Tasos Konstantinou, simply known as "Tasos", was a Cypriot professional footballer who played as a forward.
10 Facts About Tasos Konstantinou
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Tasos Konstantinou was promoted to the men's team of EPA Larnaca in 1968, where he won the championship in 1970, while he emergetd as the top scorer of the league with 15 goals and was named player of the season at the age of 19.
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Tasos Konstantinou had the chance to be partnered alongside great players of the club, such as Mimis Papaioannou, Georgios Dedes, Walter Wagner, Thomas Mavros and Dusan Bajevic in the offensive line, while as a penalty kick specialist, he was the player that took all the executions.
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On 29 September 1976 in Moscow, for the second leg of the first round of the UEFA Cup, the match was sent to overtime and in the final minute, AEK won a penalty with Tasos Konstantinou was to undertake the execution.
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The unruffled Tasos Konstantinou set up the ball on the spot and executed Gontar, sending AEK to the next round.
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Tasos Konstantinou left AEK in December 1980 and continued to Atromitos until the end of the season.
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Tasos Konstantinou played with both teams and after the end of the match he was awarded for his contribution to Cypriot and Greek football.
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Tasos Konstantinou left Cyprus for a period and he lived in Athens working at a section of the AEK academies at Lagonisi.
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Tasos Konstantinou died in 2019 at the age of 68 after facing serious health issues.
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Tasos Konstantinou's name was given to the Kalyvia Stadium, with the Municipality of Saronikos accepting with the proposal of the AEK Veterans Association.