Spyros Gogolos (Greek: Σπύρος Γόγολος, born 11 August 1978) is a retired Greek footballer, who played as a defender.

Spyros Gogolos
Personal information
Full name Spyridon Gogolos
Date of birth (1978-08-11) 11 August 1978 (age 46)[1]
Place of birth Thesprotia[2]
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1997 Kerkyra 21 (0)
1997–1999 Kallithea 72 (1)
2000–2002 Panionios 39 (0)
2002–2004 Kallithea 54 (0)
2004–2008 Aris 59 (3)
2008–2009 PAS Giannina 17 (0)
2009–2010 Ermis Aradippou 9 (0)
2010–2011 Agrotikos Asteras 28 (0)
2011–2012 Anagennisi Dherynia 17 (0)
2012–2013 Olympiakos Volos 31 (1)
2013–2014 Lamia 22 (4)
Total 369 (9)
International career
1999 Greece U21 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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He was born on 11 August 1978 in Thesprotia. His family origins are from Karvounari Thesprotia a village near Paramythia in Epirus.

He started playing football for Kerkyra. He joined the first team in 1995, at a time when the latter was competing in the Fourth Division, without getting to play in that season. At the end of the season Kerkyra was promoted. Gogolos played 21 Third Division and 2 Cup games during the 1996–97 season and became known as a player.

In 1997, he moved to Kallithea, then a Second Division team. In his two and a half seasons he would be in the starting lineup in most games. In 2000 he signed a 4,5 year contract with PAOK. Then he was moved to Panionios in the First Division. Firstly, he thought that his move was a loan transfer but eventually it was a free transfer as an exchange for Dimitris Nalitzis' transfer.

In January 2002, Gogolos returned to Kallithea and helped the team get promoted to the First Division. He continued playing there until 2004, when he joined Aris of Thessaloniki.

During the 2007–08 season with Aris, Gogolos was not fielded by his coach for a single league match.[3] He thus reached consensus with the team for the termination of his contract mid-season[3] Shortly after, Gogolos signed up for PAS Giannena. His last game with Aris on 29 November 2007 was vs the Wanderers in Bolton, for the UEFA Cup, as a late substitution,[4][5][6] where he bore[5] some of the responsibility for the equaliser by Giannakopoulos. Still, upon his departure after four years with Aris, he was given credit by the press for his commitment, for the helping the team rebound from the Second Division[7][8] and, finally, for his dignified farewell statement.[3]

References

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  1. ^ http://www.neoiagones.gr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2605&Itemid=71 (in Greek)
  2. ^ Συνέντευξη Σπύρος Γόγολος sportday.gr
  3. ^ a b c http://www.in.gr/sports/article.asp?lngEntityID=862056&lngDtrID=246 (in Greek)
  4. ^ http://www.enet.gr/online/online_text/c=115,dt=30.11.2007 Archived 9 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)
  5. ^ a b http://www.athlitiki.gr/vortal/content/view/1932/36/lang,el/ (in Greek)
  6. ^ uefa.com - UEFA Cup - Fixtures & Results - Match Specific
  7. ^ "Κοιτά πρώτα τον Άρη...ο Γόγολος - Metrosport" (in Greek). Archived from the original on 6 January 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2008.
  8. ^ http://www.goalday.gr/article.asp?catid=10584&subid=2&tag=7833&pubid=699987[permanent dead link] (in Greek)
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