Mattheos Maroukakis

Mattheos Maroukakis
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-01-04) 4 January 1990
Place of birth Athens, Greece
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Centre Forward
Club information
Current team
 AEL
Number 9
Youth career
2005-2007 Keravnos Agios Dimitrios
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2013 Kallithea 143 (35)
2013–2014 Panionios 3 (0)
2014 Ionikos 13 (3)
2014–2015 Panachaiki 29 (11)
2015– AEL 33 (13)
National team
2009 Greece U-19 4 (1)
2011–2012 Greece U-21 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:00, 4 December 2016.


Mattheos Maroukakis (Greek: Ματθαίος Μαρουκάκης; born 4 January 1990) is a professional Greek football player, currently playing for AEL in the Greek Super League as a Striker.[1]

Early Years

Maroukakis was born in Athens but was raised in Lemnos. He made his first football steps in the local amateur side Keravnos Agios Dimitrios. Unlike other children starting at an early age their involvement with Football, he decided to begin in the age of 12! In the summer of 2007, aged 17, he went in Athens to study computer developing and started training with the youth squad of Kallithea in order not to completely lose contact with football, as a student. He started as a Centre Back but later he decided to play as a Forward. A year later, on 1 July 2008, he signed a five-year professional contract and moved to the first squad.[2]

Career

He played in Kallithea for almost 6 years making a total of 143 appearances and scored 35 goals. On 1 July 2013, he moved to Super League club Panionios where he had in fact minimum participation (his first out of 3 appearances was on 18 August 2013 against OFI in the Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium) so on 2 January 2014, he moved to Gamma Ethniki club Ionikos. In the summer of 2014 he moved to Patras based Football League club Panachaiki where he had a full season with 29 appearances and 11 goals. On 31 July 2015 he signed a three-year contract with AE Larissa where he had an excellent beginning scoring 7 goals in the first 8 league games. At the end of season, he celebrated the championship as the club promted to Super League.

References

  1. ↑ "ΑΕΛ: Aποκτήθηκε ο σέντερ φορ Ματθαίος Μαρουκάκης (Greek)". AEL FC. 31 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ο άγνωστος κύριος Μαρουκάκης (Greek)". pamesports.gr. 11 January 2013.
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