Alexandros Tziolis

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Alexandros Tziolis
Personal information
Date of birth February 13, 1985 (1985-02-13) (age 23)
Place of birth    Katerini, Greece
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club Panathinaikos FC
Number 22
Youth clubs
1995–2002
 Apollon Litochoriou
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2002–2005
2005–current		 Panionios
Panathinaikos FC
 61 (3)
56 (5)   
National team2
2001-2005
2005-current		 Greece U21
Greece		 12 (1)
8 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of May 19, 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Alexandros Tziolis (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Τζιόλης) (born February 13, 1985 in Katerini) is a Greek footballer.

Alexandros began his playing career as a teenager in a local team called Apollon Litochorou. He played there for about 7 years and in 2002, a Panionios scouter spotted his talent and brought him to Athens. He was an integral part of Panionios team for about 4 seasons, playing 61 matches and scoring 3 goals. As a result, Panathinaikos FC offered Panionios 650.000€ and signed him. Hardy, tall and strong, Tziolis is considered a promising defensive midfielder and is often mentioned as a potential successor to Theodoros Zagorakis in the Greece national team.

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Greece squad - UEFA Euro 2008
1 Nikopolidis • 2 Seitaridis • 3 Patsatzoglou • 4 Spiropoulos • 5 Dellas • 6 Basinas • 7 Samaras • 8 Giannakopoulos • 9 Charisteas • 10 Karagounis • 11 Vyntra • 12 Chalkias • 13 Tzorvas • 14 Salpigidis • 15 Torosidis • 16 Kyrgiakos • 17 Gekas • 18 Goumas • 19 Antzas • 20 Amanatidis • 21 Katsouranis • 22 Tziolis • 23 Liberopoulos • Coach: Rehhagel
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Panathinaikos FC – current squad

1 Galinović • 3 Sarriegi • 4 Mattos • 5 Morris • 6 Darlas • 7 Ninis • 8 Goumas • 9 Romero • 11 Papadopoulos • 14 Salpigidis • 15 Fyssas • 18 Malarz • 19 Šerić • 20 Leontiou • 21 Karagounis • 22 Tziolis • 23 Simão • 24 Vyntra • 25 N'Doye • 27 Ivanschitz • 29 Nilsson • 30 Dimoutsos • 31 Spyropoulos • 32 Pantidos • 33 Karnezis • 35 Ntantamis • 36 Manucho • 38 Boutzikos • - Cleyton • Manager: Ten Cate