Greeks Abroad Review: Plenty of goals across the continent

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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The goals were flowing around Europe this weekend, as Vangelis Pavlidis struck gold for Willem II, Rapid Vienna hitman Taxiarchis Fountas registered two goals, Stelios Kitsiou struck a dramatic equaliser for Ankaragucu at Galatasaray while Athanasios Papazoglou (Voluntari), Aris Soiledis (FCSB) and James Efmorfidis (Almere City) also hit the target.

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

Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Arsenal/English Premier League): Received a yellow card while playing 90 minutes of the 3-0 defeat to Manchester City. Replaced after 69 minutes of a 2-2 draw with Standard Liege in the UEFA Europa League.

Konstantinos Mavropanos (Arsenal/English Premier League): Given 90 minutes on the pitch against Standard Liege in Belgium. Not included in the squad to face Manchester City.

Jose Cholevas (Watford/English Premier League): Did not play any part in a 2-0 loss to Liverpool.

Nikos Karelis (Brentford/English Championship): The striker is out with a long-term injury. Brentford defeated Fulham 1-0 at home this week.

Panagiotis Retsos (Bayer Leverkusen/German Bundesliga): Used as a substitute in the 66th minute of a 2-0 setback against Cologne.

Konstantinos Stafylidis (Hoffenheim/German Bundesliga): Kept on the bench during a 4-2 home loss to Augsburg.

Stefanos Kapino (Werder Bremen/German Bundesliga): Remained an unused substitute as Werder were thrashed 6-1 by Bayern in Munich.

Sebastian Vasiliadis (Paderborn/German Bundesliga): Played the entire 90 minutes of a 1-1 home draw with Union Berlin.

Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Hamburg/German Bundesliga 2): The central defender, frozen out of the first team, missed a 1-1 draw at Sandhausen.

Kostas Manolas (Napoli/Serie A): Played the entire games against Genk in the UEFA Champions League (4:0) and Parma in the domestic championship (1:2).

Orestis Karnezis (Napoli/Serie A): Missed the match with Genk and was on the bench in the game against Parma.

Panagiotis Tachtsidis (Lecce/Serie A): Played 90 minutes of a disappointing 3-0 loss at Brescia.

Charalampos Lykogiannis (Cagliari/Serie A): Competed against Lazio for the entire 90 minutes. Cagliari suffered a 2-1 defeat at home.

Dimitris Nikolaou (Empoli/Serie B): Played the full 90 minutes as Empoli conceded a 2-0 loss to Entella on the road.

Odisseas Vlachodimos (Benfica/Portuguese Primeira Liga): Tallied two clean sheets in wins against Zenit Saint Petersburg in the Champions League (3-0) and Famalicao in the Liga NOS (4-0).

Andreas Samaris (Benfica/Portuguese Primeira Liga): Used as a substitute for the concluding nine minutes against Zenit and sat on the bench in the 4-0 triumph over Famalicao.

Dimitris Siovas (Leganes/La Liga): Missed the 1-1 draw against Alaves through injury.

Vasilis Lampropoulos (Deportivo/La Liga 2): Substituted after 62 minutes of a 2-0 loss at Ponferradina.

Efthymis Koulouris (Toulouse/Ligue 1): Emerged as a substitute in the 66th minute of yet another defeat, this time by a scoreline of 1-0 at home against Reims.

Anastasios Donis (Reims/Ligue 1): Didn’t participate in the match against Toulouse on the road.

Konstantinos Mitroglou (PSV Eindhoven/Eredivisie): Sat on the bench during a comprehensive 3-1 loss to Feyenoord.

Pantelis Hatzidiakos (AZ Alkmaar/Eredivisie): The injured defender missed the 4-0 loss at Manchester United and the important 1-0 triumph over Ajax.

Marios Vrousai (Willem II/Eredivisie): Used as a substitute with seven minutes remaining of a 2-1 victory at Heerenveen.

Vangelis Pavlidis (Willem II/Eredivisie): Scored his team’s first goal against Heerenveen. Played the full game.

Tasos Bakasetas (Alanyaspor/Turkish Super Lig): Started the home match with Antalyaspor, later being substituted in the 58th minute of proceedings.

Manolis Siopis (Alanyaspor/Turkish Super Lig): Played 90 minutes against Antalyaspor and received a yellow card.

Georgios Tzavellas (Alanyaspor/Turkish Super Lig): Also played the entirety of the same match.

Carlos Zeca (FC Copenhagen/Danish Superliga): Missed the 1-0 loss to Malmo in the Europa League and played 90 minutes of a 2-1 win against Odense, receiving a booking in the process. Cypriot forward Pieros Sotiriou scored twice in that particular game.

Panagiotis Kone (Western United/A-League): Played 90 minutes of a 2-0 victory at Brisbane Roar.

GERMANY

Dimitris Diamantakos (St. Pauli/German Bundesliga 2): Did not participate in a 3-1 victory against Wehen.

Ioannis Gelios (Holstein/German Bundesliga 2): Didn’t play in the 2-2 draw with Nuremberg on the road.

Panagiotis Vlachodimos (Grossaspach/Liga 3): Played the full 90 minutes of a 2-1 setback away to Carl Zeiss Jena.

NETHERLANDS

Konstantinos Lamprou (Vitesse/Eredivisie): Kept on the bench in a 3-0 victory at Twente.

Giorgos Strezos (Willem II/Eredivisie): The back-up goalkeeper watched Willem II beat Heerenveen from the comfort of the substitutes’ bench.

James Efmorfidis (Almere City/Eerste Divisie): Hit the target in a 3-2 win Nijmegen and was later substituted in the 89th minute.

BELGIUM

Stergos Marinos (Charleroi/Jupiler League): Sat on the bench while his club comfortably defeated Cercle Brugge 3-0.

Fjorin Durmishaj (Waasland-Beveren/Jupiler League): Did not play any part in a 4-1 defeat to Genk on the road.

Nikos Kenourgios (Zulte Waregem/Jupiler League): Missed a 5-1 triumph over St. Truiden.

ITALY

Giorgos Kyriakopoulos (Sassuolo/Serie A): Helped Sassuolo tally a 0-0 tie at AC Milan by playing the entire 90 minutes.

SWITZERLAND

Konstantinos Dimitriou (FC Basel/Swiss Super League): Left out of the squad for a game against FC Luzern on the road as Basel lost 2-1. He also missed the 2-0 victory against Trabzonspor in the Europa League.

SCOTLAND

Marios Ogboe (Hamilton/Scottish Premiership): Used as a substitute in the 81st minute of a 1-0 defeat at Aberdeen.

TURKEY

Stelios Kitsiou (Ankaragucu/Turkish Super Lig): Scored a last-gasp equaliser at Galatasaray in a thrilling 2-2 draw. Played 90 minutes.

Dimitris Chatziisaias (Rizespor/Turkish First League): Kept on the bench during a 3-0 home defeat to Kasimpasa, before he played the entire match against Samsunspor in the Turkish Cup on Tuesday (1-1).

Andreas Tatos (Altay/Turkish First League): Remained an unused substitute in a 1-0 win against Adana.

POLAND

Michalis Manias (Pogon Szczecin/Ekstraklasa): Emerged as a substitute with 23 minutes remaining against Wisla Krakow. His club lost 1-0.

Konstantinos Triantafyllopoulos (Pogon Szczecin/Ekstraklasa): Missed the game with Wisla Krakow.

BULGARIA

Antonis Stergiakis (Slavia Sofia/Parva Liga): Earned a chance between the sticks at the weekend, conceding the one goal in a 1-1 draw with Ludogorets.

Theofilos Kouroupis (Vitosha Bistritsa/Parva Liga): Did not compete in a 2-0 defeat to Botev Plovdiv.

Dimitris Chantakias (Cherno More/Parva Liga): Missed the 1-1 draw against Arda at home.

Giannis Kargas (Levski Sofia/Parva Liga): Stayed on the bench during a 0-0 tie at Lokomotiv Plovdiv.

ROMANIA

Aris Soiledis (FCSB/Liga 1): Scored the first goal in a 2-0 triumph at Viitorul Constanta. He dedicated his goal to his father, who subsequently passed away on Monday.

Athanasios Papazoglou (FC Voluntari/Liga 1): Struck his team’s only goal as FC Voluntari conceded a 2-1 loss to Universitatea Craiova on the road.

Okan Chatziterzoglou (Academica Clinceni/Liga 1): Did not play in the 1-1 draw with FC Botosani.

Minas Chalkiadakis (FC Botosani/Liga 1): Didn’t participate in the same game.

HUNGARY

Theodoros Berios (Kisvarda/OTP Bank Liga): Remained an unused substitute in a 2-0 home defeat against MOL Fehervar.

Stavros Tsoukalas (Kisvarda/OTP Bank Liga): Played 90 minutes of the loss to MOL Fehervar on Saturday.

AUSTRIA

Anastasios Avlonitis (Sturm Graz/Austrian Bundesliga): Provided an assist for the first goal of an exciting 3-3 draw at LASK Linz. Played 90 minutes.

Taxiarchis Fountas (Rapid Vienna/Austrian Bundesliga): Scored twice in a routine 3-0 win at Admira. Substituted in the 78th minute.

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