Date of birth 1918 Years Team Died 1998, Athens, Greece Place of death Athens, Greece Role Football player | Date of death 1998 Name Tryfon Tzanetis 1932-1933 Eleftheroupoli F.C. | |
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Place of birth Smyrna, Ottoman Empire | ||
Tryfon Tzanetis (Greek: Τρύφων Τζανετής) was a Greek football player and coach. Born in 1918 in Izmir, he was a best known as a center forward for AEK Athens FC during the 1930s and 1940s, partnering Kleanthis Maropoulos in AEK's front line. Late in his career he was converted into a center back by his coach.
During his playing career Tzanetis was capped once by Greece.
After his playing days were over, Tzanetis took up coaching and was AEK's coach in: 1952, 1955, 1961, 1962 and 1966. In between his stints with AEK he was also coach of the Greek National Football Team (1960, 1961, 1963, 1964) with a record of 5 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses.
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