1 home triumph over Pisa.

POLAND

Konstantinos Triantafyllopoulos (Pogon/Ekstraklasa): Played 90 minutes of a 0-0 home draw with Slask Wroclaw.

Michalis Manias (Pogon/Ekstraklasa): Started the same match and was later substituted in the 60th minute of proceedings.

DENMARK

Theofanis Mavrommatis (SonderjyskE/Danish Superliga): Kept on the bench during a 3-1 victory against Hobro.

PORTUGAL

Alexandros Voilis (Casa Pia/Liga Pro): Scored in the 3-1 loss to Porto B at home. Played the entire game.

TURKEY

Stelios Kitsiou (Ankaragucu/Turkish Super Lig): Played the full match against Fenerbahce as Ankaragucu earned an impressive 2-1 victory.

Andreas Tatos (Altay/Turkish First League): Used as a substitute in the 65th minute of a 2-0 defeat to Keciorengucu on the road.

SCOTLAND

Marios Ogboe (Hamilton/Scottish Premiership): Scored twice in a 2-2 draw at Hearts in Edinburgh. subsequently being replaced with 15 minutes remaining on the clock.

SPAIN

Nikos Vergos (Hercules/Segunda B): Substituted during a 0-0 home draw with Llagostera.

SWITZERLAND

Konstantinos Dimitriou (FC Basel/Swiss Super League): Not included in the squad to face FC Thun at home. Basel contrived to lose 1-0.

BULGARIA

Antonis Stergiakis (Slavia Sofia/Parva Liga): Didn’t feature in a 1-0 away win at Arda.

Giannis Kargas (Levski Sofia/Parva Liga): Not included in the team for the 0-0 home draw with CSKA Sofia.

Dimitris Chantakias (Cherno More/Parva Liga): Used as a substitute in stoppage time of the second half as his club defeated Dunav Ruse 2-0.

HUNGARY

Theodoros Berios (Kisvarda/OTP Bank Liga): Played the full 90 minutes of a 3-1 loss to Puskas Akademia.

Stavros Tsoukalas (Kisvarda/OTP Bank Liga): Kept on the bench in the same game.

SLOVAKIA

Dimitris Konstantinidis (Michalovce/Fortuna Liga): Played 90 minutes of an 8-1 thrashing at the hands of Trencin.

Christos Kountouriotis (Michalovce/Fortuna Liga): Also played the entire game against Trencin away from home.

Giorgos Neofytidis (Michalovce/Fortuna Liga): Started the same match and was substituted in the 54th minute.

Kyriakos Savvidis (Michalovce/Fortuna Liga): Played the 90 minutes against Trencin.

Dimitris Popovits (Michalovce/Fortuna Liga): Did not feature in the match with Trencin at the weekend.

Fanis Tzandaris (Spartak Trnava/Fortuna Liga): Played 90 minutes against Slovan Bratislava. The game ended level at 0-0.

AUSTRIA

Taxiarchis Fountas (Rapid Vienna/Austrian Bundesliga): Scored in a 2-0 victory against Tirol, playing the full 90 minutes.

Tasos Avlonitis (Sturm Graz/Austrian Bundesliga): Played 90 minutes of a 2-1 setback to Mattersburg. 

ISRAEL

Andreas Gianniotis (Maccabi Tel Aviv/Israeli Premier League): Watched his team defeat Ironi Kiryat Shmona 3-0 from the comfort of the substitutes’ bench.

SAUDI ARABIA

Savvas Gentsoglou (Al Adalah/Saudi Professional League): Played 90 minutes of a 0-0 draw with Al Taawoun.

ROMANIA

Aris Soiledis (FCSB/Liga 1): Despite playing 90 minutes, he couldn’t prevent his club from conceding a 2-1 loss to Dinamo București.

AZERBAIJAN

Vangelis Platellas (Neftchi Baku/Premier League): Kept on the bench with Neftchi beating Kesla 3-1 at home.

Anastasios Papazoglou (Zira/Premier League): Missed a comprehensive 6-0 defeat against Qarabag.

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