Kyriakos Tohouroglou

Kyriakos Tohouroglou

Personal information
Full name	Kyriakos Nektarios Tohouroglou
Date of birth	13 August 1972
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Gladesville Ryde Magic
Youth career
1981–1983	Gladesville Ryde Magic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1991–1994	Doxa Drama	52	(0)
1994–1996	Olympiakos	17	(0)
1996–1997	Paniliakos	32	(0)
1997–2000	Olympiakos	38	(0)
2000–2008	PAOK	144	(0)
2011–	Gladesville Ryde Magic	?	(?)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Kyriakos Nektarios Tohouroglou (alternatively spelt Tochouroglou) is a professional footballer who plays for NSW State League Division One club Gladesville Ryde Magic in New South Wales, Australia, as a goalkeeper.

Biography

Tohouroglou was born on 13 August 1972 in Sydney to parents born in Greece.^[1] He joined his family when they returned to Greece in 1983. He played in three Greek teams as head goalkeeper and in one as goalkeeper coach. .^[2]

Playing career

Tohouroglou was signed by Greek First Division team Doxa Drama F.C. in 1991.^[3][4] After two and a half years in Drama he moved to Olympiakos for the 1994/95 season.^[5] In 1996 he joined Paniliakos F.C..^[6]

Rejoining Olympiakos in 1997 Tohouroglou played 32 matches in his first season. He played six UEFA Champions League and two UEFA Cup matches for Olympiakos.^{[7][8][9][10]}

In 2000 Tohouroglou moved to PAOK F.C..^[11] Playing at PAOK he was part of the Greek Football Cup winning team in 2003. After playing for 8 years in Paok team he proceeded to acquire his coaching diploma.

He did his practise in Xanthi's head team "Scoda Xanthi" as goalkeepers's coach and assistant coach in 2008 where he stayed for two years until 2010.^[12]

In 2011 Tohouroglou returned to Australia to be a goalkeeper once again in the team in which he began his career to " Gladesville Ryde Magic F.C" and at the same time to coach Olympiakos's football academies in Sydney. He has been voated goalkeeper of the year for four years in a row 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and player of the year in 2012 and also won the State League 1 Championship in 2012

Honours

Club

Olympiakos

• Alpha Ethniki: (3) 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000
• Greek Football Cup: (1) 1998–99

PAOK

• Greek Football Cup: (2) 2000–01, 2002–03

Gladesville Ryde Magic F.C

• Goalkeeper of the year: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

 Player of the year: 2012
 State League 1 NSW Champions: 2012

References

1. "Tohouroglou, Kyriakos". Australian Player Database. OzFootball. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
2. "One on One with Gladesville Ryde Magic’s Kiriakos Tohouroglou". Gladesville Ryde Magic F.C. 16 April 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
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7. "Greece 1997/98". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
8. "Greece 1998/99". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
9. "Greece 1999/00". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
10. "Kiriakos Tohouroglou". UEFA.com. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
11. "Greece 2000/01". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
12. "Greece 2002/03". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 June 2011.