Taxiarchis Fountas is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a forward for Super League club OFI and the Greece national team.
25 Facts About Taxiarchis Fountas
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Taxiarchis Fountas played in Super League Greece for Panionios, Asteras Tripolis and now for OFI.
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Taxiarchis Fountas was scouted by Toni Savevski, the head of AEK Athens' youth academy at the time.
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Taxiarchis Fountas made his senior debut for AEK Athens against Asteras Tripolis being the youngest player to play for AEK Athens in a Superleague game aged 16 years 6 months and 13 days old.
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Taxiarchis Fountas scored another goal against Veria on 18 October 2012 and another one against PAS Giannina on 3 November 2012.
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Taxiarchis Fountas was awarded the MVP award after this match.
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Taxiarchis Fountas scored his 4th goal again against Veria on 16 March 2013 with a fine left foot shoot.
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Taxiarchis Fountas scored a snipe against Everton in a friendly match in the summer of 2012.
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In January 2014, Taxiarchis Fountas moved on loan to SV Grodig until end of season.
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Taxiarchis Fountas made his first appearance in the Austrian Bundesliga a week later.
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On 21 July 2016, Taxiarchis Fountas, who had been released from Asteras Tripolis, signed a one year contract and officially returned to Panionios.
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On 20 September 2017, as a free agent, Taxiarchis Fountas signed a with German club 3.
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Taxiarchis Fountas was signed by their Greek sporting director, Yiannis Koukoutrigas.
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On 14 July 2018, after a year in Germany, Taxiarchis Fountas signed a long season contract, with Austrian club St Polten.
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Taxiarchis Fountas scored four goals in 21 games in his only season.
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On 9 May 2019, Taxiarchis Fountas signed a deal with Austrian club Rapid Wien through the summer of 2022, with his St Polten contract due to expire.
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Taxiarchis Fountas led the club's scoring with 11 goals from 15 matches.
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Taxiarchis Fountas was the third-highest scorer in the league, trailing only Patson Daka and Shon Weissman.
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On 25 January 2022, according to a report in The Washington Post, Taxiarchis Fountas agreed a three-year contract with MLS club DC United and will become its highest paid player with a reported contract worth a total of $7 million.
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Taxiarchis Fountas was initially not expected to arrive from Rapid Vienna until summer 2022, when his contract expired.
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Taxiarchis Fountas was later substituted, while MLS opened an official investigation into the incident.
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MLS ultimately decided that the accusation by a Miami player who claimed to have heard Taxiarchis Fountas saying something to Lowe was "credible" but that it could not be verified.
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Taxiarchis Fountas joined OFI in 2024 signing a two years' contract.
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Taxiarchis Fountas made his international debut for Greece on 13 June 2015, in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier away to the Faroe Islands.
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Taxiarchis Fountas went uncapped for almost exactly five years from September 2015 to 2020.