1. Thomas Mavros is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a striker.
25 Facts About Thomas Mavros
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Thomas Mavros became one of the leaders of AEK Athens and led them to huge success, during the 70's and 80's.
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Thomas Mavros's nickname was "the God", or "Theomas".
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Thomas Mavros was born on 31 May 1954 in Kallithea, where he lived for the first 4 years of his life, until his family moved to Palaio Faliro.
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Thomas Mavros's father, Michalis, despite not being a footballer himself, was a huge fan of football.
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Thomas Mavros decided to go alone to Nea Smyrni for a match of Panionios against Pierikos.
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Thomas Mavros waited outside the locker rooms of the stadium and caught the attention of the then leader of the club, Takis Papoulidis, who urged Mavros to go out with rest of the team for the warm-up.
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Papoulidis, distinguishing the talent and abilities of the little Thomas Mavros, urged him to come to every match in the uniform of Panionios and to enter the pitch with the team as their mascot.
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At the age of 11, Thomas Mavros joined the infrastructure departments of the club and began his intensive involvement with football.
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Thomas Mavros became an international at a very young age whilst not playing for any of the top clubs.
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Thomas Mavros's appearance made him the then youngest player of a Greek football club to have ever played in a European competition.
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The happy ending of the case brought joy and satisfaction to both Barlos and Thomas Mavros who adapted a "father-son" relationship.
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Thomas Mavros was again the league's top scorer making a career record of 31 goals, while his performances of that season won him a Silver Shoe, finishing 3 goals behind Kees Kist of AZ.
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In that period of decline for the club, Thomas Mavros stayed and with his leading presence held the team from falling apart.
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On 18 August 1981, Thomas Mavros was called to Europe XI to play against Czechoslovakia for the 80th anniversary of the Czechoslovak Football Association.
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On 22 June 1984, Thomas Mavros was called to the World XI alongside his countryman Vasilis Hatzipanagis and other legends like Franz Beckenbauer, Ruud Krol, Johan Neeskens, Peter Shilton, Kevin Keegan, Mario Kempes, Hugo Sanchez and Felix Magath.
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Zafiropoulos agreed to the coach's request and Thomas Mavros was released from the club and returned to his former club, Panionios.
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Thomas Mavros proved wrong the coach and administration of AEK Athens, with his return in Nea Smyrni.
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Thomas Mavros played for Greece's Youth team from 1972 to 1974, with which he scored 4 goals in the matches for the European Championship.
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Thomas Mavros is married to the former basketball player of Palaio Faliro, Angeliki Agorastopoulou and they have two sons, Dimitris and Sotiris and a daughter, Ioanna.
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On 1 August 2012, Thomas Mavros became the president of AEK Athens in an effort to help the club to hold up from the financial struggles, forming a new team based on young players and hiring Vangelis Vlachos as the coach and Vasilios Tsiartas as the technical director, but it was without result.
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Thomas Mavros resigned on 30 September 2012, when he found out attempts to bypass his decisions with the removal of Vlachos, who he had chosen, being the triggering event.
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Thomas Mavros's name is honoured on one of the four pillars of AEK Athens' new stadium, Agia Sophia Stadium, alongside other important figures of the club's history such as Kostas Nestoridis, Stelios Serafidis and Mimis Papaioannou.
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Thomas Mavros was an agile striker and an incredibly nimble footballer with the ability to always be in the right position to score.
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Thomas Mavros was a natural leader on the pitch, as his presence he boosted the morale of his teammates and cheered the crowd to create a hot atmosphere from the stands.