Adam Tzanetopoulos

Adam Tzanetopoulos was born on the 10th of February 1995 and he is a Greek footballer who plays for Super League club AEK Athens as a center back. Born in Volos, he joined the Olympiakos academies at the age of 15. Three years later, he left Olympiakos, signing a contract with Niki Volou. His distinguished playing along with his ability in defensive game attracts the interest of AEK. Adam Tzanetopoulos joined AEK Athens in 2013. Tzanetopoulos scored his first professional goal against Atromitos in the Greek Cup in a 3-0 home victory. Tzanetopoulos in his first year with the club played in seven Football League 2 games and also scored in the 2-0 win over Kifisia, which meant that AEK had mathematically secured its promotion to the Super League. The summer friendly international with the winners of last year’s UEFA Europa League, Sevilla was a step forward in his career. The Andalusians by having the opportunity to check him realized that he is a player with tremendous perspective, therefore they submitted a proposal to AEK Athens on a long-year loan, but was rejected. On 4 February 2016, AEK Athens officially announced that the 21-year-old international central defender Tzanetopoulos renewed his contract with the club until the summer of 2020. On 28 February 2016, in a derby against rivals Panathinaikos he returned to the squad after almost three months as a late substitute, helping his club to celebrate a 1-0 home win. On 9 January 2017, he was loaned to Iraklis until the end of the season. He finished the second half of the season with 17 appearances and as a result of his solid performances he returned to AEK. On 26 October 2017 Adam scored after almost 3 years in a comfortable 7-0 Cup away win against Apollon Larissa. On 5 October 2015, the interinational coach Kostas Tsanas called Tzanetopoulos to replace Kyriakos Papadopoulos, who was injured in Bayer 04 Leverkusen Bundesliga’s game against FC Augsburg, for the games against Northern Ireland and Hungary for the EURO 2016 qualifiers. This was the first call of the young AEK Athens centre-back. Tzanetopoulos make his debut as a substitute, on 11 October 2015, in a dramatic 4-3 win game over Hungary for Euro 2016 qualifiers
Honours
AEK Athens Greek Cup: 1 2015-2016