| Playername | Thomas Mavros |
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| Fullname | Thomas Mavros |
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| Dateofbirth | May 31, 1954 |
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| Cityofbirth | Kallithea |
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| Countryofbirth | Greece |
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| Height | |
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| Position | Striker |
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| Youthyears1 | Panionios |
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| Years1 | 1970–1976 |
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| Clubs1 | Panionios |
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| Caps1 | 135 |
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| Goals1 | 35 |
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| Years2 | 1976–1987 |
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| Clubs2 | AEK Athens |
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| Caps2 | 277 |
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| Goals2 | 174 |
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| Years3 | 1987–1991 |
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| Clubs3 | Panionios |
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| Caps3 | 89 |
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| Goals3 | 51 |
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| Totalcaps | 501 |
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| Totalgoals | 260 |
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| Nationalyears1 | 1972–1984 |
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| Nationalteam1 | Greece |
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| Nationalcaps1 | 36 |
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| Nationalgoals1 | 11 |
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| Medaltemplates | |
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Thomas Mavros () (born on 31 May 1954 in Kallithea, Greece) is a retired Greek international football player who played as a striker. He is regarded as one of the best players to play club football in Greece having scored a record number of goals there.
Club career
Panionios
Having grown up in Nea Smyrni, Mavros joined
Panionios' youth ranks and soon made his way to the first team. He soon managed to become the youngest player ever to score in the
Greek Super League. He was also capped by the
Greek national football team at a very young age whilst playing for one of the less glamorous Greek clubs. He made his debut in continental competitions on 16 September, 1971 against
Atlético Madrid. His appearance made him the then youngest player of a Greek football club to have ever played in a European competition.
AEK Athens
In 1975,
AEK Athens' president
Loukas Barlos wanted to sign the young striker but Panionios board refused to trade his team's best player. It was then reavealed that when Mavros signed his contract with Panionios he was still underage, thus making the contract invalid. Panionios still blocked the transfer leading to a litigation between the two sides which lasted for the entire
1975-76 season. During this time, Mavros was unable to play for either side. After the dispute was resolved Mavros was finally transferred to AEK Athens on 1976. He immediately became an integral part of the team helping them reach the
UEFA Cup 1976-77 semi-finals, winning two championships: (
1977-78 and
1978-79) and two cups (1978, 1983). He also managed to become
Greek Superleague's Top Goalscorer three times (1978 with 22 goals, 1979 with 31 goals, 1985 with 27 goals). In 1979, he was also second goalscorer in Europe, three goals behind
AZ's Kees Kist. The AEK Athens fans loved him because he was one of the few players who stayed with the club after Barlos left and because of his tendency to score against rivals
Olympiacos F.C.. They called him by the nickname "God" and whenever he scored the whole stadium chanted
"Who, who, who? Mavros the God" (
Greek:
"Ποιος, ποιος, ποιος; ο Μαύρος ο Θεός").
Back to Panionios
In 1987, AEK Athens' manager
Nikos Alefantos asked the club's president
Andreas Zafiropoulos not to renew Mavros' contract as he thought the player was too old to play for a team of that level. Zafiropoulos agreed and Mavros was released from the club and returned to his former club, Panionios. With Panionios he finished top scorer in Greek Superleague once (1990 with 22 goals) and, until his retirement in 1991, scored a total of 51 goals in 89 matches surpassing his former teammate at AEK Athens
Mimis Papaioannou as the Greek Super League's all time top goalscorer. A notable moment was when during a match against AEK Athens in
Nikos Goumas Stadium on October 28, 1989 he scored against them but the AEK Athens fans chanted his name as if he had just scored for AEK Athens showing how much they loved and respected him.
International career
He had a total of 36 appearances with
Greece scoring 11 goals in the period of 1972-1984. His most notable moment was his appearance in
UEFA Euro 1980.
Records
He is the Greek Super League's all time top goalscorer having scored 260 goals in 501 matches.
He is the youngest player to have scored in the Greek Super League. He scored the winning goal in Panionios' 1-0 win against Pierikos on February 17, 1971 when he was just 16 years, 8 months, and 17 days old.
He is one of the few player who have scored five goals in a single Greek Super League game. He did so in AEK Athens' 5-2 win against Egaleo during the 1984–85 season.
Statistics
Club
|-
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1970-71
|rowspan=6|
Panionios
|rowspan=21|
Alpha Ethniki
|24||2||?||?||0||0||24||2
|-
|
1971-72
|23||3||?||?||0||0||23||3
|-
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1972-73
|29||9||?||?||0||0||29||9
|-
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1973-74
|30||10||?||?||0||0||30||10
|-
|
1974-75
|29||11||?||?||0||0||29||11
|-
|
1975-76
|0||0||?||?||0||0||0||0
|-
|
1976-77
|rowspan=11|
AEK Athens
|30||18||?||?||
10||
3||
40||21
|-
|
1977-78
|
33||22||?||?||4||1||37||23
|-
|
1978-79
|
33||
31||?||?||4||2||37||
33
|-
|
1979-80
|27||14||?||?||2||0||29||14
|-
|
1980-81
|22||9||?||?||0||0||22||9
|-
|
1981-82
|30||17||?||?||0||0||30||17
|-
|
1982-83
|32||19||?||?||2||0||34||19
|-
|
1983-84
|21||13||?||?||2||0||23||13
|-
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1984-85
|29||27||?||?||0||0||29||27
|-
|
1985-86
|17||4||?||?||1||0||18||4
|-
|
1986-87
|3||0||?||?||0||0||3||0
|-
|
1987-88
|rowspan=4|
Panionios
|29||16||?||?||?||?||29||16
|-
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1988-89
|22||12||?||?||0||0||22||12
|-
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1989-90
|
33||22||?||?||0||0||33||22
|-
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1990-91
|5||1||?||?||0||0||5||1
501||260||?||?||25||6||526||266
International
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! National team
! Season
! Apps
! Goals
|-
| rowspan=12|
| 1972
| 1
| 0
|-
| 1973
| 1
| 0
|-
| 1974
| 2
| 0
|-
| 1975
| 1
| 1
|-
| 1976
| 1
| 0
|-
| 1977
| 5
| 0
|-
| 1978
| 8
| 6
|-
| 1979
| 2
| 0
|-
| 1980
| 6
| 1
|-
| 1981
| 3
| 2
|-
| 1982
| 4
| 1
|-
| 1984
| 2
| 0
|-
! colspan=2| Total
! 36
! 11
|date=September 2010
}}
Honours
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AEK Athens
;Individual
Category:1954 births
Category:Living people
Category:AEK Athens F.C. players
Category:Panionios G.S.S. players
Category:Greek footballers
Category:Greece international footballers
Category:UEFA Euro 1980 players
Category:Superleague Greece players
