Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Name Tasos Vatikiotis | |
Full name Anastasios Georgiou Vatikiotis Date of birth (1977-03-20) March 20, 1977 (age 38) Place of birth Fairfax, Virginia, United States | ||
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Tasos Vatikiotis (born March 20, 1977) is a former professional soccer player who played with Ethnikos Asteras Football Club, a 1st division professional team at the time (1998-1999), in Athens, Greece. He played at the top 20 nationally ranked soccer program at Loyola University Maryland from 1994-1998. Prior to college he played club ball with nationally ranked VISTA Blackwatch and Springfield Nationals where he led both clubs in scoring. He was coached, among others, by Michael Brady, Rob Olson and Alketas Panagoulias. In his youth and high school days, he also trained and played under John Kerr, Sr., John Kerr, Jr. and Bruce Murray for DC based Fairfax Spartans that had recently won the National Amateur Cup. His father also played an integral part in his overall training growing up. Vatikiotis played attacking central midfield and forward.
- most recent from Washington Post (listed below in references under ) while at Loyola "George Mason (5-3) won for the fourth straight time and handed coach Gordon Bradley his 150th career win in 13 seasons. Loyola, which had been ranked among the nation's top 20 teams a week ago, dropped its second straight to fall to 2-2-2. Scott Thelen, Mark Vita and Eduardo Lima scored for the Patriots, while Tasos Vatikiotis scored for Loyola off an assist from Dan Mosny."
Youth
Vatikiotis was born in Fairfax, Virginia and grew up in his hometown Kallipoli, Piraeus in Greece, during his childhood years. He moved to the Washington metropolitan area with his family in 1989.