Full name Savvas Gentsoglou Weight 75 kg Number 16 Height 1.85 m | Role Football player Name Savvas Gentsoglou Career start 2006 | |
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Date of birth (1990-09-19) 19 September 1990 (age 25) Current team F.C. Bari 1908 (#16 / Midfielder) Parents Kyriaki Gentsoglou, Vasilis Gentsoglou | ||
Playing position Place of birth Alexandroupoli, Greece | ||
Savvas gentsoglou defensive mid 1990 highlights
Savvas Gentsoglou (Greek: Σάββας Γκέντσογλου, [ˌsavas ˈɡent͜soɣlu]; born 19 September 1990) is a Greek football player currently playing as a defensive midfielder for Prva HNL club Hajduk Split.
Contents
- Savvas gentsoglou defensive mid 1990 highlights
- Conferenza Stampa Savvas Gentsoglou 22 04 2014
- AEK Athens
- Sampdoria
- Ergotelis
- Bari 1908
- Hajduk
- International career
- References
Conferenza Stampa Savvas Gentsoglou - 22-04-2014
AEK Athens
Savvas Gentsoglou was promoted from the AEK Athens youth system to the senior side in 2006, but didn't make his first appearance for AEK until the 2008-09 season. On 25 June 2008, Gentsoglou renewed his contract with AEK until 2014. Gentsoglou was first used as a central defender by coach Dusan Bajevic. Gentsoglou moved to the defensive midfield position in the middle of the 2009-10 season and became a key player of the starting eleven. Gentsoglou scored his first goal for AEK against Atromitos in a 3–2 home win. The following week Gentsoglou scored the equalising goal against Kavala. On 20 May 2010, Gentsoglou signed a new four-year deal.
Sampdoria
On 19 January 2012, Gentsoglou joined Italian Serie A side Sampdoria. Gentsoglou did not feature for Sampdoria in the 2011–12 season, and was sent out on loan the following season to Serie B squad Livorno to gain playing experience. Gentsoglou made 35 appearances for Livorno, as the side won promotion to Serie A.
Gentsoglou then returned to Sampdoria for the 2013-14 Serie A season, but after again failing to establish himself in the Doria first eleven, he moved on loan to Serie B side Spezia Calcio in January 2014.
Ergotelis
On 30 August 2014, Gentzoglou returned to Greece to continue his career in the Greek Super League, playing for Ergotelis, signing a two and a half year deal.
Bari 1908
On 23 June 2015, the Serie B club Bari 1908 announced the signing of Gentsoglou till the summer of 2018 for an undisclosed fee.
Hajduk
On 8 August 2016, the Prva HNL club Hajduk Split announced the signing of Gentsoglou on a twelve-month loan deal from Bari 1908. On 14 August 2016, Gentsoglou made his Hajduk debut, the 5th round of the Prva HNL, playing the first 66 minutes in a 1-1 draw with NK Osijek at Stadion Gradski vrt, before being substituted for Toma Bašić.
On 27 June 2017, after spending a year on loan at Hajduk, Gentsoglou signed a two year contract with Hajduk, finalizing his move from Bari. On 23 July 2017, he scored his first goal with the club in all competitions in a Prva HNL 2-2 away draw against Inter Zaprešić.
International career
Gentsoglou was first called up to the Greece U-19 in 2007, he featured in all of Greece's games in qualifying for the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.