Evangelos Mantzios

Football player infobox
playername= Evangelos Mantzios


nickname = Vangelis
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|4|22
cityofbirth = Athens
countryofbirth = Greece
height = height|m=1.91
currentclub = Panathinaikos FC"
clubnumber = 26
position = Striker
youthyears = -2001
youthclubs =Kallithea
years = 2001–2005
2005–
2008
clubs = Panionios
Panathinaikos
→Eintracht Frankfurt (loan)
caps(goals)= 67 (12)
54 (14)
06 0(1)
nationalyears = 2005–
nationalteam = Greece
nationalcaps(goals) = 06 0(0)
pcupdate = March 16 2008
ntupdate = March 16 2008

Evangelos Mantzios ( _el. Ευάγγελος Μάντζιος) (born 22 April 1983) is a footballer. He currently plays as a striker for Panathinaikos. He was 6 times capped for Greece.

He began his career at Kallithea FC and signed at Panionios his first professional contract.

Mantzios is a tall, young forward who possesses great technique, dribbling and timing in his runs. He is seen as a good prospect of Greek football.

Panathinaikos

Mantzios joined Panathinaikos from the team where he started his career, Panionios, in a deal that also included Alexandros Tziolis and made an impact within his first year in the green and white. He dazzled in his debut (2005-2006) season for Panathinaikos as he became a first team regular under Alberto Malesani and contributed many crucial goals towards the end of the season. Poor performances, lack of confidence and several coach changes saw Mantzios on the fringes of the first team squad in 2006-2007 as new coach Víctor Muñoz preferred a striking duo of captain,Dimitris Papadopoulos and Dimitris Salpigidis. Mantzios had limited chances and he made a good performance in most of them, his season was summed up in the cup final loss to Larissa when Mantzios had the chance to level the match in stoppage time but missed a completely open goal, managing to hit the ball into the arms of the keeper.

National team

After showing good early form following his signing from Panionios, Mantzios made his debut for Greece in a a 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifying match against Georgia on October 12 2005. He stayed in the squad throughout the rest of 2005 and into early 2006 but was dropped for almost a year, finally being called up again for the friendly loss to South Korea on February 6 2007 which was his last cap with the Greek national team.

External links

* [http://www.eintracht.de/saison/mannschaft/mantzios/ Profile at Eintracht Frankfurt's Official Website]
* [http://www.eintracht-archiv.de/mantzios.html Evangelos Mantzios at eintracht-archiv.de]